The car having thawed, I headed over to the old flat, whence I bore off three medium-sized boxes of old computer magazines, the 1980s midi hi-fi system that was passed down to me by my brother-in-law some years ago, the USB turntable I bought years ago and have never really used due to lack of space, and assorted smaller bits and bobs.
The magazines just about did me in; they're extremely heavy in bulk. But I managed to get them out to the car, and the other stuff was much easier to handle, and at this end I had the sack truck to bring them in. So they're now unpacked into the bottom shelves of a couple of the bookcases, and I think there's about two more trips of the same boxes to bring the rest over; but I'm not doing that today, as my back, knees and arms would all like a chance to recover
While I was putting the sack truck away, a chap appeared knocking on the door of the bit where the storerooms are. He wanted to know which was Block 2, as he had a job to do in the plant room there; I assume this is the room where the lift machinery or the boiler or whatever is, not some kind of conservatory. I agreed with his conjecture that it's probably the block parallel to the road, as the other one contains flat 1, and our block is too new to be second on the list - in fact, it's always referred to as "the new block" despite being about as old as I am. Anyway, he ended up wandering back in that direction so hopefully he found whatever piece of apparatus he was supposed to be working on
And with that done, lunch: the rest of the pâté on seedy bloomer toast
The magazines just about did me in; they're extremely heavy in bulk. But I managed to get them out to the car, and the other stuff was much easier to handle, and at this end I had the sack truck to bring them in. So they're now unpacked into the bottom shelves of a couple of the bookcases, and I think there's about two more trips of the same boxes to bring the rest over; but I'm not doing that today, as my back, knees and arms would all like a chance to recover
While I was putting the sack truck away, a chap appeared knocking on the door of the bit where the storerooms are. He wanted to know which was Block 2, as he had a job to do in the plant room there; I assume this is the room where the lift machinery or the boiler or whatever is, not some kind of conservatory. I agreed with his conjecture that it's probably the block parallel to the road, as the other one contains flat 1, and our block is too new to be second on the list - in fact, it's always referred to as "the new block" despite being about as old as I am. Anyway, he ended up wandering back in that direction so hopefully he found whatever piece of apparatus he was supposed to be working on
And with that done, lunch: the rest of the pâté on seedy bloomer toast
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He did a water steriliser using UV leds instead.
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