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Walked over to the Bloor and Spadina postal outlet, the one I think is closer than the Dupont and Spadina one even though I know it isn't, and sent off my tax form and accountant's cheque. So that's done. 'Places on Bloor seem closer than they are' simply because it's the main drag, hence has shops and people and, let's be honest here, better sidewalks than grotty Dupont with its condos a-building and its multitude of utility cuts chewing up the sidewalk. (Utility cuts are when the hydro and gas companies rip up a newly concreted sidewalk or asphalted roadway to access the stuff underneath, then patch it with asphalt that sinks down or breaks up, depending, making life hard for people with walkers and bloody dangerous for people in wheelchairs, especially the motorized ones.)
Also on the main drag is Wiener's hardware, that Annex institution, so I dropped by to see what they had in the way of window fans. Nothing, same as the last time I checked, aside from 'whisper quiet' towers that don't do a great job of moving the air either. But this time I asked one of the oyaji when the fans would be coming in and he said they *were* in, just down in the basement. Came back with the exact model I want, yahoo! because the air purifier is dead and the old window fan has started screeching as well. I know there's no excuse for these fans because you can't get in to clean them, much less oil the motor, so they're essence of planned obsolescence. OTOH this fan was bought probably in the oughties and is pushing twenty years, so I don't feel *too* bad about getting a new one.
My cherry is fully out and has the sakura smell, which is ok but nothing like a plum or apple. And may fall in the weekend's forecast heat and rain and wind so look at it while it's here.
Also on the main drag is Wiener's hardware, that Annex institution, so I dropped by to see what they had in the way of window fans. Nothing, same as the last time I checked, aside from 'whisper quiet' towers that don't do a great job of moving the air either. But this time I asked one of the oyaji when the fans would be coming in and he said they *were* in, just down in the basement. Came back with the exact model I want, yahoo! because the air purifier is dead and the old window fan has started screeching as well. I know there's no excuse for these fans because you can't get in to clean them, much less oil the motor, so they're essence of planned obsolescence. OTOH this fan was bought probably in the oughties and is pushing twenty years, so I don't feel *too* bad about getting a new one.
My cherry is fully out and has the sakura smell, which is ok but nothing like a plum or apple. And may fall in the weekend's forecast heat and rain and wind so look at it while it's here.