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More dust
The upstairs is now covered with a different sort of dust. The carpet on the landing is so old that its foam backing has become friable and, on disturbing, turns to dust. The HN and I rolled it back today to lift the floorboards underneath and reach the ring main from which to attach a cable to supply a socket in the loft. We (he really, with me helping; I hand him screws and screwdrivers) were going to start by rerouting the TV aerial in the study until we discovered that it was not connected to anything; one end was in the study, the other was free in the loft.
Once the wiring to the new socket in the loft was completed, I turned on the ring main and the HN checked the socket by plugging in his inspection lamp, the bulb of which I'd replaced because it had blown earlier. Nothing happened; the lamp stayed unlit. I suggested that we try a radio. This worked. When the bulb had blown in the lamp, so had the fuse.
I think the HN, who is 80, likes a challenge. He is prepared to crawl in the loft to reach the incoming TV aerial to connect it to a booster from which a second aerial can be attached; it will be no mean feat as the pitch of the roof is so low. I doubt I shall be climbing into lofts when I am 80. There was a programme on TV last night about John Prescott. I doubt he could even get through the loft entrance.
Thought for today
Order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed.
John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, Representative Government, 1861
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