Travels etc.

Today, Friday 26/04/2013 the builder has actually started the work to fix major defects! However this didn't just come easy. On 03/04/2013 it heavily rained and the water started leaking into the ground floor unit and damaged the floorboards. The owners of the unit contacted the builder and Fair Trading office, because the water leakage has been on the list of defects, but has never been properly addressed by the builder. The builder and the person who installed the windows/doors came to inspect the issue. They decided to re-seal the windows/doors to improve the waterproofing. On 17/04/2013 the Fair Trading Inspector and the builder came to mediate the defects situation. The builder looked like a student in front of the teacher trying to explain why the defects listed really appeared. However the inspector was really good and pointed out that everything had to be built up to standards and that the builder though sent sub-contractors to do the work in good faith has neve...

On 09/02/2013 the builder came to inspect the exact same defects they have been aware of since September 2012. During the inspection the builder verbally agreed to fix majority of those defects, rejected some of them as they believed those were maintenance problems and not the building problem and rejected their liability on some of the defects. The owners corporation requested a report, which should include a list a of defects and exact dates when those defects would be rectified. The builder verbally agreed with that. After 10 days - 19/02/2013 - the builder sent an email to the owners corporation and Fair Trading that included the unit numbers and the defects that will be fixed/not fixed. Some defects were missing from the list and as usual there were no firm dates. Owners Corporation have responded to that email (including Fair Trading) that the report is not complete. After three days - 21/02/2013 - the builder sent an email providing the contact details of the person...

Один раз - Saint Николас

Английский аристократ 20-го века о веке 19-м. Есть чувство, что даже в 21-м веке русские аристократы всё такие же. Только Париж у них расширился на другие места: "Alexander, it is true, had a certain snobbish respect for Athenian civilization, but this was common to his whole dynasty, who wished to prove that they were not barbarians. It was analogous to the feeling of nineteenth-century Russian aristocrats for Paris." Russell, B. (1945). A History of Western Philosophy. New York: Simon and Schuster, p. 161

From Plato’s cosmogony: "If a man lives well, he goes, after death, to live happily forever in his star. But if he lives badly, he will, in the next life, be a woman …" Russell, B. (1945). A History of Western Philosophy. New York: Simon and Schuster, p. 145

Star Wars

Great song. Haven't heard it before though listened to quite a few of Waits.