I felt really privileged to be the reason this was planned, to show therest of the organisation the Western Europe R & D manager (little old me,howeve... thrilled I felt in my heart of hearts I wished the real Nicholacould see how much she was regarded, I only hoped I could live up to herhigh standards).The evening was wonderful, Charles Winton (the head of corporate R&D)introduced me to the assembled masses, it was so embarrassing as this wasdone from a raise stage, and I was supposed to make a. Oscar and Jack both asked how that worked. "A full time employee works 2080 hours a year and gets 2 weeks vacation after one year of service. That works out to 1 day of vacation for each 148 hours of work. A part time employee is eligible for one vacation day for each accrued 148 hours of work after one year of service. A part time employee that works 20 hours a week would work 1040 hours and would get 7 days paid vacation that they can take as days off or receive it in a paycheck. It is a perk. He visibly flinched, a full double-take. I twisted my hips slightly and tried to look away. I was totally exposed.We stayed right there matching his speed for what seemed to me to be a very long time. The trucker smiled at first. It seemed friendly in a way but after a minute or two his smile took on a slightly different character. It was pretty clear that he had taken his cock out and was madly pulling on it. There were a few moments I thought he might run off the road. His eyes glazed over as. He said:"Mr. Mason, my name is Jason Doggie, and I am an insurance investigatorfor the Camberwell Life Insurance Company. I have been looking into theterrible accident in which you were so horribly injured." Surely, the payment to the family of Martin Rathbone - the other driver,who was killed in the accident - has been received and accepted by now!"I replied."That can't happen Mr. Mason, until you sign this statement in which youadmit you were driving drink and are, therefore, responsible for.