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Woozle: /* History */

2023-02-16T01:55:53Z

History

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	So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!		So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!
	==History==		==History==
			* '''2023-02-15''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109871833163006260 Got the futon frame upstairs and into the room].
			* '''[[2023/02/11]]''' moved the last-for-now of the boxes out to storage
	* '''2023-02-04''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109808359591067198 Packed and inventoried 12 boxes and drove them out to the storage unit].		* '''2023-02-04''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109808359591067198 Packed and inventoried 12 boxes and drove them out to the storage unit].
	* '''2023-02-02''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109796407368803126 battery got]		* '''2023-02-02''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109796407368803126 battery got]

Woozle at 20:30, 4 February 2023

2023-02-04T20:30:36Z

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	So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!		So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!
	==History==		==History==
			* '''2023-02-04''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109808359591067198 Packed and inventoried 12 boxes and drove them out to the storage unit].
	* '''2023-02-02''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109796407368803126 battery got]		* '''2023-02-02''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109796407368803126 battery got]
	* '''2023-02-01''' minor update [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109792292334905224 on TootCat]		* '''2023-02-01''' minor update [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109792292334905224 on TootCat]

Woozle: /* History */

2023-02-02T17:53:13Z

History

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	So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!		So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!
	==History==		==History==
			* '''2023-02-02''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109796407368803126 battery got]
	* '''2023-02-01''' minor update [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109792292334905224 on TootCat]		* '''2023-02-01''' minor update [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109792292334905224 on TootCat]
	* '''2023-01-25''' added the hand-truck; posted to [https://www.facebook.com/woozalia/posts/pfbid0AgDELeXpSSVPdai4YBemSXV4mDi1WMKoJLxfZhCsRiTGrSPHNG81aFaGodWPap2Wl Facebook].		* '''2023-01-25''' added the hand-truck; posted to [https://www.facebook.com/woozalia/posts/pfbid0AgDELeXpSSVPdai4YBemSXV4mDi1WMKoJLxfZhCsRiTGrSPHNG81aFaGodWPap2Wl Facebook].

Woozle: /* History */

2023-02-02T00:24:39Z

History

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	So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!		So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!
	==History==		==History==
			* '''2023-02-01''' minor update [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109792292334905224 on TootCat]
	* '''2023-01-25''' added the hand-truck; posted to [https://www.facebook.com/woozalia/posts/pfbid0AgDELeXpSSVPdai4YBemSXV4mDi1WMKoJLxfZhCsRiTGrSPHNG81aFaGodWPap2Wl Facebook].		* '''2023-01-25''' added the hand-truck; posted to [https://www.facebook.com/woozalia/posts/pfbid0AgDELeXpSSVPdai4YBemSXV4mDi1WMKoJLxfZhCsRiTGrSPHNG81aFaGodWPap2Wl Facebook].
	* '''2023-01-24''' originally written; [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-make-room-for-a-1night-guest-et-seq GoFundMe] started, and [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109747105694596310 posted on TootCat].		* '''2023-01-24''' originally written; [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-make-room-for-a-1night-guest-et-seq GoFundMe] started, and [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109747105694596310 posted on TootCat].

Woozle: /* History */

2023-01-25T14:37:47Z

History

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	So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!		So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!
	==History==		==History==
	* '''2023-01-25''' added the hand-truck		* '''2023-01-25''' added the hand-truck; posted to [https://www.facebook.com/woozalia/posts/pfbid0AgDELeXpSSVPdai4YBemSXV4mDi1WMKoJLxfZhCsRiTGrSPHNG81aFaGodWPap2Wl Facebook].
	* '''2023-01-24''' originally written; [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-make-room-for-a-1night-guest-et-seq GoFundMe] started, and [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109747105694596310 posted on TootCat].		* '''2023-01-24''' originally written; [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-make-room-for-a-1night-guest-et-seq GoFundMe] started, and [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109747105694596310 posted on TootCat].

	==Footnote==		==Footnote==
	<references>		<references>
	<ref name=note1>I was originally allowing a nice round $100 for "unforeseen", but then the hand-truck ate up $90 of that, so now it's a more arbitrary $10. If I think of anything else, I may have to bump "unforeseen" back up again.</ref>		<ref name=note1>I was originally allowing a nice round $100 for "unforeseen", but then the hand-truck ate up $90 of that, so now it's a more arbitrary $10. If I think of anything else, I may have to bump "unforeseen" back up again.</ref>
	</references>		</references>

Woozle: /* The Deadline */

2023-01-25T14:20:03Z

The Deadline

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	Allowing an extra $10 for unforseen expenses, that comes to (200 + 90 + 120 + 10 =) = $420, which I swear is just a coincidence<ref name=note1 />. (Our finances are only ''figuratively'' going to pot. ...though we do fully support cannabis legalization and those who find it a helpful tool in their coping arsenal, for whatever that's worth.)		Allowing an extra $10 for unforseen expenses, that comes to (200 + 90 + 120 + 10 =) = $420, which I swear is just a coincidence<ref name=note1 />. (Our finances are only ''figuratively'' going to pot. ...though we do fully support cannabis legalization and those who find it a helpful tool in their coping arsenal, for whatever that's worth.)
	==The Deadline==		==The Deadline==
	What's happening is this: a nearby friend (lives in Greensboro, about an hour's drive from here) is having her SRS done in Durham (MacPhee) on February 24 -- one month from today, as of this writing. The surgery appointment is very early in the morning (6 am), so she needs to crash here the night before... and the only possible space we can make available is Mel's room. So I need to get enough stuff out of there to make room for a mattress (which we do have) by the 23rd.		What's happening is this: a nearby friend (lives in Greensboro, about an hour's drive from here) is having her SRS done in Durham (MacPhee) on February 24 -- one month from today, as of this writing. The surgery appointment is very early in the morning (6 am), so she needs to crash here the night before... and the only possible space we can make available is Mel's room. So I need to get enough stuff out of there to make room for a mattress (which we do have) by the 23rd. (As I mentioned above, she is absolutely not the expense; she is quite properly compensating us for travel expenses.)

	==The Plan==		==The Plan==
	So then: we've got just under a month to do the following:		So then: we've got just under a month to do the following:

Woozle at 13:54, 25 January 2023

2023-01-25T13:54:39Z

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	==History==		==History==
	* '''2023-01-25''' added the hand-truck		* '''2023-01-25''' added the hand-truck
	* '''2023-01-24''' originally written; [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-make-room-for-a-1night-guest-et-seq GoFundMe] started		* '''2023-01-24''' originally written; [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-make-room-for-a-1night-guest-et-seq GoFundMe] started, and [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109747105694596310 posted on TootCat].
	==Footnote==		==Footnote==
	<references>		<references>
	<ref name=note1>I was originally allowing a nice round $100 for "unforeseen", but then the hand-truck ate up $90 of that, so now it's a more arbitrary $10. If I think of anything else, I may have to bump "unforeseen" back up again.</ref>		<ref name=note1>I was originally allowing a nice round $100 for "unforeseen", but then the hand-truck ate up $90 of that, so now it's a more arbitrary $10. If I think of anything else, I may have to bump "unforeseen" back up again.</ref>
	</references>		</references>

Woozle at 13:52, 25 January 2023

2023-01-25T13:52:10Z

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	He lived with us for a few years and then got a job in Savannah last year and moved out. We moved him and a bunch of his stuff down there in [[Daisy]], the 2010 Space Odyssey minivan -- but that left his room still about 2/3 full of his stuff. Fortunately, he also kept the storage space -- in part because there's still quite a lot of his stuff there, and he's not planning to move it all down to Georgia anytime soon.		He lived with us for a few years and then got a job in Savannah last year and moved out. We moved him and a bunch of his stuff down there in [[Daisy]], the 2010 Space Odyssey minivan -- but that left his room still about 2/3 full of his stuff. Fortunately, he also kept the storage space -- in part because there's still quite a lot of his stuff there, and he's not planning to move it all down to Georgia anytime soon.

			==Purchase #3==
			So I've been boxing up his stuff in preparation for taking it out to storage (anything he doesn't want us to bring in our next load, which I'm hoping we can do this spring or early summer) -- but his storage space really needs some shelving in order not to become a completely hopeless logjam. I think what we need is at least one [[:File:20221219 141553.jpg\|wheeled steel shelf from Costco, $120]]. We'll probably need more eventually, but one rack will definitely let us get started... and when he's done with the storage unit, I'm sure we can find a use for them (we already have about 5 units purchased back when they were only $60-$80, now in use for equipment and food storage).
	==Purchase #2==		==Purchase #2==
	~~So I~~'~~ve been boxing up~~ his ~~stuff in preparation for taking it out to~~ storage ~~(anything he doesn't want us to bring in our next load~~, ~~which I~~'~~m hoping~~ we ~~can do this spring or early summer)~~ -~~- but his storage space really needs some shelving in order not to become a completely hopeless logjam~~. ~~I think what we need is at least one [~~[:~~File:20221219 141553~~.~~jpg\|wheeled steel shelf from Costco, $120]]~~. ~~We'll probably need more eventually, but~~ one ~~rack will definitely let us get started... and when he's done with the storage unit, I'm sure we can find a use for them~~ (~~we already have about 5 units purchased back when they were only~~ $~~60-$80, now in use for equipment and food storage~~).		Mel's room is on the top floor, and his storage unit is at the far end of an indoor storage facility, so it's really time we replaced our missing hand-truck; boxes of books are heavy. [https://www.lowes.com/pd/Milwaukee-800-lb-2-Wheel-Red-Steel-Heavy-Duty-Hand-Truck/50042444 This one] ($90) looks like what we need.
	==Purchase #1==		==Purchase #1==
	[[File:20230124 140854.jpg\|thumb\|baby needs a new pair of <s>shoes</s> terminals]]		[[File:20230124 140854.jpg\|thumb\|baby needs a new pair of <s>shoes</s> terminals]]
	Before we can start moving things, however, I really need to get a new [https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/c3/car-batteries/15597?filterValue=isFitted_uFilter%3AExact%20Fit&rrec=true&categoryGroupId=15597 battery] for [[Daisy]], because the current battery isn't holding a charge for very long and is almost certainly past its expiration date. I'm thinking it's a bad idea to get the cheapest one; the next one up is ~$200. If that doesn't resolve the electrical issues, I'll have to take her to the mechanic... but I'm pretty sure that's all it is.		Before we can start moving things, however, I really need to get a new [https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/c3/car-batteries/15597?filterValue=isFitted_uFilter%3AExact%20Fit&rrec=true&categoryGroupId=15597 battery] for [[Daisy]], because the current battery isn't holding a charge for very long and is almost certainly past its expiration date. I'm thinking it's a bad idea to get the cheapest one; the next one up is ~$200. If that doesn't resolve the electrical issues, I'll have to take her to the mechanic... but I'm pretty sure that's all it is.
	==Purchase Totalizing==		==Purchase Totalizing==
	Allowing an extra $~~100~~ for unforseen expenses, that comes to ($120 + ~~$200 + 100~~ =) = $420, which I swear is just a coincidence. (Our finances are only ''figuratively'' going to pot. ...though we do fully support cannabis legalization and those who find it a helpful tool in their coping arsenal, for whatever that's worth.)		Allowing an extra $10 for unforseen expenses, that comes to (200 + 90 + 120 + 10 =) = $420, which I swear is just a coincidence<ref name=note1 />. (Our finances are only ''figuratively'' going to pot. ...though we do fully support cannabis legalization and those who find it a helpful tool in their coping arsenal, for whatever that's worth.)
	==The Deadline==		==The Deadline==
	What's happening is this: a nearby friend (lives in Greensboro, about an hour's drive from here) is having her SRS done in Durham (MacPhee) on February 24 -- one month from today, as of this writing. The surgery appointment is very early in the morning (6 am), so she needs to crash here the night before... and the only possible space we can make available is Mel's room. So I need to get enough stuff out of there to make room for a mattress (which we do have) by the 23rd.		What's happening is this: a nearby friend (lives in Greensboro, about an hour's drive from here) is having her SRS done in Durham (MacPhee) on February 24 -- one month from today, as of this writing. The surgery appointment is very early in the morning (6 am), so she needs to crash here the night before... and the only possible space we can make available is Mel's room. So I need to get enough stuff out of there to make room for a mattress (which we do have) by the 23rd.
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	So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!		So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!
			==History==
			* '''2023-01-25''' added the hand-truck
			* '''2023-01-24''' originally written; [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-make-room-for-a-1night-guest-et-seq GoFundMe] started
			==Footnote==
			<references>
			<ref name=note1>I was originally allowing a nice round $100 for "unforeseen", but then the hand-truck ate up $90 of that, so now it's a more arbitrary $10. If I think of anything else, I may have to bump "unforeseen" back up again.</ref>
			</references>

Woozle at 01:25, 25 January 2023

2023-01-25T01:25:00Z

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	{{fmt/title\|GoFundMe ~~draft~~}}		{{fmt/title\|GoFundMe details}}
	[[File:20230124 154203.jpg\|thumb\|the {{l/sub\|space}} that needs clearing]]		[[File:20230124 154203.jpg\|thumb\|the {{l/sub\|space}} that needs clearing]]
	Our family of 4 has been surviving on basically $2500/month and dancing on the edge of a debt-spiral for a long time now, which means a lot of stuff keeps getting postponed. Now, though, we've got a one-month deadline to get some stuff taken care of in order to be able to help out a friend (who isn't herself the expense; she's just the catalyst... I'll explain in a bit) -- so I'm thinking it's time to ask for help with this.		Our family of 4 has been surviving on basically $2500/month and dancing on the edge of a debt-spiral for a long time now, which means a lot of stuff keeps getting postponed. Now, though, we've got a one-month deadline to get some stuff taken care of in order to be able to help out a friend (who isn't herself the expense; she's just the catalyst... I'll explain in a bit) -- so I'm thinking it's time to ask for help with this.

Woozle at 00:17, 25 January 2023

2023-01-25T00:17:02Z

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	* [[Wire shelf rack]] - $120		{{fmt/title\|GoFundMe draft}}
	* [https:/~~/shop.advanceautoparts.com/c3/car-batteries/15597?filterValue=isFitted_uFilter%3AExact%20Fit&rrec=true&categoryGroupId=15597 battery] for [[Daisy]]: ~$200~~
	* unforseen expenses: $100

	~~TOTAL: $420~~
	~~==GFM Draft==~~
	[[File:20230124 154203.jpg\|thumb\|the {{l/sub\|space}} that needs clearing]]		[[File:20230124 154203.jpg\|thumb\|the {{l/sub\|space}} that needs clearing]]
	Our family of 4 has been surviving on basically $2500/month and dancing on the edge of a debt-spiral for a long time now, which means a lot of stuff keeps getting postponed. Now, though, we've got a one-month deadline to get some stuff taken care of in order to be able to help out a friend (who isn't herself the expense; she's just the catalyst... I'll explain in a bit) -- so I'm thinking it's time to ask for help with this.		Our family of 4 has been surviving on basically $2500/month and dancing on the edge of a debt-spiral for a long time now, which means a lot of stuff keeps getting postponed. Now, though, we've got a one-month deadline to get some stuff taken care of in order to be able to help out a friend (who isn't herself the expense; she's just the catalyst... I'll explain in a bit) -- so I'm thinking it's time to ask for help with this.
	===Background===		==Background==
	[[File:20221105 154646.lego laser cannon thing.crop.jpg\|thumb\|I've been dusting off Mel's {{l/sub\|lego}} pieces and boxing them up]]		[[File:20221105 154646.lego laser cannon thing.crop.jpg\|thumb\|I've been dusting off Mel's {{l/sub\|lego}} pieces and boxing them up]]
	It all starts with [[/space\|Mel's room]]. (It has roots that go back further, but that's much too long a story for this space. Some other time.) I've been wanting to use that space for various projects and storage essentially since I moved up here 20 years ago, but it hasn't really been available because it was Mel's room.		It all starts with [[/space\|Mel's room]]. (It has roots that go back further, but that's much too long a story for this space. Some other time.) I've been wanting to use that space for various projects and storage essentially since I moved up here 20 years ago, but it hasn't really been available because... well... it was Mel's room.

	When Mel (Harena's eldest) finished 8 years in the Navy a few years ago, he rented a storage space for all his accumulated stuff because there was no way it was all going to fit in his room (or anywhere else in the house, because... there just isn't room in this house).		When Mel (Harena's eldest) finished 8 years in the Navy a few years ago, he rented a storage space for all his accumulated stuff because there was no way it was all going to fit in his room (or anywhere else in the house, because... there just isn't room in this house).
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	He lived with us for a few years and then got a job in Savannah last year and moved out. We moved him and a bunch of his stuff down there in [[Daisy]], the 2010 Space Odyssey minivan -- but that left his room still about 2/3 full of his stuff. Fortunately, he also kept the storage space -- in part because there's still quite a lot of his stuff there, and he's not planning to move it all down to Georgia anytime soon.		He lived with us for a few years and then got a job in Savannah last year and moved out. We moved him and a bunch of his stuff down there in [[Daisy]], the 2010 Space Odyssey minivan -- but that left his room still about 2/3 full of his stuff. Fortunately, he also kept the storage space -- in part because there's still quite a lot of his stuff there, and he's not planning to move it all down to Georgia anytime soon.

	===Purchase #1===		==Purchase #2==
	So I've been boxing up his stuff in preparation for taking it out to storage (anything he doesn't want us to bring in our next load, which I'm hoping we can do this spring or early summer) -- but his storage space really needs some shelving in order not to become a completely hopeless logjam. I think what we need is at least one [[:File:20221219 141553.jpg\|wheeled steel shelf from Costco, $120]]. We'll probably need more eventually, but one rack will definitely let us get started... and when he's done with the storage unit, I'm sure we can find a use for them (we already have about 5 units purchased back when they were only $60-$80, now in use as equipment and ~~pantry racks~~).		So I've been boxing up his stuff in preparation for taking it out to storage (anything he doesn't want us to bring in our next load, which I'm hoping we can do this spring or early summer) -- but his storage space really needs some shelving in order not to become a completely hopeless logjam. I think what we need is at least one [[:File:20221219 141553.jpg\|wheeled steel shelf from Costco, $120]]. We'll probably need more eventually, but one rack will definitely let us get started... and when he's done with the storage unit, I'm sure we can find a use for them (we already have about 5 units purchased back when they were only $60-$80, now in use for equipment and food storage).
	===Purchase #2===		==Purchase #1==
	[[File:20230124 140854.jpg\|thumb\|baby needs a new pair of <s>shoes</s> terminals]]		[[File:20230124 140854.jpg\|thumb\|baby needs a new pair of <s>shoes</s> terminals]]
	Before we can start moving things, however, I really need to get a new battery for [[Daisy]], because the current battery isn't holding a charge for very long and is almost certainly past its expiration date. I'm thinking it's a bad idea to get the cheapest one; the next one up is ~$200. If that doesn't resolve the electrical issues, I'll have to take her to the mechanic... but I'm pretty sure that's all it is.		Before we can start moving things, however, I really need to get a new [https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/c3/car-batteries/15597?filterValue=isFitted_uFilter%3AExact%20Fit&rrec=true&categoryGroupId=15597 battery] for [[Daisy]], because the current battery isn't holding a charge for very long and is almost certainly past its expiration date. I'm thinking it's a bad idea to get the cheapest one; the next one up is ~$200. If that doesn't resolve the electrical issues, I'll have to take her to the mechanic... but I'm pretty sure that's all it is.
	===Purchase Totalizing===		==Purchase Totalizing==
	Allowing an extra $100 for unforseen expenses, that comes to ($120 + $200 + 100 =) = $420, which I swear is just a coincidence. (Our finances are only ''figuratively'' going to pot. ...though we fully support cannabis legalization and those who find it a helpful tool in their coping arsenal.)		Allowing an extra $100 for unforseen expenses, that comes to ($120 + $200 + 100 =) = $420, which I swear is just a coincidence. (Our finances are only ''figuratively'' going to pot. ...though we do fully support cannabis legalization and those who find it a helpful tool in their coping arsenal, for whatever that's worth.)
	===The Deadline===		==The Deadline==
	What's happening is this: a nearby friend (lives in Greensboro, about an hour's drive from here) is having her SRS done in Durham (MacPhee) on February 24 -- one month from today, as of this writing. The surgery appointment is very early in the morning (6 am), so she needs to crash here the night before... and the only possible space we can make available is Mel's room. So I need to get enough stuff out of there to make room for a mattress (which we do have) by the 23rd.		What's happening is this: a nearby friend (lives in Greensboro, about an hour's drive from here) is having her SRS done in Durham (MacPhee) on February 24 -- one month from today, as of this writing. The surgery appointment is very early in the morning (6 am), so she needs to crash here the night before... and the only possible space we can make available is Mel's room. So I need to get enough stuff out of there to make room for a mattress (which we do have) by the 23rd.
	===The Plan===		==The Plan==
	So then: we've got just under a month to do the following:		So then: we've got just under a month to do the following:
	* get some money together for this~~, or at least know that the money will be coming in~~		* get some money together for this
	* take old battery out, take to AutoZone, get new battery, install new battery, establish that Daisy seems happy with it		* take old battery out, take to AutoZone, get new battery, install new battery, establish that Daisy seems happy with it
	* take a bunch of stuff from Mel's room to his storage place and temporarily pile it there		* take a bunch of stuff from Mel's room to his storage place and temporarily pile it there
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	I don't want to assume we'll have time/energy during this phase to get the shelf (heavy!), drive it out to the storage unit, and assemble it, but I did want to make sure we had the budget for it so I could be sure that this would happen soon afterwards at the latest.		I don't want to assume we'll have time/energy during this phase to get the shelf (heavy!), drive it out to the storage unit, and assemble it, but I did want to make sure we had the budget for it so I could be sure that this would happen soon afterwards at the latest.
	===The Future===		==The Future==
			[[File:20230124 143212.jpg\|thumb\|the inaccessible workbench]]
	Once we're past this immediate deadline, I have numerous uses in mind for the room (formerly Mel's):		Once we're past this immediate deadline, I have numerous uses in mind for the room (formerly Mel's):
	* a place to organize and digitize my library of original recording tapes		* a place to organize and digitize my [[inventory/tapes\|library of original recording tapes]]
	* an electronics repair/testing workspace (my workbench is currently inaccessible in a corner of the living room)		* an electronics repair/testing workspace (my workbench is currently inaccessible in a corner of the living room)
	* space to set up musical keyboards for recording purposes		* space to set up musical keyboards for recording purposes
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	I don't know how many of these functions it will be able to serve simultaneously, but it should be able to do at least 2 or 3 -- and that will be a ''huge'' (and long-awaited) improvement for me and for all of us.		I don't know how many of these functions it will be able to serve simultaneously, but it should be able to do at least 2 or 3 -- and that will be a ''huge'' (and long-awaited) improvement for me and for all of us.

	So, if you've got surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!		If there's anything left over, we've got several other issues that need monetary attention (our 25-year-old stove is about to die, for one thing). I'll probably do GFMs for them in the future, if this one is at all a success.

			So, if you've got any surplus capitalist power-tokens and would like to help this happen, we'd be grateful for any and all you might be able to toss our way!