13th January 2021
I agreed to go with Kelli to check out an upscale resale outlet called Ditto to look for more small items to sell.
Whilst she was wading though the stuff that interested her, I looked through the DVD’s and CD’s.
I must have gone through them four or five times just to see if I recognised any of the artists. The US must produce millions of discs just to put into these thrift stores for sad people like me to sort through.
Kelli had accumulated a good selection of curtains, bed linens and pottery that will soon be listed on Marketplace.
There was the usual trip to Menards, and a chance to check out the choice of packing materials for the stacks of boxed Kelli has to post out.
I did manage to do a bit of work in the garage. I had to make guides for two drawers that were missing them, not simple, as I didn’t have the proper machines, and was not able to buy them from Amazon.
I found various bits of scrap timber that I bonded together to fabricate something that would do the job.
Missing or broken guides are the main things that need repair or replacement in all the dressers that we get. Some plastic components can be bought from the large DIY stores, and can make the difference between something as rough as a badger’s arse or smooth like a greasy pole.
The main purpose of the guide is to stop the drawer box crabbing, or jamming
Often the sides of the drawer box wear down from constant use, this is a bit more complicated, but after doing it for so long, I’m quite an expert.
That is often the first question the customer asks “Do the drawers work?” So we take time to make sure they do.
Another Lifetime to go 