DB and I were cataloguing journal issues, then filing them in slim cardboard boxes, in the reading room of a large academic library. I also took this opportunity to consider the common data elements in MARC records and APA referencing. We were observed by some of the biggest bearded names in library and information science, including PB who had regrown facial hair especially for this event. (How my sister J qualified to take part was a mystery to us all.)

When the short girl in the green taffeta dress flashed past we knew that it was time for our next meeting. Despite hurrying I was twenty minutes late. I just couldn’t decide which knickers to wear.