Bonjour,
Firstly, many apologies for not posting since August. The wedding got in the way, which is understandable, I'm sure you'll agree. Everyone reading this was probably there, so you know that it all went very well. When we weren't sticking Orders of Service together we managed to squeeze in moving house So, blogging got squeezed out.
It was moving house that made me think about the future. Julie and I have a long term plan to move twice more: Once into a bigger family house in 10 years or so, and then into a cottage in a West Sussex village. Being in a quiet village, our advancing years could create difficulty getting our groceries in. But I'm pretty sure by then that internet supermarket shopping will have moved on.
By then, supermarket deliveries will be pushed up compressed air tubes, a network of which will deliver the groceries to the customer minutes after purchase. No more waiting for the van man, or realising you forgot to buy the key ingredient for your dish.
Of course, such technology will not be without problems. The compressed air tubes will be powered by a series of hubs dotted around the country. The further you are from one of the hubs, the lower the air pressure at your home, meaning the capacity of your local tube will be somewhat lower than the advertised pressure.
The unit of pressure will be, of course, the Egg. At the hub (I imagine the supermarket warehouses will have their own hubs), the air pressure will be, for example 2 dozen Eggs. However, the average local Eggchange will have 6 Egg capacity, but if you're more than a couple of miles from the Eggchange you might only get 2 or even 1 Eggs.
I've got to go now: The wedding chores continue: I've got to type up photo reprint requests in Excel.
T'raa
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