Not bad for $75

Not bad for $75, originally uploaded by Tim McDonald.

Sometimes, you just have to be in the right place at the right time. The couch that I had been PROMISED FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS ("we'll pick it up this weekend"), as I had long suspected, fell through. However, on Saturday, saw a flyer in the laundry room from someone in the building selling a couch. Looked OK in the picture and the price was reasonable at $150. Gave the bloke a call and he mentioned that it had a 'slight stain' and the price would be a little lower because of this. This didn't fill me with confidence, but called the guy up anyway. Went and had a look and it checked out OK. Yes, it did indeed have a small stain (from the red/orange cover they had on it which must have got wet at one stage), as well as signs that it had been sat in for a few years, but nothing really noticeable. Because of this, the asking price was revised down to $75. I even bought a pedestal fan from them for $15. The place is not air conditioned and being on the 25th means I have 24 floors' worth of heating to contend with as it rises up through the floors. Best of all, I didn't have to worry about delivery as it was already in my building. It shouldn't be hard for me to dispose of it as I'm actually at least its third owner in the building as the people I bought it off bought it from someone else in the building.

Other than that, bugger all to report aside from the fact that we're actually getting some nice days here and the days themselves are getting much longer now. It's light when my alarm goes off at 5.30am and the last traces of light are gone by 10pm. Certainly beats the 8am to 4pm hours of December.

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