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Whilst size might matter to some extent, we all know that the real key aspect is to get it to squeak properly.

Are they 21mm?

This one is still at Ballybrophy.

Another veiled hint? Ulysses next?

We were at Little Rissington - at 750 feet, facing straight at it on the top of the hill. We couldn't open the upstairs windows at the front of the house. It was quite entertaining, having been in Malta for the preceding few years...

Ah - I have confused myself - I meant DPD, not DHL.

This is always worth a watch. We lived high in the Cotswolds when 'it' arrived - the scale of it was startling.

I understand that they had issues with the electronic door security system, where their badges weren't recognised, so staff couldn't even get into the buildings. This explains why nobody was able to turn it off and back on again.

There can be large regional variations in otherwise 'identical' couriers. DHL would be my preferred deliverer on the Big Island, by far - Andrej will arrive in the first five minutes of the hour that was predicted, infallibly. Others are less reliable - I had a delivery, by Yodel, 'to a neighbour' whilst I was exiled on the Western Island - they informed me by email and I forwarded that to the alleged sender, my phone supplier, as I suspected it was a scam - that neighbour actually found it eight weeks later, hidden behind one of my bins. The sender, having initially denied sending me anything, and knowing that I was in exile, then spent two days ringing me on my UK landline and complaining that I wasn't answering (er....), then, finally emailing me and demanding that I tell them what the label said, when I didn't even know who had it - and nobody actually did.

Hazlehatch is ghoulish again at the moment.

I am concerned about the large stack of pallets - it's probably just as well that they didn't arrive in early July...

Excellent! But, what we really want to know is is that counter in the background really made of giant speakers?

When you're in a hole, stop digging.

Let's jazz it up a bit - Take the A (class) Train..?

At the risk of straying into religion, Methuselah was not a 'her'. Say ten Hail Mary's and you stand a chance of slightly less time in Purgatory.

The runs from the flashing on the roof - excellent stuff!

Mmm, I was wondering about the Club Orange...

Might a few have made it to Castlecomer or Arigna?

I assume it's been scanned already and I'm expecting the container to arrive for Christmas 2023?

The second of four programmes is currently on Radio 3 now - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010253 - still without any mention of Sleaford, so far.

Lovely! I'm a great fan of 'image modelling' - no doubt the Germans have a word for it - getting the whole 'feel' of a time and place, without needing the absolute finest detail - as in the way that a watercolour can be more truthful than a photograph.

Truly remarkable! All that was missing for full authenticity was to turn it upside down.

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