... going boldly where no knitter has gone before.
Fegrig has a job which means he covers a lot of miles.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles. And the occasional Bus and Ferry.
This means that he is given a work-car (with the usual not-a-perk tax penalties). Today was changeover day. The Vectra he has had for the last two years was replaced by a British built car (in support of British industry), and he took delivery of a Toyota Avensis... known hereafter as the USS Avensis.
It's a nice car.
Given the choice he would have opted for a Citroen Berlingo, no frills, totally practical, no fuss. Instead he was given a star ship. He was in Belfast last week and a colleague told him he would need a day with the manual and a Teenager to decipher it before he would be able to drive it, let alone listen to The Archers.
We laughed, oh how we laughed.
This morning the USS Avensis was delivered a little after ten o'clock.
TWO FULL HOURS later, he emerged from the car with Radio 4 still posing an unmet challenge and the satnav trying to cook a three course dinner in the airbag.
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