This is the first part of the humorous biographic story of fictional character Oid. While the World gets on with the serious business of dealing with drought, famine, wars, scandal and the economic turbulence of the times, we are given an insight into the insignificance that is the day to day life of Oid. To Oid 'boom and bust' are what happen when you put highly combustible things on a fire and one of the more interesting things about women. The way his life is led is dictated to him by his priorities. Listed here, in order of importance, are the priorities;- avoiding all responsibility;- avoiding hard work;- motorcycles;- rock music;- and lastly, money to finance his priorities. We follow his misadventures and see some of the surreal situations in which he finds himself as he survives the Seventies and endures the Eighties in the West Midlands of England.