Progress Report

[poliphilo]

So where are we up to with the bathroom?

The new wall cladding is in place (it's white with iridescent sparkles) and so is the ceiling cladding (it's white and shiny.) The pipework is sorted and there's a new radiator fitted, also a new light fitting. The suite that is going to fill the empty space is sitting on a blanket in the garage and the vinyl floor covering is due to be delivered today.

The only thing we're keeping from the old set-up is the green frog toggle for the light pull.

Comments

[poliphilo]

There was an American kid at one of the schools I went to who had a huge collection of baseball cards- and gave away the ones he didn't want. I ended up with a bunch- and treasured them- even though I had no idea about the game.

[oakmouse]

Baseball cards really were kind of cool. I left my brother's collection alone because I got interested in regular playing cards instead --- and he also bribed me with troll dolls and Rat Fink dolls!

[poliphilo]

Ailz likes trolls. Ratfinks are new to me.

[oakmouse]

Rat Fink dolls were a very American thing; I don't know that they ever really got outside of the US. I didn't like the full-size dolls, because they looked sleazy and gross, clearly the bad side of hippie and biker cultures. But I loved the rings, which made me feel tough and competent --- very welcome for a chronically bullied, shy, disabled, undersized kid whose only effective weapons were my orthopedic shoes with steel wedge arch-support inserts.