Cold and blue evening

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Odd disquietening thing happened yesterday. Went to my acupuncture studio down Spadina, locked bike to bike stand by the curb, had appointment. Came out, bike was no longer there. It was leaning against the store next to the studio building, and the open lock was sitting on the carrier. No idea how, because the keys were in my pocket, but the

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[incandescens]

As Aaronovitch popped into Leeds on Thursday to do some autographs, I got you a signed copy of Lies Sleeping. Hope to put it in the post tomorrow...

Glad your bike didn't vanish.

[flemmings]

Better hold off on sending the book. Breaks my heart, but there's a 30 day backlog of parcels already and foreign POs have been asked not to send mail.

"Britain's Royal Mail, in a bulletin to its corporate customers, said it would hold any shipments bound for Canada within the last couple of days in its distribution centres "awaiting further updates."

Mortal Word hasn't arrived yet, so the delay is real.

[incandescens]

Yikes. I'll hold it for the moment, in that case. Much sympathy on the irritation.

[flemmings]

Thanks. At least I have a preorder on MW at Bakka if your copy falls into the abyss.