Sam-n-Finley call on Dee. (Deepen Rambling)

When the young sounding male voice on the telephone the other week asked me if it was O.K. to call on me yesterday, I obviously enquired as to the reason for his visit. He then introduced himself as a member of the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue service and had been referred to me by one of the agencies that receive fierce criticism from most of us. He went on to explain how the fire service made visits to the.........well lets say, "Not so very young", to wit........
in a word........."folks like me" to make safety checks and install smoke alarms if necessary. So........at about the pre-arranged time, ting tong and lo-n-behold there on the doorstep was no less than "Fireman Sam" and believe it or not "Finley the Fire Engine" parked in the street looking like a small block of flats on wheels and two more members of the team as well as the two at my pad.(eat your heart out ladies) Not the expected visit but more mob handed one might think casually strolling past but when the full facts are to hand would realise that the full crew approach really is a "F&R" unit on standby making use of waiting time. For the record, if a "Shout" had been received by this crew then off they would have whizzed in a trice with all "Blues-n-Screamers" flashing and blaring.
The main point is of course, all my rooms were checked accompanied by advice as and when by one member whilst the other guy fitted two new smoke alarms............all free I might add, is that quite remarkable or what????? When I say advice, I mean in the event of......... how to cope and what action to take, escape plans, various "Do's and Dont's", that kind of thing.
In conclusion, I would like to say my sincere thankyous for such a wonderful and thoughtful service by two very polite and extremely smart people...............Thankyou.....................Deepen.