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Hi, Rusty!
We suddenly realised the time, and had to rush out for the physio appointment!
My husband is now down for a six week course of exercise classes to help strengthen his knee.
The first available vacancy will be at the beginning of March, so quite a wait.
Meanwhile, he has to continue at home with the exercises given to him by his physiotherapist.
At least it is all under control......
I had a look at that clue you mentioned......
11a: Crack from unknown imbecile (5)
I think you have it spot on...
goofy = imbecile (def)
go - crack
of - from
y - unknown.
Good parsing!
Thank you for the supportive thinking about M&S - yes, I shall pursue the issue in due course!

Good evening, Elle!
Your husband seems to be in good hands, anyway.
That's my thinking about the parse, you have!
Pondered that for quite a while!
I do not think you would settle until you sort out M&S and their delivery team!
And an apology for messing you about, would be in order, too.

Good evening, Rusty!
Now, I have been thinking.....
We were talking earlier about the relocation of areas, etcetera ...parts, for example, of Kent now belonging to London....
But these parts did not change to a London post code when this happened (I think it was in 1965) but kept their original postal coding.
However ....folk who have the original London coding are charged extra for Insurances, for example, than are their immediate "acquired" neighbours..... who now officially "belong to London" but still retain a non-London postcode!
( You may not know that living in London puts up the cost of Insurances but it does!)
Now , is this fair?
Where I live, I have a London postcode......
Five hundred yards away.....my neighbouring village now also belongs to Greater London, as do I, but still retains its Kent postcode....
But I pay more for my pet Insurance, for example, than does my neighbouring villager, because of my London postcode.
There has to be an injustice here?

Hello, Elle!
Why did these changes take place?
Similar things happen here,
My town/city is on the county of Angus (it used to be called Forfarshire, and Forfar is our county town) and also in Tayside Region.
As regards insurance, no matter where you live, I believe you should shop around.
It's very easy to do online.

Hi, Rusty!
Ah yes, of course one should shop around and compare different Insurance rates, as you say.
That makes very good sense, and I am sure that most sensible people will do that.
We ourselves do this, and change Insurers when and where necessary.
But what I am talking about here is called "postcode risk" insurance.
One's postcode can have quite a substantial effect on one's Insurance premium
This is the point that I was making about territory changes.

Hello, Elle!
Yes, I understand, but do all insurance companies work this way?
That is what I mean by getting quotes from comparison sites.
I do not really understand why the powers that be, moved the Greater London boundaries/territory to include towns and villages that were happily ensconced in Kent, or Surrey, or wherever?
Why did that happen, and did the people involved get a say/vote in it?
My dictionary has been posted.
Here possibly on Monday, they say!

Hi, Rusty!
I am sending you two links about London boundary changes......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greater_London_boundary_changes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23518687
You do not need to quail in your shoes at the prospect of reading them!
I am not expecting you to plough through all the blurb, reading every detail...
They are simply to show you (superficially) what I am talking about.
And if you google " Post code risk Insurance", you will find many references about how Insurance policy premiums are governed just by where one lives.
i didn't mean to get on my "soap - box" (I keep it under my bed)....
Initially, I just made a passing observation, thrown up by what we had previously been discussing!
Point made now....and rant over with.....
That is good news about the prompt delivery of your Collins dictionary!
Out of interest, I looked on Amazon, but couldn't find a copy as cheap as the one you have ordered?

Hello, Elle!
I read the BBC link.
It seems that at one time there was no Greater London?
I did not know that.
I can understand why some folk prefer to be in Kent rather than London.
I think I would be like that.
My dictionary is coming from eBay, Elle.
Did I say Amazon? It is eBay, anyway.
I "saved" three in my eBay "watch" list and World of Books still have at least one listed (the edition after mine, which mentioned linking to a mobile 'phone) at £3.52 post free, very good condition.
And that is a snip at that price!
There are others, too.
Set your eBay page to "lowest price first" and that should make it easier to find them.

Update, Elle!
If you go to eBay.
Enter "Collins English Dictionary" in search bar.
Then on the choices on the left hand side of the screen, select "hardback", and "used".
The one i bought is 3rd from the top, £5.14p, from World of Books, and there are a lot left!
Also some cheaper ones, too.

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, your second lot of instructions were very explicit, and I have found it !
It is a good bargain.
But on the face of it, the book above , also from World of Books, is cheaper?
Is there a difference between the two volumes that made you choose the edition that you did ?
I am wondering whether , at so cheap a price , I should treat myself?
I already use the Collins Online dictionary than I do my ill-fated 13th edition Chambers ....it would be nice to have a "book" rather than constantly look on the computer!