Don't watch any soaps, in fact watch very little live TV

Strange how Starmer was oh so happy to say that it was up to the judge in the case of Lucy Connolly, but not quite so keen in the face where the pronouncement (by a Tory judge who used a legal argument in his decision) didn't follow Labour's policy of using hotels (and used a couple or so known Labour judges who used political bias views, which didn't seem entirely focused on contractual/legal arguments to override).

We live in dangerous times in terms of liberty.

No it's a tiny open porch as I said. Basically just the front door inset from the outside wall into a narrow hallway. It used to have an outside obscured door but I had that removed when I inherited the house and had it modernised throughout.  Leaving an open door would just give any miscreant cover from view to work on breaking in the main door.

This is the parcel box.

https://amzn.eu/d/cFxf1Vl

It hardly enhances the house appearance but just about everything apart from food gets delivered these days and I'm not organised enough to get a load of stuff together.

The Amazon tracking still shows it undelivered

Klondike, you say your front porch is not far from the road.  but does it have an outside porch door as well as an interior door?   What I mean is,  is it an enclosed porch?
Mine is enclosed,  and I am about the length of two cars (how long is that  ) away from the pavement.

I usually find couriers give a rough time to expect them,  but this twit won't.
The little  screwdrier kit  you mentioned earlier should be in this parcel too.

I've never seen those parcel boxes you mentioned,  but the porch usually suffices.  Your couriers reaction to you pointing out your box made me smile.  

I got fed up with stuff just being left in my tiny open porch just a few steps from a busy main road. More fed up when it was Royal Mail because they won't leave them so I either have to wait in until after the delivery which is occasionally as late as 7pm or go and pick it up from their delivery centre.

So I bought a parcel box from Amazon. That was just left blocking my front door by DHL at around 3pm when their text gave a 17:05 to 18:05 delivery slot. It was rainy at the time but I bolted it just to the right of the front door once it stopped and fixed my 3D printed a sign for it on the front.

The next day there were 3 things coming from Amazon. One a subscription, one a new subscription and the other a single purchase. The initial delivery slot was superceded by one several hours later. I wasn't sure that they wouldn't put all 3 in one big box which likely wouldn't fit the parcel box opening so I waited in.

A ring came from the doorbell. An obviously flustered and I'm guessing new Amazon bloke was in the tiny entrance porchway juggling at least 5 individual packages. He managed eventually to pick out my 3 and handed them to me. I said why didn't you just put them in the parcel box and save yourself time. He looked puzzled. Just there I said pointing to the 3feet tall by about 18 inches deep and two feet wide box with a big sign on it saying parcel box. He mumbled something and buggered off.

Obviously a worthwhile investment. I had forgotten few of the drivers even speak English let alone read it.

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Quote from: Scrumpy on August 29, 2025, 08:42:48 AMI have bought garden shears .. small hand saws and stanley knife..
I have never been checked out..

Well after all that,  I waited in all morning,  but no sign of the courier.

I checked the tracking, and it was not very informative at all. All it said was it would be delivered today,   no approximate time, nothing.

This afternoon,  as I said earlier,  I had an Optician appointment and I had to go to sort some new specs out.
So I left a note for the courier asking him to leave my parcel in my front porch.
When I got home  - no parcel in porch.
I didn't know whether he hadn't been yet,  or wouldn't leave it for me.  So checked again on Amazon's order, and it said he had been but was unable to deliver,  presumably because he was under instructions to get ID.   (Remember this ID is for a child size mini-garden trowel and rake set!)
Amazon said the driver would try again,  but once again there was no idea of when he might 'try again.'

I have never had all this  nonsense from Amazon before, so no idea what's going on,  nor who the courier firm is.   
How many days are we supposed to wait in 24/7  for  this mysterious courier who won't even say when he is coming back??   

He can, of course, advise and warn, but I doubt the idiot in number ten will listen

So hardly to the right of Gengis Khan