The weekly battery swap revealed the dismal state of the headset wires on Mary’s radio:

That’s after sorting & disentangling loose ends, ramming cables under their ties, and generally tidying things up.
Which suggested an improvement I should have done long ago:

Verily, it is written: the bigger the blob, the better the job.
Gotta glob my bike the next time around.
Update: It’s hot melt glue!
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Please identify the substance used for globbery. Is it a precious bodily fluid, a plant-based organic material, a commercial product?
Hot-melt glue FTW!
Gently eased into all the nooks & crannies, it should hold everything in place until a wire breaks elsewhere and I must replace the whole mess.