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Do you yearn to learn? Don’t stall your ambition to get behind the wheel

DAVID MCPHEE

dmcphee@obantimes.co.uk

I LOOK in the rear view mirror and all I can see is a queue of traffic extending right round the corner.

I’ve stalled, again, and I can feel my skin turning the same colour as the car – scarlet. It’s as if my subconscious is acting on chameleon-like powers and I’d like nothing better than to hide from the chaos that’s unfolding, at least in my head.

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