Status Updates From Noah's Ark

Mrs Gaitskell always came late: she queued for an hour at the Co-op grocer because the shop issued its dividend stamps in double measure on that day. For Noah this lining up for trading stamps had always been beyond comprehension, but for Ali it was altogether understandable that, after a week of evenings indoors with the television and the budgie, Mrs Gaitskell should go along for the female camaraderie of the queue