It wasn't part of the plan but Terrry and Liz were going and there was a spare seat in their van so I hitched a ride. We went to order some made-to-measure windows for the back of their house and I saw a beautiful Caliburn-coloured kitchen. But beautiful though it might have been, the standard footprint was all of €1900 so it'll have to stay in the shop.
After that it was off to Brico Depot and exchanging some stuff for Terry. I got enough to keep me going for a week or so - I can't buy too much as I don't want to fill Caliburn with Claude's removal still pending. So it's mostly insulation and a pile of proper plasterboard screws seeing as they were on special offer. And at Brico Depot they are now starting to sell sliding door kits - just what I want for the wardrobe in the bedroom. I could be on to something here.
Pierre was in there working this afternoon. I asked him if he was playing tonight but he replied that all of the football matches are postponed this weekend. Another weekend with no footy. Whatever am I going to do?
But it makes a whole mockery of this clamour for a winter break in British football. When would you have it? And what guarantee would there be that it would be at the right time of the year for the bad weather?
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British football is a winter sport. They have the whole summer off. What do they want a winter break for? If you're talking about professional football then that's not even sport.
ReplyDeleteThat yellow kitchen reminds me of the cheese-yellow bedroom I had as a child in a house my parents were renting while looking for somewhere permanent.
ReplyDeleteI remember that house because the neighbours at the bottom of the garden used to play loud jazz music over loudspeakers. I could hear bonk,bonk, bonk all night. And, of course they got nicknamed "the bonkers". And when I was tired in school one day the teacher was somewhat flabbergasted when I answered her question as to why I was tired with "because the neighbours were bonking all night".
Having had sliding doors I'd advise you to save your money. What I'd suggest instead is curtain track with a pull cord fitting and floor to ceiling curtains. They have the distinct advantage of never getting jammed, being washable and colour-coordinated with your decor. But the main one is that one person can hang them. Those sliding doors weigh a tonne!
ReplyDeleteThe big trouble with floor-to-ceiling curtains is that mice can get in behind them and I'm trying my best to make my home a mouse-free environment. Sliding doors with lightly-protruding nails that cover the gaps are the answer to this.
ReplyDeleteHere's a contraption with doors and lightly protruding nails, should give you some ideas Eric.
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Ps After reading the bonking jazz post Im still trying to work out who is leading in the corny jokes dept.
Isn't that the kind of thing that you find parents in inside Egyptian tombs?
ReplyDeleteYou are an optimist aren't you :-) The mice will use them to practice their trapeze and climbing skills. But seriously, plugging any gaps in the walls with mortar well laced scrap metal and glass is the method that worked here. Other than that, lull the little blighters into a false sense of security and put traps down, it's the only answer I'm afraid. Oh and put your compost heap well away from the house!
ReplyDeleteWhen all else fails, pull back into orbit and nuke the blighters!
ReplyDeleteThe bonking neighbours is a true tale from my childhood.