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25/05/11
This morning the Tatami man showed up. He didn't seem put out at all that I am a foreigner. He and his assistant were friendly and cheerful and took our mats away for recovering. He seemed quite surprised when I handed him the payment upfront in cash. I was expecting a few days turnaround but he informed me that he would be back at 4pm. Outstanding. So onto project no.2. The repair on the side of the house that we did last summer is less than asthetically pleasing to my eye. I had given some thought as to what to do to improve the look and had come up with the idea of using trellis to cover it up. Conan had framed trellis panels which were quite cheap so I decided to fix them to the side wall. They were unpainted so the rest of the day was spent on the tedious task of painting them white. Luckily the rain held off so we were able to complete this job. The weather has been crappy with the rainy season comming unusually early this year. We had all packed for high temps so dont have much in the way of clothes for this cool weather. Today was only 20 degrees. The other visitor today was the friendly plumber. This guy fixed a burst pipe for us last year. When I turned on the water yesterday, guess what? Yep, the same pipe had blow in exactly the same place. So he replaced it again but this time we got the super insulated version with lots of foam and tape. Hopefully this time will be more successful. Tatami man arrived at 4pm with our new mats. He laid them and we had a chat about the drama I had had with the big company we had emailed. It seems that the demand for cheap end tatami mats has skyrocketed with the building of temporary homes in the Tohouku area. A lot of tatami mats were trashed in the tsunami and now it's boom time for those with the production capability. They do look good and the house is full of the smell of fresh tatami. Apparently, if you are a Japanese man, the 2 finest things in life are a new wife and new tatami. So, a sucessful day. Even Mr. Trump across the road produced a friendly hello.
This morning the Tatami man showed up. He didn't seem put out at all that I am a foreigner. He and his assistant were friendly and cheerful and took our mats away for recovering. He seemed quite surprised when I handed him the payment upfront in cash. I was expecting a few days turnaround but he informed me that he would be back at 4pm. Outstanding. So onto project no.2. The repair on the side of the house that we did last summer is less than asthetically pleasing to my eye. I had given some thought as to what to do to improve the look and had come up with the idea of using trellis to cover it up. Conan had framed trellis panels which were quite cheap so I decided to fix them to the side wall. They were unpainted so the rest of the day was spent on the tedious task of painting them white. Luckily the rain held off so we were able to complete this job. The weather has been crappy with the rainy season comming unusually early this year. We had all packed for high temps so dont have much in the way of clothes for this cool weather. Today was only 20 degrees. The other visitor today was the friendly plumber. This guy fixed a burst pipe for us last year. When I turned on the water yesterday, guess what? Yep, the same pipe had blow in exactly the same place. So he replaced it again but this time we got the super insulated version with lots of foam and tape. Hopefully this time will be more successful. Tatami man arrived at 4pm with our new mats. He laid them and we had a chat about the drama I had had with the big company we had emailed. It seems that the demand for cheap end tatami mats has skyrocketed with the building of temporary homes in the Tohouku area. A lot of tatami mats were trashed in the tsunami and now it's boom time for those with the production capability. They do look good and the house is full of the smell of fresh tatami. Apparently, if you are a Japanese man, the 2 finest things in life are a new wife and new tatami. So, a sucessful day. Even Mr. Trump across the road produced a friendly hello.
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