Ballade of lost objects

[flemmings]

 I had a stack of face cloths the other week. Now I have one or two. They're not in the wash.  They're not in the linen closet. They are not.

I had two attachments for the vacuum cleaner. Now I have one. I know I saw the other one on a table at the start of lockdown, but no table anywhere has the second attachment.

I had a needle threader. It was my last needle threader so I put it in a safe place. Who knows what that safe place was? Luckily I found a $2 sewing kit at the conveni today, which has thread I will never use (flimsy) but at least has a threader, and cheap at the price.

I ordered a book from Japan two months ago and paid for air mail. It hasn't arrived yet, and I strongly suspect won't arrive ever.

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[chomiji]

My second volume of the new hardback Saiyuki release finally showed up the other day. Then I put it somewhere and couldn't find it for two days.

[flemmings]

Life is hard enough without inanimate objects conspiring against us.

Also, finally got the one Judge Dee book I didn't have, from the library. Pps 87-88 are missing.

[incandescens]

That is definitely malice.

[flemmings]

Further malice is, I know I've read it, several times. so I own it but can I find it? No.

Also- maybe the whole of that print run is missing one page? So much for buying.

[incandescens]

Tch.

In case I come across a copy, which one was it?

[flemmings]

Judge Dee at Work. It's the American edition, so anything else should be intact. And thank you.

https://books.google.com/books/about/Judge_Dee_at_Work.html?id=06AJ1qnbFK4C

(Hm. Amazon has a copy of the edition I ought to have, for a mere $255 C$, and it looks totally unfamiliar. So what edition did I read it in?
https://www.amazon.ca/Van-Gulik-Judge-Robert-1979-03-01/dp/B01K9ABNPQ

[incandescens]

Right, I'll keep an eye open for any copies of it. ;)