House update: Friday and weekend

[electricland]

My aunt reports:

Today for lunch there were no hooligans in the afternoon; so John and I joined Ken and Carol at Ce Vediamo. They have just come back from Budapest.

John worked on wiring changes on the third floor all day.

Brian the Tile came and put up cement board Jen's bathroom. He wants the crew to put up greenboard on the party wall in Jen's bathroom (who has a party in a bathroom?), and perhaps in Robin's.

Ken and Carol came to see progress and were impressed.

Cheers all, Helen

Sadly, the weekend was not wildly productive. On Saturday my parents and I went in and measured stuff on the third floor. I owe Daddy a copy of those notes so that he can start constructing the shelves in my closet-to-be.

I also have decided that if possible, my closet lights should be sort of tracklighting-esque floodlights mounted on the sloping ceiling and aimed at the closet. I fear this will not be popular with John.

Also, the Rona guy called and the pendant lights we liked for the stairs are in. I think we want 3, although we could get 4 and just change the one at the top if we don't like it.

I called to request an inspection for tomorrow afternoon, but have not heard back from the inspector people yet.

I learned this morning that the Russian for "hooligan" is pronounced very much like "hooligan", only with the H sounding more like the CH in "loch". I'm afraid I can't give you the Cyrillic version, although I was shown it. It starts with an "x", or at least something that looks like an "x".

I think that is all for now.

Comments

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they don't have an [h]. The "x" is indeed pronounced like [ch] in "loch" and Spanish "jota", the letter's name is "je". Like in Mexico if pronounced by a Spanish person rather than a Latin American. Before googling, my guess is that the Russian "hooligan" looks pretty much like this: xyлuгaH, with the H smaller (=Russian "n")...

*gooles Russian dictionary*

Blimey! Check it out: хулиган. Funny how you don't forget some things :) I haven't had a Russian class in 11 years. It used to be so confusing ... "y" = [u], "u" = [e], "p" = [r], "H" = [n]!!!

Aww, thanks for bringing that back to my memory, Ell.

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

And I haven't "gooled" in a long time either ...

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Good Heavens. You know Russian too??!

I am so impressed. Also wishing I hadn't wasted all my time when people tried to teach *me* 3 other languages...

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, away with the impressed-ness! I don't *know* Russian. To my eternal shame. 8 years of it in school, and I can only just remember the alphabet. I can also say "I have a brother. He is 25 years old." Oh, and "Rostock is situated close to the Baltic Sea." And "birthday". And "sights". That, I'm afraid, is it :)

[nellisir.livejournal.com]

If you're talking about lights -inside- your closet, and it's not a walk-in, then code in the US requires them to be florescent (sp), not incandescent -- if that makes a difference.

If they're not in the closet...then aren't you going to block the light when you get stuff out?

[electricland.livejournal.com]

It's not exactly a closet as such... we're putting a rail along the low part of the sloping ceiling with a curtain in front. Not sure what that counts as, but it makes it a bit more challenging to fit halfway attractive lighting in. Hence the floodlights outside. I'm hoping if I have 2 then the shadows won't be too bad. It's a bit of a challenge.

Good to know about the fluorescents* though.

*think fluorine, not flora (or flour)

[nellisir.livejournal.com]

Ah, I get it. Not knowing exactly how things are laid out, I'd still look at some of the bar fluorescents*, or even rope lighting. I think the proximity & unobtrusiveness are better.

I've got another thought or two, but can't articulate them at the moment. Maybe I'll make a sketch or two, and scan them in. Are there two sides to the closet? Is it just the curtain/curtain rod in front, or are you doing any sort of valance?

The fluorescent light thing is a heat issue, so keep that in mind if you do go with a close-in light. Don't get something that's going to heat up.

As always, feel free to ignore my opinion. I don't have to live in the house.

* and here I was stuck on the "-escent". ;)