Second jobs were a more common occurrence in those sepia-tinged pre-Premier League days — Neil Warnock, for example, as well as being a trained chiropodist, also ran a fruit and veg stall.
I remember coming out of a pub one evening in Edinburgh and looking up at the sky with all the light pollution in the city and seeing this esoteric light across the sky hovering there.
From smog breaks to pollution bonuses, Asia's businesses are promising increasingly inventive perks in a desperate bid to lure executives to a region where toxic air engulfs major cities for much of the year.
With each smack of my head to the concrete ground, a question echoed through my mind that still haunts me today: " Is this going to be how it all ends? "