Our flat is really very small so when Peta is having a little difficulty with her work I like to afford her some time for contemplative reflection by getting away from the accompanying huffing and puffing. Were I a native of these parts I would probably make my way to Dunkin' Donuts and enjoy a watery coffee with my chubby pals, go bowling or shooting elk but as it is I have no recourse to such conviviality as I have no friends within a 5000km radius.
As it is I go to the library which I think I've already mentioned is the nicest place Peta has been to in the US (mind you that was before we went to see the baseball at Fenway Park). I was looking through the shelves of recently returned DVD's when a skittish woman with long dreadlocks approached the information counter to my left. 'Do you have...I'm looking for...can I order...I'm sorry. Hetty Wainthrop Investigates? Do you have it? Season 2. I watched season 1 but I've been waiting for all time for season 2.'
The librarian explained that the DVD was on order but there were fourteen people on the wait-list in front of her. Fourteen! Can you believe it? Recent release movies like last year's Oscar winner, The Hurt Locker, are just sitting there but Hetty Wainthrop Investigates is in high demand.
Having given up on Hetty the woman asked whether they had Doc Martin, series 4. I didn't even know they'd made four series of Doc Martin let alone that anyone would want to watch it. It was also out and was overdue by about three weeks which either means that the borrower cares not about the dime a day late fees or has laughed themselves to death at Doc Martin's hilarious post wedding scrapes.
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