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NURSE! THE SCREENS!

I had an interest in motorcycles before I met my husband, David. While living in London, I bought a 50cc moped to get out and about. Having come off it a couple of times as they're really not stable, I then bought a 125cc Honda.

I had a job working on the telephones for various minicab companies. One of them also ran a successful motorcycle courier side, and this began to interest me. A few months down the line I'd ditched the keyboard for an all-in-one leather suit (don't get excited: leather clothing for ladies wasn't really available then, so I had to get the smallest men's size, which still swamped me), and went

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