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Re LHC:
Glad the world isn't going to end. Have just done my shopping and would hate to think it was a wasted trip.

Re climate change:
The end of the ice-age happened gradually. Man made change could be more sudden. Earth has had different temperatures in the past, but the problem is to do with the rate of temperature change. If it changes slowly enough, ecosystems have a reasonable chance of moving or adapting.

Re delivery people:
They seem to be unaware that most of us spend all day in an office and not at home. Once when having a new self-assembly computer-desk delivered, I was lucky enough to be living in the same set of flats as someone who was home all day, so they just stored it in the hallway area for me to collect when I came back.

@Mrs. L:
And congratulations to you for getting on the supply-list.
As for the advice, I was thinking along the same lines too.

@Kaol:
I'm the oldest of two and also consider myself a prototype.

EDIT: Thanks DiT for the advice. The other two companies have rejected me, so I'm going to accept.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 8 Sep 2008, 16:23, Reply)