Our new set of assorted receptacles that do not replace but add to my existing black refuse bin have finally arrived.

The lady to whom I addressed my concerns about our continuing binlessness proudly volunteered WDC’s commitment to deliver them “within 48 hours”. In the event, it was after 196 hours that they finally arrived in their pristine and colourful glory. Now we are keenly studying the long list of dos and don’ts.

There is disagreement at Baker Towers about the correct receptacle for a plastic wheel that has come off a small wheelie bin of our own. Is this household plastic waste and therefore blue bin or is it general rubbish – black bin? The debate continues. We will put it to the vote before our next collection day.

Maybe there is potential here for a new TV quiz show. ‘What a Waste’ might be a good title or maybe just ‘Rubbish’. Viewers get points for identifying the correct bin or bag for assorted items. The prize could be a visit to the recycling plant to see what really happens to all those bins full of plastic, glass and cartons.

And the bumper prize could be for the contestant who successfully explains why shredded paper is no longer ‘paper’.

I spent last weekend in Florida at a convention celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

I landed at Orlando with some 500 other travellers, predominantly families off for some holiday fun. After a nine-hour flight, it was with weary dismay that we beheld a queue of at least that number again who had just disembarked from another flight.

It took me an hour and three quarters to reach one of the three US Customs and Border Protection officers on duty with a dozen empty control points around them, while my luggage was getting dizzy on a carousel waiting for me. I learned later that I was lucky. Three hour queues are common. It is ridiculous by any standard, but when you are trying to entice people to come to one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world – Disney – surely the first experience of families arriving in the USA could be better managed by the most powerful country in the world?

Mind you, they’ll be queuing for just as long in Disney to be made to feel sick, so I suppose it gets them used to it.