Saturday 6th July, 2013 1530
Well the aircon repair man cried off last evening due to the rain. Another warm night as my unit gets progressively worse. It was rearranged for ten this morning and accordingly I was ready. However at five past Cinny told me he was cancelling again due to the rain. It wasn’t raining! No, he was worried he would get here and then it would rain. Now I assumed he was a school employee but apparently not, so I am trying to take consolation from the fact the chap should be a proper engineer rather than a DIY bodger. As it happened he could have come and spent four hours working on I because the rain came just after two. Now it has been put back to ten tomorrow and I’m not particularly happy - I can’t exactly open the windows and doors due to the cats.
So, I went to town for food instead of tomorrow. I had lunch in KBW then as my horn has recently only been working intermittently I went to the bike repair shop. Sod’s law had it that it was working when I got there and the chap misunderstood what I was trying to tell him. He opened the bike up and proceeded to try to make it louder! All I really wanted was for him to clean and tighten the connections but he decided to charge me 10y for a completely new one. Actually I am glad he did because the new one is louder than some car horns I hear here!
Joanna will become my neighbour tomorrow night and as she really likes my chilli I bought the makings, enough probably for three meals each although we can freeze a couple for her to have while I am away. Unbelievably, in three years she has never had my chicken wings so that will be rectified before long. Kevin is now leaving on Friday instead of Saturday as planned because he secured a great deal on a flight and a night at the Guangzhou Hilton. I hope it’s not raining on Friday because his car was the back up for taking Pepsi to the vets.
It’s very quiet on campus now and the last of the students who are in fact going home will leave tomorrow, although some will be staying in dedicated dormitories, the rest will be locked for the duration. The supermarket is looking rather bare, as they have to empty all the stock and put it in storage they aren’t too keen on replacing things in case they don’t sell. Not a big problem as the one outside stays open anyway and sells identical stuff.
Sunday 7th 1540
Finally my aircon was attended to. It is still not as cold as I believe it should be but at least the airflow is greater and tonight should be a lot more comfortable. The main problems were a blocked overflow (causing the rain), the fact the wall unit wasn’t mounted on the level and a build up of dust and dirt. None of these I could have fixed myself and the cleaning involved taking the whole shooting match to pieces. The repair man (through Cinny) was at pains to point out the culprit for the dirt was my cigars, this was said whilst he merrily puffed away on a cheap Chinese cigarette. I in turn suggested that were the machines given an annual service this would never have occurred.
1700
I just went and helped Joanna move her things from her dormitory to here. Assorted carrier bags plus a suitcase which couldn’t have weighed more had she stuffed a dead body inside. As a result, when I picked it up to put it on the bike the handle snapped. Her comment? Ohhhh…..you should be more careful! What???? I think I may be able to effect a repair using my superglue but it wasn’t meant to hold what must have been 30 kgs.
For now though, the mince is browning and I’m off to chop things for the chilli con carne.
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