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venta ([personal profile] venta) wrote2003-05-21 01:20 am

Futons are evil

Andy and I have just dismantled a futon and put it in the attic. Well, tried to put it in the attic - even with its base dismantled, the sections won't fit through the hatch (so on to plan B, there).

But... futon mattresses. This one had two, for various reasons. Laid out flat on a wooden base, they're lovely. But as soon as you try to move one, it becomes apparent that a futon mattress is the single most unwieldy, awkward, heavy and unbiddable item in the universe.

We eventually cowed them by rolling them into fat sausages, tied with string, and sliding bin liners on to either end. Then Andy stood on the landing and pushed the rolls end-on up through the hatch, with me in the attic catching.

You have no idea how many bad jokes can be made about this whole process. Really. You think you know, but you don't.

This evening we also changed the location of one single bed, one double bed, one computer desk, one normal desk, a bookcase... it's all excitement round here.

Oh, and I went to a rapper practice this evening as well. At long last we're up to strength again, and now have 6 dancers locally.. yay.

Tired now.

[identity profile] wimble.livejournal.com 2003-05-21 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
You mean you've not been going to practice on Tuesdays? Damn... I missed that one ;-)

Glad to hear you've regained your numbers, anyway. At least until you poke somebody's eye out.

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2003-05-21 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
You mean you've not been going to practice on Tuesdays? Damn... I missed that one ;-)

Oh, I've been going, it's just that we've been limping along with four people and a stand-in...

Yesterday we had the requisite five people *and* one over to do the teaching :)

[identity profile] condign.livejournal.com 2003-05-21 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. :) Glad to know you guys enjoyed moving that furniture around on your end as much as I loved moving it around on mine.

The double bed's quite nice, though, don'tcha think?

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2003-05-21 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
Nice, but in pieces at present. I'll give you a proper review when I've slept on it :)

[identity profile] condign.livejournal.com 2003-05-21 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm... I thought it was Andy's bed... is there something we don't know about here?

Enquiring minds want to know... ;)

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2003-05-21 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
Enquiring minds will be disappointed :)

At present: Andy has Bed A, I have Bed B, you have just sold us Bed C.

I've called dibs on Bed C, because it has storage space underneath which neither A nor B do.

Andy wants a bed with a harder mattress than A's, which means he can have Bed B when I've got Bed C.

We are now a bed over the odds, but we're keeping all three until Andy finds out whether he's going to be living in a furnished or unfurnished room in Cambridge.

So for now, I'm in Bed B, Andy's in Bed A, and Bed C is in the wings as it's the only one which comes to pieces for storage.

Clear ?

Enquiring minds are indeed disappointed...

[identity profile] condign.livejournal.com 2003-05-23 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
...but you give me a full review when you've used it.