Ah, Iain - at least you appreciated the irony of my post
Anyway, we have a further update....
The shims have been collected from manufacturer, and handed on to another person in a busy shopping mall (just like in all the best spy movies)....
...they should end up about 10 miles from me by this evening....
...Once I have made a phone call using the correct pass-phrase, I hope to be given directions to a secret rendezvous...
...then, fully reconnoitering the locality, I hope to collect an un-marked package and return to base.
Once there, I hope to check the merchandise for quantity and quality, and then prepare them for onward supply to the end users.....
okay then - I'll pick them up and post them out!