I thought my husband was reading a bulb catalogue, and since we have no garden in London I was puzzled when he called out: ‘I’m sending off for this one for you.’
I thought my husband was reading a bulb catalogue, and since we have no garden in London I was puzzled when he called out: ‘I’m sending off for this one for you.’
It turned out that he was reading a catalogue from Seton’s (‘Solutions for a safe, secure workplace’), and he wanted to get a sign for...

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