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time to send it to the incincerator?
May. 29th, 2020 11:44 amDisclaimer: I know the country's on fire, either metaphorically or actually. Send money to bond funds. Get ready for more tonight (not actually expecting much to happen in lovely suburbia). Somewhat academic question - is this summer going to be more like 1968 (which I spent mostly in front of the TV, swimming, or reading The Hobbit) or 1919?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Summer
OK, I've acknowledged reality. In my super-easy life, we have almost decided to haul to the curb an old dresser that was used when I got it in 1977. For ages, it has been either in the basement or the garage as storage just a flat surface to stack stuff on. It's still pretty sturdy, although as one might imagine, the drawers aren't great. Other part of the backstory: our garage is home to squirrels and/or birds and/or chipmunks. Over time we have made ineffectual efforts to stop the garage being a storage place for black walnuts, which the squirrels love. Alert readers may remember that in a wind storm in mid-April, a tree crashed through the garage roof
https://lauradi7dw.dreamwidth.org/596637.html
The roof was finally repaired and re-shingled on Wednesday. We shuffled around some of the stuff inside the garage, and I opened one of the drawers in the dresser. Full of black walnuts and leaves. Another drawer, the same. Large bottom drawer was full of nesting materials. Click to enlarge
I can't stand the idea of clearing everything out, so we are probably going to trash it, but I feel a little regretful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Summer
OK, I've acknowledged reality. In my super-easy life, we have almost decided to haul to the curb an old dresser that was used when I got it in 1977. For ages, it has been either in the basement or the garage as storage just a flat surface to stack stuff on. It's still pretty sturdy, although as one might imagine, the drawers aren't great. Other part of the backstory: our garage is home to squirrels and/or birds and/or chipmunks. Over time we have made ineffectual efforts to stop the garage being a storage place for black walnuts, which the squirrels love. Alert readers may remember that in a wind storm in mid-April, a tree crashed through the garage roof
https://lauradi7dw.dreamwidth.org/596637.html
The roof was finally repaired and re-shingled on Wednesday. We shuffled around some of the stuff inside the garage, and I opened one of the drawers in the dresser. Full of black walnuts and leaves. Another drawer, the same. Large bottom drawer was full of nesting materials. Click to enlarge
I can't stand the idea of clearing everything out, so we are probably going to trash it, but I feel a little regretful.
