BEACHCOMBER 108 YEARS OLD AND STILL MEDITATING...

TWO weeks ago, as you will probably recall, I was lamenting the loss of a wrist watch.

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After a weeklong search, I was on the point of buying a replacement, which almost always guarantees that the misplaced item turns up as soon as one returns home.

However, just as I was at the point of adopting this expensive remedy, my lost watch turned up on the sitting-room floor, peeking up from the base of a settee.