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Had I not been out the front of the house, watching Joshua earning some pocket money by washing the car, \u00a0I\u2019d probably have sent the milk round sales droid on his way. But I was, and we talked, and seduced by the idea of reducing plastic use and a faint tang of nostalgia I signed us up to the thrice-weekly delivery schedule.<\/p>\n

We talked about cars\u2014the droid was thinking about learning to drive and we covered insurance and no-claims bonuses. He said that driving on the left wasn\u2019t a problem because they drive on the left \u2018back home\u2019. \u201cOh,\u201d I said, having already established that he lives the other side of the M25 and he didn\u2019t know our area, \u201cWhere\u2019s home?\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMozambique\u201d\u2014which surprised me. I\u2019d expected him to have been from Manchester or somewhere equally exotic.<\/p>\n

But here we are, and I\u2019ve been teaching Joshua the ways of the foil top, about how you have to hold the sides and not the milky surface, and indeed how to open the bottle. He is discovering the joys of either gently inverting the bottle with your thumb protecting the lid, or else having creamy milk on his Weetabix.<\/p>\n

\"Got<\/a>

Do you want it pasteurized cos pasteurized is best?<\/p><\/div>\n

The milk is delivered into an enclosed porch, so it\u2019s unlikely he\u2019ll see what happens when the local blue tits get thirsty, or even how the foil lid can be pushed up when it gets really cold. But soon he\u2019ll get used to the new normal and maybe in time forget what plastic milk bottles look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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