In message , Metman2012
writes
And when I started, you had one biro issued and had to hand that one in
when it ran out before getting a replacement. Hard to use a biro when
it's got a padlock and chain on it!

You had biros? Cue someone to come in and say that you had it lucky, and
that when they started you still had to use a quill pen.
--
John Hall "Never play cards with a man called Doc.
Never eat at a place called Mom's.
Never sleep with a woman whose troubles
are worse than your own." Nelson Algren