'Objects In Space'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Man. I would love to go back to bed for another two hours. It's chilly and there's a wind advisory. I worry about how ita is handling the weather, I tells ya.
It's something like 38 degrees...and I swear we have a wind chill bringing it down to 30.
I'm sorta bummed about it all, as I don't have a lot of warm clothes/shoes. I AM UNPREPARED.
I try to get a sense of how well the building is insulated for sound (although that can be difficult to do in a single short visit). Here in the US, anyway, I've heard that a lot of newer construction has very poor sound insulation. A friend of mine bought a condo in a newly-rehabbed building - after she bought it she discovered that they "forgot" to put in sound insulation between her place and the one below, and the woman below her would complain over her every little noise.
My building was built in the 1920s - it's very quiet.
The thing is, beyond the basic "do things work" questions, is to figure out what things are going to drive you batshit to live with and try to check them out. Shower pressure, limited outlets that mean you have to have extension cords all over the place, waiting for the hot water, etc., are little things that can make a big difference in how much you enjoy where you live.
And bring a list. Otherwise you'll totally forget half of them.
List...list...take a list!
Best advice ever.
Only crazy people like Nutella. It tastes like dirt.
If liking Nutella is wrong, I don't want to be right.
is to figure out what things are going to drive you batshit to live with and try to check them out.
So one should knock on the doors of all the apartments bordering the one for rent and say, "Excuse me - do the two of you ever have loud, screaming fights at night? You do? OK, how loud are your loud, screaming fight voices? Could you demonstrate for me while I go back into the unit for rent?"
Anyway, I wish I could have done that for a few of the places I lived in....
Flat viewed. Every looked like it works. Rental agency do repairs. Washing machine and dryer in kitchen. There's even a dish washer - I, too, shall burn the planet with my pots.
Looked good. It's fairly small, but then I'm looking at right in the middle of city centre.
Thanks all for advice - I think I confused the rental agency lady by switching things on and poking things.
It's something like 38 degrees...and I swear we have a wind chill bringing it down to 30.
And, today is a day when I agreed to cover a PE class at school. Seriously? I'm going to freeze.
I like Nutella well enough, but Praline spread at Le Pain Quotidien is amazing. Not chocolatey at all. Just sugary hazelnut goodness.
It's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye.
He looks kind of like young Elvis in that picture.
And, man, I can't wait for the comics to be available!
He looks kind of like young Elvis in that picture.He does. And he looks like young Elvis from the Elvis TV series from 10 or 15 years back. And he looks like Peter Petrelli on Heroes, and yet he's still my Xander, nearly Pack!Xander.
And, man, I can't wait for the comics to be available!Neither can I. I'm salivating. And if I understand what a "pull" is, I have now established one at my local comic shop, or taken the first step in doing same.
Thanks all for advice - I think I confused the rental agency lady by switching things on and poking things.
Good. Do you think you'll take it, Kevin? When would you move?