Take the first free parking spot on the pebble parking area and leave the car. An erstwhile colleague is just walking back to her work place. Exchange greetings with her, and she asks what on earth is going on. Tell her that there is a part made by one of the mechanics awaiting collection. We chat and she explains that the old physics building is beginning to fall apart because of all the vibrations caused by the building site. Floors are rising and subsiding and walls are cracking.
Go on up to the top floor and knock on the door of the workshop. Then just go in. There is the machinist, the man who made a simple rod of metal that just narrowed at each end. It should fit perfectly. He has made one in brass and one in stainless steel.
His daughter is there, she has just finished with school. There will be a party tonight, all of her year are going to have one final fling, before they all go their seperate ways. Chat with her, she is pleasant company.
And then leave, take the road to central Munich to visit a friend who has his house their, The Google app demands the user wait and look at advertising. Speak to the mobile phone, and tell it to take me to the friends house. Another app opens, the one made by the manufacturer of the 'phone. A civilized Australian English voice starts to give directions.
The traffic in town is horrendous, and there has been a major accident, and it is raining heavily.
As a result of all this, arrive one quarter of an hour late.
But it does not matter.
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