I'd like to get a toy rainbow xylophone/glockenspiel for D's birthday, but ice really struggled to find a nice one. I think I'd ideally like a wooden one, though I'm sure a nice one would be pricey.

One of the kids either upstairs or next door seems to have acquired a recorder today, perhaps for the new school year. That's definitely more offensive than Toot Toot elephant could ever be

I'm sure it will be much better when they learn a second note.

The xylophone book sounds ace, Jazzy, thank you so, so much. That would be aces. Of course I will be the one actually playing it most of the time. Darwin likes noises and banging stuff into stuff, so it's pretty much bound to be a success. He doesn't need anything else for his birthday though, so please don't spend your money I've not got him anything other than his toot toot animals, and he'll be getting those over the course of the next two years or so. The book would be smashing, though, and has really cheered me up. I've been feeling a bit down with human beings in general, so that's cheered me up just st the moment when there's no hot water for a warm bath and I've pulled a muscle in my back and I'm feeling pretty teary and fed up with everything. Just remembered I have a scone, too, so maybe ok.

Is that where your rainbow is from? I saw it in your windowsill and was admiring it then. Yes, very beautiful pieces, very pricey though

Yeah, keep them.

This happens with me and my Amazon Prime and it's really annoying. I'm paying for a service and don't expect to be lied to. I've lost track of the number of times that I've seen an email saying that a parcel has been "handed to resident" when I know full well that no one is in. Sometimes they'll be left behind my green bin, sometimes with next door and once I've even had one left on the doorstep in full view of the street.

Last time something was left behind my bins I had a card and the driver had wrote "parcel by bin as agreed with resident"

I complained about that and got an extra month of Prime for free.

Last time something was left behind my bins I had a card and the driver had wrote "parcel by bin as agreed with resident"

Shit delivery drivers don't excuse theft.

Mark: get in touch with Amazon. They may let you keep the extra if it's a low value item (I've had this before).

Just rang them (finding the option was challenging), amazon said I can keep them

Hello Mr H

Thanks for getting in touch and bringing this to our attention.

I've made a one-time exception to our standard policy. Please keep this item with our compliments.

If you've any further questions about this please contact us (quoting the relevant order number) by replying to this e-mail.

I hope this helps. We look forward to seeing you again soon

Didn't have you down as an Audi man, dude.