Chilly and headed lower according to the weather liars. It was pretty nice yesterday, if a bit breezy and chilly when the sun wasn’t out. Nice for January in any case.
I spent most of Friday afternoon driving to my pickup, meeting with my auctioneer, and hitting a couple of thrift stores on my way home. Got a nice shirt and a couple of pairs of shorts. I noticed I’ve worn through the collar on a couple of my favorite shirts, so picking up a nice one was warranted. I’m beginning to see some unwelcome changes in the thrift stores that worry me. Stock levels are low, and prices are high. That means even the thrift stores are having trouble. Only a very rich society has thrift stores.
Today D2 has a thing that I have to get her to even earlier than a normal school day. I think I’ll go back to bed after dropping her off. Then I’ve got one thing to pick up, and a list to get to work on. Uncharacteristically, W noticed that I’m making a bit of slow progress around the house and mentioned it. That was nice. Prepping plus reselling plus my affection for having a lot of stuff around me can equal piles sitting everywhere without rigid discipline. I don’t have rigid discipline.
I’m working on it.
Stack, but don’t let it become more than that. Saving old cans or stuff because it might “make be useful as a trade good post collapse” is right on the edge of “more than that.”
nick
I have assembled more flatpack furniture than I care to remember, mostly from a famous Swedish chain. A surprising amount of it is still in service and in good order. The judicious application of woodglue upon assembly helps a lot with that.
The destination for the sofas has two large windows that would each have opened wide enough to get the furniture through. If the carry-it-in method had failed, I had a friendly neighbour with an industrial forklift only a phone call away ready to fenestrate it. Fortunately, that was not necessary, but I have done it before, and it worked fine.
If I get to design my “forever” home, I will certainly follow the move furniture in with a telehandler approach.
Initial testing indicates that the new furniture that arrived yesterday is eminently suitable for entertaining guests, drinking beer and watching movies (Paddington 2).
Gold reserves / Fort Knox. I think I saw a documentary about that. Didn’t some German guy detonate a neutron bomb to make all the bullion radioactive?
Saturday. Good morning!
Cold outside, but blue skies and sunshine. The night was spectacularly starry. Even without my glasses on, I could see constellations when I got up for a comfort break.
… while you are entirely coincidentally cleaning a gub? Sounds like boyfriend deterrent.
I have a Sauder (US flatpak manufacturer) bookcase from 1993 which is still in decent shape and will move with us again next time.
I wouldn’t say the same for the bookcases from the Swedish chain. I might buy those again, but I’m not moving the existing pieces. After 20 years of use, they’re done.
The Swedish chain has some high end pieces which look like they would hold up, but the last assembly I attempted from that place in November was a complex nightmare, and the item went back to the store half assembled.
But Elon is the Real Life Tony Stark!
You haters need a life. Elon is going to take us to Mars to live the rest of our lives as his indentured servants. Who cares about your petty privacy concerns.
I think their kitchen cabinets are more sturdy than some of their stuff. I’ve got an office full of Expedit, and Billy bubba’d together in a way no man intended. Looks good and works. Then again, the Expedit line was for office use and is sturdy and thicker.
The library, music, toy, etc room has Expedit/Billy and now the cube stuff in a wall for holding LPs.
Useful stuff.
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50F. It was 54F when I went to bed.
Kid is moving, snack is packed. I’m dropping her off and coming back for a nap.
n