Commentary

I made the comment that there was a lot going on, and our heads were full of new things and it was difficult to focus and make good decisions without thinking things through.

The sofa bed was a good example, it wasn't a good sofa and it certainly wasn't a good bed and we could, if we had thought it all through, have bought ourselves a new bed for less and used a couple of camp chairs until the furniture arrived from the UK.

The stuff we had shipped wasn't new, and it would have been far more sensible to negotiate an equivalent lump sum from Dowty to buy new items when we arrived, however, retrospect is a fascinating thing and it was what it was.

The next story, about the purchase of our first car in North America, is a good example of our lack of attention to details, something that would provide a hilarious secondary story in 1992.

Hilarious to everyone but me.