Living inside Jethro Tull

[hirez]

Recently, an oak chest of drawers (made in April 1925 by a bloke called Williamson) turned up via the means of Ebay. Since it was home to a vigorous colony of woodworm, it's been out in the shed while I daub it with noxious substances. Well, substance. Looks like milk, pongs familiarly of organophosphates. If it doesn't work, we're in Ogden Nash territory. (A primal termite knocked on wood/Tasted it and found it good/That is why your cousin May/Fell through the parlour floor today.)

Lining the drawers were pages from the May 20th 1965 Daily Express and Evening Post. The Post leads with news of a Pakistan Air Boeing going down in the Egyptian desert with the loss of 121. There are other stories about the bus fares going up and a 'final solution' to the gypsy problem.

The Express bits are mostly sits. vac. and the television listings. I've scanned them for a laugh:

Computing jobs for chaps with English Electric Leo Marconi.

Spannering Nuke subs.

Engineering lab staff for W.H. Allen & Sons.

The Television. Three channels! And Teledu Cymru!

Comments

[poggs.livejournal.com]

11.25pm

ROADWORKS REPORT


Hoyeah. Makes the IBA Engineering Announcements look boring.

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

A while back, I was at a stately home, and some of the furniture had been enveloped in huge plastic bags. I asked why, and was told they were treating it for woodworm, only since it's terribly antique and stately, they don't use any noxious substances; they seal it in an airtight plastic bag, and then pump carbon dioxide into the bag and leave it, sealed up, for a day or so. Apparently it kills the little buggers quickly and reliably without any damage to the wood You could probably rig something of the sort with plastic sheeting, gaffer tape, and a fire extinguisher, no?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Damn. That sounds much more fun.

I'm not going to buy worm-ridden furniture on purpose, but should there be a next time...

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Ta. There are others, featuring men in y-fronts.

[jendama.livejournal.com]

But what about the chest? Will we all be treated to before and after pictures?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

It ought to look the same, just have less chance of passing on its wee passengers to the rest of the house.

Mind, it's going to have to stop in the shed for a couple more weeks so the chemical pong wears off and isn't transferred to the contents. And I want to make sure there are no more tell-tale piles of sawdust under the thing.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

... And since it's you:

A drawerless chest (http://www.libeljournal.com/album/phonepix/random/tn/Chest1.jpg.html)

Drawers, drying. (http://www.libeljournal.com/album/phonepix/random/tn/Drawers1.jpg.html)

Wormholes. (http://www.libeljournal.com/album/phonepix/random/tn/Wormholes.jpg.html)