How did I get into this?

I work for a "leading roadside repair company"......don't you just love that phrase?. It covers a multitude of sins. What does it mean? It means I spend my time driving round fixing things, sometimes its a car, sometimes its a van, sometimes a motorcycle and occasionally its the driver.
What do I fix?... pretty much anything from the unexpected "A car drove into me across the traffic lights", to the expected "Its been struggling to start for a week and finally its given up the ghost" and then theres the downright bizarre "My dog locked me out of the car"
How did I get into this?. For 22 years I was a mechanic in the British Army, it meant that I got the chance to work on some of the biggest vehicles driving around. Of course it also meant that I tended to be out and about fixing things when it was raining, snowing, sleeting, in sweltering heat and in sandstorms. After 22 years of this I promised myself that I wouldn't do any job that involved my being out in all weathers and conditions and working on unreliable cars and their drivers......so here I am. Best laid plans of mice and men.
I haven't blogged before but I, in common with our other 'fixers' tend to spend a lot of time talking about engines and things so this seemed the best way to get it out of my system :). Apologies all for my n00bness at this but with your helpful and constructive advice ( Especially you Frau Bluebell) I'll do my best.
To all of you who only arrived here after googling Suck Squeeze Bang Blow and are trying to find the hidden hotlinks to Miss Whiplashes posts or looking for the ahem, artistic pictures , sorry all. Suck, squeeze, bang, blow refers to the processes of the four stroke engine. Suck = Intake, Squeeze = Compression, Bang = Ignition, Blow = Exhaust. I can see you're all dropping off at the back there so I'll leave you to have a crafty kip while you watch the link. More later.

4 Stroke for beginners.