Which one of your careers was this from ? 
I have had no real career ~ just a lot of different jobs, usually unconnected with each other but utilising what skills I possess (mainly the gift of the gab) and always chasing an extra couple of quid at the end of the month. Reason for that was that my Father decreed that University wasn't for "the likes of us" so I ended up going to work to be able to afford to go back to work the following day. RAF was my intended career but H Wilson and his cutbacks ended that.
The conversation referred to was between a group of salesmen and managers over a pre -Christmas get together/pub lunch in the Rugby Tavern in Holborn........ Quite how I can remember that but not be able to recall what I had for dinner last night I don't know..... Old age I assume.
