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Out of sight, out of mind
Went into the loft today. At least I can be glad that I am still agile enough to be able to do that. Going up the step ladders is easy; it's getting from them, perching on the hole edge and climbing into the loft that's tricky.
I found an amazing assortment of stuff. My parents couldn't have looked let alone been into their loft for years. Everything was covered with dust. If there is a lung disease caused by exposure to large amounts of house dust then I am likely to be affected.
There were ancient suitcases battered beyond use. Inside one was a silver cigarette holder which still contained cigarettes. There was a metal box which contained The Daily Telegraph dated Monday 4 September 1939. Another metal box housed a wooden box containing a document announcing the awarding of a knighthood to one of my great-grandfathers.
There were rolls of carpet, plastic bags of curtains, small bookcases, two ancient wooden shoe-trees, and a guitar. There was a table top with four legs, and four legs but no table top. There was the first rowing machine that my father bought; the second he gave to my brother last year. There were three rucksacks which must have been more than forty years old.
There was also a bomb. I think it's an incendiary bomb. It is harmless (unless dropped on one's foot) as it's empty, it contains no explosive; the top comes off. Haven't thought what to do with it yet.
Tomorrow I shall have to go to the tip again, and must remember to take the bottles of nitric and sulphuric acid that I found in the garage.
Thought for today
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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