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Friday 1st 54F/12C [7.20] Heavy overcast and gales. All day.
Up at 6.45 after a quiet night with weird dreams.
A short walk.
Then a shopping trip in the car. I had found a website by a local company. Which offered a remarkably large, glass, display cabinet. So I drove over there. Only to find that the staff present had never heard of it. One of them rang the absent boss but he knew nothing about it either. It makes absolutely no sense.
So I sent them an email with direct links and copies of their own text of their own website page. I have spent hours browsing for display cabinets and inspiration online. There is a popular range of shopfitting cabinets but they are rather smaller than the locally offered one.
IKEA has smaller cabinets in glass and aluminium. Their larger models are mostly wood or chipboard. After waiting two years to put my wife's collection on display it is disappointing to be denied suitable accommodation. The cabinet from the charity shop has given me a much better feel for how much capacity I need and where to place it.
Not least the shelf spacing and strength required to support large glass vases and bottles. It is here that IKEA has dropped the ball on their glass shelving. Too thin, for no other reason than to save themselves money and increase profits. While providing no replacements in the event of catastrophic failure! Imagine losing one's entire collection. All of it irreplaceable and strongly connected to a lost partner.
18.45 50F/10C The temperature is going to drop like a stone tomorrow. Under 3C/37F by 8am. A cold but sunny day is promised with much lighter winds. Peaking at 8.5C/47F at lunch time. Dropping to 3C again by 8pm. The living room has been acceptably warm at 66F/19C all day. Though I was wearing a jacket.
Dinner was mackerel on toast in tomato sauce with halved tomatoes. The second course was a salmon pasty with broccoli. Served with an organic apple juice.
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