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- I took it as long as I could, then I quit.
- And before that?
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I worked in a department store, in toys,
demonstrating children's building sets.
:15:09
Of course, it lasted only during Christmas.
Before that I tested electric blankets.
:15:14
- Electric blankets?
- I suppose you think I'm a bit of a drifter.
:15:19
It's true, in a way,
but I'm really not like that.
:15:21
My army service unsettled me. That and
living abroad. I was stationed in Germany.
:15:26
It was fine there, though.
That's where I met my wife.
:15:29
She was an actress, and a good one.
She's a wonderful wife to me, too.
:15:33
But I haven't been much of a provider,
I'm afraid.
:15:36
Somehow, I just don't seem able to settle
down now I've come back to this country.
:15:40
- If I could just put my eggbeater across.
- Eggbeater?
:15:45
Yes, sir. I, uh, I'm a bit of an inventor.
Nothing big, just little household things.
:15:50
Pocket pencil sharpeners,
key chain flashlights.
:15:53
But my best is really this eggbeater.
:15:56
It not only beats,
it also separates the yolk from the white.
:15:59
Is that really desirable?
:16:01
If you were a housewife,
you'd see it right away.
:16:04
The trouble is, I need money
for manufacturing and promotion.
:16:07
I was really hoping that's what Mrs
French might do for me after I met her.
:16:11
- Exactly how did you meet Mrs French?
- That's rather funny in itself.
:16:16
It was 3 September. I remember
because it's my wife's birthday.
:16:20
I was window-shopping in Oxford Street,
:16:23
daydreaming about what I'd buy for her,
if I had any money.