DAILY UPDATE:
(Remember,
Scepticalscribe, mon amie, you asked!
)
After four days in Cincinnati, while the FDA decided whether the machine was kosher or not, it was released from Customs yesterday. According to my contact at DHL, it would ship last night and be delivered today. And if you believe that, I have a Bridge I'd like to sell you!
I checked this morning, and the packages (the gizmo is in 2 packages) were still in Cincinnati. At 0630 my time they left, but I was assured that since there was a weather delay, and everything was late, it would still be delivered today. And if you believe that, I have some property in Florida I'd like to sell you!
On the tracking web site it said "Exception". (For those not familiar with shipping nomenclature, that means "you're screwed"). Both packages arrived alright, and were to be delivered today, however (!) one of the packages was sent to the wrong distribution point.
So, to make a long story longer...I received one of the two packages today...the lever group.
No pictures today...you must suffer along with me, you poor people!
BTW: Cincinnati is not a place anyone, or anything, should get stuck. As the old (poor) joke has it...First Prize is ONE week in Cincinnati...Second Prize is TWO weeks in Cincinnati.
This is the death of a thousand cuts...