My first degree was a BSc in Physical Electronic Engineering with Professional Studies (Lancaster, 1987); my second was a BA in Mathematical Sciences (Open, 2000); my third was an MMath (Open, 2004); my fourth was a BSc in Physical Science (Open, 2010); my fifth was an MSc in Statistics with Financial Mathematics (Sheffield, 2014); my sixth was a PhD in Computing and Electronic Systems (Essex, 2019); and my seventh will be an MSc in Mathematics (Open). My eighth and ninth wil hopefully be an MSc in Astrophysics (Liverpool John Moores) and an MA in Railway Studies (York).