In message , at 12:37:36 on Wed,
11 Aug 2004, Annabel Smyth remarked:
So if you'd rather not wait in for the whatever, assuming (big
assumption) that they have one in stock other than the display model,
which they probably won't have, but *if* they do, what's wrong with
hiring a van for the afternoon?

Because the van hire company is the other side of town, and they might
not have a suitable vehicle at short notice. And you have the problem of
storing the items at the shop while you go and fetch the van. And then
taking the van back. All extremely tedious.
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Roland Perry