Every Sunday morning 8:45 service ring gets earlier.  Although it's particularly early on mornings that it's already hot by 8:45, like today.* 

            There were five of us to begin with, five being the magic number for ringing real methods rather than Dreaded Minimus on four, although doubles methods on five are a little volatile because you should have a sixth ringing tenor-behind.  But the interesting thing about today is that it was four of our good ringers—and me.  Our three weakest r