Tried a few more times and finally this last try it arrived immediately.
Whatever ... maybe the server was too busy earlier.
Thank you, I'm happy to have it and will watch it all through this eve.

As a side note- It's odd to hear a persons voice when for such a while they have just been a name .....

" Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations."
-Monty Python