Why do I ♥ Citroën so much?

Well...

It's 1970.

Here's Citroën's idea of a family car: Disc brakes, OHC flat four engine, hydropneumatic suspension:



Here's what BMC would like to sell you - drum brakes, OHV engine...:



And before you say "Oh, that was designed in 1948, that's unfair" - BL's Marina was based on it and finally got killed off in 1984...

ETA: I am awfully sorry to lovers of the Morris Minor; it is quite unfair of me to pick that one out of the BMC/BL midsize/compact range against the GS (though my point that the Minor was still in production when the GS was launched remains valid, I think).

This is BL's answer to the Citroën.

Good trader on eBay

I got Siani a pair of boots on eBay as a late birthday present, following some disappointment with secondhand ones - which were needed in time for the weekend.

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/footwear-fetish

Had some listed, but turned out they'd been mispackaged and weren't the finish described. Not only were Lexy's emails regarding shipping sensible and quick before I'd bought anything, but when the mistake was discovered she called me right away to offer refund or alternatives, worked to find the right product, and keep in touch to make sure they arrived on time.

I have never encountered an eBay seller so helpful, seriously.

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Replies to posts posted as entries. I must be forgetting which button to click in my old age! Deleted due to lack of context, but I'm wondering if it would have been more fun to leave it in place!

I am impressed that kest knew from the post what the context was :D