I joined here a while ago but just got around to posting - Nice to see a board with a good sense of humor (gotta have one in this trade or you'd crack up lol).
Anyways - I live in Scotland and I've been in the trade for 33 years - Worked for myself for 22 of them. I wallpaper, paint, spray, drywall tape, texture and paint effects. I used to some freelancing building web sites in my spare time or in the winter months when days are shorter and work was slower but that got too busy and found I couldn't do both - Tossed a coin and the decorating won lol