Visiting The Attic

[poliphilo]

I fetched an anglepoise lamp from the attic yesterday evening. It used to be my dad's. I plugged it in, switched it on (it still works, hooray!) adjusted the angle and then it fell to bits.

I don't like going into the attic; We have high ceilings, it's a steep climb, and once I'm up there I'm afraid of mis-stepping or lurching and going through that great rectangular hole in the floor. I've told Ailz the time is coming when I'm going to refuse to do it anymore.

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Another side-effect of aging is also my inability to deal with steep climbs. Once I'm up, I'm fine. But getting down again can be a bit of a problem.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes. I really didn't enjoy lowering myself back down through that hole.