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Tag: delivery

  • On a verdant manicured lawn under a summer sky, two parents walk barefoot after their young child, who is running towards a traditionally-coloured yellow-and-white British ice cream van with visible branding reading 'fresh dairy ice cream' and '99 flake'.

    Delivery Songs

    In the UK, ice cream vans are perhaps the only delivery service with their own jingle. Turkey and India are WAY ahead of us in this regard, and I've got a few ideas about how we fix that...

    Read more - about 4 minutes (943 words)

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    • 5 comments
    • posted 29 March, 2025
  • Image representing post: Milk and Mail Notifications with Flic 2 Buttons

    Milk and Mail Notifications with Flic 2 Buttons

    Dan deploys Flic 2 "smart buttons" to remind him to read his post and bring the milk in.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1106 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 22 June, 2022
  • Image representing post: On This Day In 2005

    On This Day In 2005

    On this day in 2005, Dan received an unusual parcel. No, you're not reading the same post twice... this is not a fault... just deja vu!

    Read more - about 4 minutes (817 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 4 May, 2012
  • A Very Confused Courier

    I've just had a phone call from a very confused courier. My mother (who many years ago for reasons both too long and silly to go in to I nicknamed "Crusty Pasty") texted me last night to say that I was to be delivered an early Christmas present that would arrive today, and that she'd โ€ฆ

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    • 3 comments
    • posted 15 December, 2010

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