Grandchilds birthday

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I work for a motorfactors in Cornwall as a delivery driver. On Dec 10 2009 a customer asked for a industrial fan to be delivered to their site which we had sold to them but had been storing until they needed it. On arrival to their site, for the first time, with the delivery at approx 2.00pm, I went to their office and asked where they wanted me to offload the item. There was about 10 people in the office but nobody new anything about this delivery and began ringing allover the site trying to find who had called my workplace. After about 10 to 15 mins of waitng around I was about ready to give up and continue with my run when a guy arrived in the office and asked if I was delivering his fan. At last I thought, and with his help promptly unloaded the fan and gave him the invoice, he signed for it, and I left site. The firms name was Sita, a large recycling company. What I haven't told you is that our daughter was expecting our first grandchild and the birth was slightly overdue. At 4.00pm my wife called me to say our daughter had given birth by C section to a baby girl just after 2.00pm. What's the babies name I asked. Sita she replied. I have kept a photocopy of my delivery sheet for that day as a momento.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:02:32 +0000Coincidence ID:5209