Why would I need a system with radar when I've got the Nagavator? he chuckled.

If this was in Cornwall, which it so closely resembles, it would have become the most chichi of gentrified enclaves, colonised by big-name chefs and celebrity regulars.

[…] rocks having an asbestos-like structure are almost unborable, the time amounting to several hours per ft.

I once heard someone offer an underassertive friend a favor and the friend said no in such a roundabout fashion that the person actually thought she'd said yes, and did it anyway.