Over the weekend, we received an email from a woman named Edwina with the subject, ‘Pick up typewriter from Sylvania and bring it to Ryde’.

Here’s what the email read:

“I have a very strange request. My daughter is buying an antique typewriter for her friend’s birthday as she is doing journalism. The only problem is it is in Sylvania and I live in Ryde so cannot pick it up during lockdown. As Jonesy lives that way and comes to North Ryde for work, any chance he can be my courier??”

Jonesy agreed, and here’s what happened:

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