Ap 9th Tuesday
Soldered the tap of the clothes-boiler: this is the first soldering
job I have ever done and I did it by using the top of the Primus as a hot cup
in which to hold the liquid solder and pouring it round the tap. It turned out
all right.
Checked Focus.
To Miguel: told story of Gelat
and man who came to court Ca l'Abat daughter on a horse: his trousers soiled with horse-sweat. Gelat lent him a new pair. Miguel thought this businesslike.
Gelat dressed, in chair. Gelat said that suitor was unsuccessful: otherwise it would have been
better business both for daughter & himself. Suggested air-cooled tiles for kitchen
extension. The Costa d'Or 'direct light'1 installation works well. We will have to buy one too, if possible to get cheap.
Turbines to be fitted today.
Supervised boiling of boiler.
Sent Ribbons and Winder income-tax refund
claim, also wrote to Middleditch asking to make the L.R.,R.G.... payments proportionate to earnings. This refund arrives
between September and November:
it averages about £20.
Editorial Notes
1Direct Current (DC) WG
2subsequent entry WG
3fictitious author of Convalescent Conversations. KG; pseudonym also used for some articles in the Epilogue series. eds.