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bringing a motorcycle, but we anticipated almost
everything else pretty accurately.

Jim has really got our apt set up. He scrounged
some lumber at work & bought a vinyl remnant &
now we have a folding bar-table in the kitchen. He's
now looking for some stools to scrounge. He's got hooks
up all over the kitchen to make up for the lack of drawer
space, & we have decided to put a dresser in one corner
(a la Irish cottage kitchen) & cover it with vinyl on top.
The automatic controls on the boiler in our bldg went
blooie & after living without heat & hot weather for a
couple of days Jim started firing it manually, explained
what was the matter with it to the supt., fixed part of
it & now we're waiting for a part, so when the supt.
doesn't get around to firing it manually, Jim does.
Little do the neighbors realize that Jim is keeping them
warm, but we're keeping his talents a secret from
everyone but the supt, who is a good guy to have on
your side. He helped Jim scrounge enough venetian
blinds for most of the windows. One of the neighbors
gave him a nice mahogany door, & it makes a great
worktable in our bedroom, & that's where we're going
to lay out the hi-fi hit & build it - the AM FM tunes.

I would certainly like to buzz over to Worcester &
see Aunt Margaret, but we're really in no position to take