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Online orders: 7

Orders found: 7

Six out of the seven orders this morning were from Abe, which means that there has been some sort of communication problem between Monsoon and Abe. We sell some books online, mostly through a website called Abe (Advanced Book Exchange). It was set up by some book dealers in Canada, but sadly Amazon bought it in 2008.

While I was eating toast, a customer came to the counter and said, ‘Three things: law, philosophy, spirituality.’ I complimented him on his numerical skills. He shot me a supercilious look and wandered off.

A customer bought a set of bound Gallovidian magazines for £250. The Gallovidian was an illustrated quarterly magazine published in the first half of the twentieth century, and is a mine of fascinating information on all manner of subjects written, for the most part, by educated gentlemen of means. Collectors are fewer (and older) than when I bought the shop, but in good condition, copies of The Gallovidian are still desirable.

Nicky dropped in to say that she might be late for work on Saturday. Once we had established that, the conversation took a predictably bizarre turn.

Nicky: I’ve got two pals who are twins who’ve been giving Bratz dolls makeovers.

Me: Twins? Are they identical?

Nicky: Sometimes, aye.

The telephone charger is not working at all now, and there’s barely any power left, so I called Vodafone and spent the next hour switching the accursed thing off and back on, changing settings but to no avail. They’re sending a replacement tomorrow.

Till Total £293.99

6 Customers