tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post4101855320144115181..comments2024-03-28T19:45:50.194-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: High Water Everywhereallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-55669263643100429702013-07-14T17:23:35.013-07:002013-07-14T17:23:35.013-07:00Three sunny days! Done drying out maybe 2/3 to 3/4...Three sunny days! Done drying out maybe 2/3 to 3/4 of the newspapers.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-39414279669836634112013-07-11T14:57:56.019-07:002013-07-11T14:57:56.019-07:00So I found out something last night that was total...So I found out something last night that was totally waterlogged - my Boston and New York newspapers from October 2004. Why they were where they were, I cannot say, but fucking christ ...<br /><br />I haven't looked at them more than once in 8 years, but still ... so I lugged them out to the garage last night and went to bed. Thankfully, most of my other 2004 stuff was high up on shelves.<br /><br />It was a sunny hot day today and I suddenly had the idea to lay them out on the grass in the back yard in the sun -- and they are actually drying!!!! No longer in mint condition, certainly, but dry and readable. I think I did maybe five days this afternoon - ALCS games! loved those NY tabloids! - and I hope for another sunny day tomorrow. If it stays sunny, I should be able to get through most of them this weekend - maybe.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the house smells like mold and we still have no hot water. Fuck you, feet-dragging landlord.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-79317369348631204462013-07-10T11:12:08.952-07:002013-07-10T11:12:08.952-07:00Also sorry to see your copy of The Talisman underw...<i>Also sorry to see your copy of The Talisman underwater!</i><br /><br />Good eyes! That was actually a second used copy floating by! In my haunting of thrift shops for the currently-paused King Reading Project, I had accumulated some doubles, which were in a bag on the floor. No real loss there, though several dozen other books did get ruined.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-35460680563054014602013-07-10T09:57:48.451-07:002013-07-10T09:57:48.451-07:00Ah man, what a hassle. Sorry to hear it.
Also sorr...Ah man, what a hassle. Sorry to hear it.<br />Also sorry to see your copy of The Talisman underwater!JeffMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490395397120939176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-45099514079526736622013-07-10T06:52:37.121-07:002013-07-10T06:52:37.121-07:00So sorry to hear about this, Allan. I hope that yo...So sorry to hear about this, Allan. I hope that you and Laura are able to get your lives back in order quickly! :-(FenFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093124081174881768noreply@blogger.com