Once your two weeks are over, you will soon be back at that shithole of a job, mixing with all the lowlife sheep of this earth.

The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems to turn out to watch it go off.

Over the years the defense industry has become a de facto participant in the policy-making process. As in other areas dominated by powerful corporate interests, a policy sub-government or “iron triangle” has emerged. […] The creation of an “iron triangle” takes time and active efforts of its participants. All three sides work to maintain it as economic circumstances change.

The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.