“Don’t be a little bitch, Dev,” she said as she slipped a new oil filter under the car to me. “I’m assuming the new rule applies to the word cock, too?” she laughed. I pulled the rag from my back pocket and wiped my hands so that I could get a better grip on the ratchet. It splattered up from the oil pan and landed on my grease-covered shirt. If there isn’t, let’s just go ahead and put that rule on the books.” I released the old oil from the engine. “Also, could you please not talk about balls with me? I’m pretty sure there’s like a rule about little sisters saying the word balls anywhere in the vicinity of their brother. Me and Dad aren’t so sure anymore,” I chuckled as she kicked my booted foot that stuck out from under the car. Even I know that, and I’m a chick.” She bit her nails as she talked. “It’s not my fault he didn’t protect his balls. Under the hood of a vehicle was my second home. “But, Dev, he hit me first… kind of,” Jenny said as she handed me a socket wrench.
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I am currently working on a number of academic projects and papers in the following areas: However, my academic research interests are diverse and encompass various dimensions of transport and mobility history. My thesis was on the management of the London and South Western Railway in the forty years before the First World War, and focused on strategic and operational decision-making within the company over this period. The first intake of students began their studies in late September 2013. I am teaching an on-line Postgraduate Diploma in railway studies, which will cover many aspects of British railway history. I am currently employed by the University of York’s Centre for Lifelong Learning as a Associate Lecturer. I submitted my thesis and passed my viva in 2013. I then chose to undertake a PhD in Railway Studies with the University of York and National Railway Museum’s Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History. 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