Five days a week for forty years the alarm woke him at 7:20.

He left for the office at 8:05 and arrived at 8:57.

At 5:14, he left for home.

When he retired they gave him a gold watch.

On his way out he dropped it in the waste bin.

Michael D. Hill is a Londoner who has lived in Dorset for more than half his life. He enjoys reading, writing and breathing.