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    The Young(ish) Ones
    The Young(ish) Ones
    The Young(ish) Ones
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    The Young(ish) Ones

    By Graham O'Neill

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    Another tale of misadventure from the author of 'The Bike Ride'. This time a £200 car conveys an intrepid team of adventurers from Milton Keynes to Prague and into a potentially lethal encounter.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGraham O'Neill
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781370411788
    The Young(ish) Ones
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    Graham O'Neill

    Graham generally sees the funny side of life, which is just as well as he spent 35 years working for the telephone company. He started scuba diving with the British Subaqua Club at the age of 16, rode horses through his 20's, became an obsessive windsurfer in his 30's and had a go at free-diving in his 40's. While all of this was going on he rode a bike to keep fit and get to the pub. In later life, in an effort to stave off dementia he has taken up singing and dancing. You may see short stories about these pursuits, but don't expect to read about any degree of prowess as the experiences he can still remember generally relate to (in order) getting bent, crashing a horse (yes, crashing, not just falling off), Windsurfing stupidly in a storm 10, wreck diving without an aqualung, time-trialling with a hangover, singing out of tune and falling on his arse (dancing).

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      The Young(ish) Ones - Graham O'Neill

      The Challenge

      I met Jeff while we were both working for the phone company. Jeff was a purveyor of information and he was bloody good at it. Together we built a successful team. And it transpired that Jeff and I were more or less on the same wavelength about non-work-related subjects and thus was born an enduring friendship. The pair of us went on to have several adventures, usually involving bikes and beer.

      At this point I’ll introduce another couple of ‘characters’. Young Graham is Jeff’s future son-in-law; well, I hope he is, because Matt (young Graham’s best mate), has promised me £50 if I can persuade Young Graham to marry Jeff’s daughter before Matt himself ties the knot. Young Graham and Matt met at university; now in their late twenties, they have gone on to enjoy successful careers in trades associated with agriculture and have remained great mates, despite the fact that they take the piss out of each other incessantly. Anyway, out of the blue

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