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<\/p>\nTrying to get a spa pool delivered to our house. The delivery men wanted to use our neighbour\u2019s drive way, and as they were away, I left a note in the letter box. It\u2019s a quiet street, with lots of retired people. I\u2019ve had two phone calls this week, from other people on our road, saying they\u2019re clearing the neighbours letter box, and asking for details about the delivery. I don\u2019t know how much mail they\u2019re expecting that they need two lots of people to clear their letter box (although considering everyone\u2019s age, maybe they were hedging their bets on survival statistics?), but anyway, both lots of people agreed to the delivery so all good. However, when the delivery people arrived, a completely different neighbour just couldn\u2019t resist sticking her oar in. She bustled down the street in her slippers: \u201cOh no!\u201d She said \u201c You can\u2019t go in there! They\u2019re away!\u201d Stupid old bat, it\u2019s nothing to do with you – go away. She\u2019s the neighbourhood nosey parker, a stalwart of the neighbourhood watch, she thinks she\u2019s our saviour but actually she\u2019s the worst kind of curtain twitcher who\u2019d rather know who\u2019s sleeping with who (or more likely, who\u2019s putting out the wrong recycling) rather than protect us from burglars. I hope I don\u2019t end up like that. Just give me some chickens and my blog that no one reads, and everyone else can just piss off as far as I\u2019m concerned.<\/p>\n
ps. So, the spa pool never got delivered yesterday – the fork lift died in the showroom before it even reached our spa.<\/p>\n
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Is it a sign of divine intervention? Is God trying to tell the Baby Boomers* that the time for conspicuous consumption is over, we\u2019ve done enough damage to the planet, and we need to get our boots off the necks of oppressed Millenials? Or, could just be bad luck I suppose – hard to say.<\/p>\n
(* Gen X in my case ahem)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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