I have an old wooden garage that is gradually rotting away.
I’ve made several running repairs on it over the years, adding spars here and
buttresses there, because I feared that a gale would bring it down one day. So
why did I continue parking in there? There were reasons to do with a lack of
off-road parking that is causing enough difficulty between my neighbour and me as it is, so I continued to strengthen
it and continued parking there.
However… The strengthening I added was all geared to
preventing sideways movement of the walls in strong wind. What I didn’t realise
was how heavy snow could be. We had heavy snow throughout Friday night, and
yesterday the weight of it brought the garage roof down. My car is now pinned
by a fallen roof that is far too heavy to lift manually. It’s going to need
mechanical lifting or jacking gear. And I’ve no idea how much damage it’s done.
The nearest town is seven miles away and there’s no bus
service here any more. Such a service isn’t commercially viable and the local
authority has stopped subsidising the minimal service we used to have. Taxis
are expensive; to use one would double the cost of my week’s shopping. So now I
wait for the landlord’s agent to send an expert, which I’m onto.
This week had already brought some nasty interpersonal
problems and several losses. It hasn’t been a good week. OK? Shutting up now.
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