The sun was shining and Richard was feeling good about the world as he rocked up for the usual weekly modelling afternoon.

Bang – it hit him hard.

First Malcolm told him in no uncertain terms how the wiring should be done. Ray then put forward an alternative and laid down a financial challenge. This had Richard scurrying to find his tablet and calculator. Meanwhile Allan ‘helpfully’ suggested that neither alternative would work and started drawing on the flipchart.

Richard, sensibly, decided that the only sensible course of action was to get on with the job. I could swear that I heard ‘yadi-yadi-yadi’ being softly intonated as Richard drilled away at the baseboard.