Have you been wrecked by civilization?
Was there ever a golden time?
Or, before the workhouse, was it all just unpleasant poverty?
From the perspective of the modern, it’s hard to fathom.
I heard this thing on Radio 4 yesterday about people working as delivery drivers for Amazon – although never for Amazon itself, always through third-parties.
And they work really really hard inside the machine and they get hardly any money. The central myth of the current system (call it capitalism if you like) is that hard work = reward.
But are the hardest-working people the richest people? Sometimes it seems like the opposite is true.
Anyway: here are the quizzes tonight at which you could win more money that a woman delivering 80 parcels in her Mini Cooper while her kid’s at school – and you don’t have to pay for petrol because it all takes place in the pub and all the pubs have got bus stops nearby:
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6.30pm – Brass Monkey Leith Walk (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer – PICTURE round: “LORD NELSON“
Book: 0131 554 5286 or Facebook or the Monkey’s online booking system
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8 pm – Amber Rose (with Alan)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer: PICTURE round : “KATHARINE HEPBURN“
Book: 0131 226 1224 or Facebook
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9 pm – Brass Monkey Drummond St (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer – MUSIC round: “ERIK B & RAKIM“
No bookings but you can call the pub for info: – 0131 556 1961
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul
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