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[llywela]

1. It is actually ridiculous how gleeful I feel about the fact that the security light out the back actually works since Siôn the maintenance man came and did his thing last week.

2. I watched Devil's Trap last night, and felt terribly sad all of a sudden that Bobby never got himself a new dog. I mean, it is probably just as well, given the current demonic climate and all, but still. It makes me sad.

...Ohohohoh! Maybe that's why he's become so fond of Sam and Dean. They are the Rumsfeld replacement...LMAO

3. I really wish the people who live in my building wouldn't leave the front door wide open all night. It's like a gilt-edged invitation to burglars! And I've already been burgled once, thanks all the same. Bah.

Comments

[femsc.livejournal.com]

Ask your landlord to fit one of those automatic closure things to the top of the front door, and tell him it's required for fire safety (for all I know, it could be). You know the sort of thing I mean - a sort of extra hinge-on-an-arm with a sort of hydraulic (or something) wotnot that refuses to allow doors to stay open without a fight.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Good thought. It would have to be pretty heavy, though - the big problem with the door is that it sticks, and then if anyone leaves it to just swing shut behind them, it will bounce open again instead of shutting tidy. So if that person is careless and doesn't notice - coming home drunk in the middle of the night, for eg - it will then be open all night. Gah.

[wildcard-sej.livejournal.com]

But that's also something that your landlord should make sure gets fixed. This sort of problem could invalidate any insurance too, which is the last thing you need to be worrying about if there should (heaven forbid) be another incident.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

There's a thought.

Maybe I'll add it to my next list of odd jobs that need doing...

[femsc.livejournal.com]

I'm not 100% certain, but I think those door-close things are designed to cope with doors like that. Those I've encountered in the past have had to be held open with something pretty sturdy otherwise they closed whether we wanted them to or not.

Wildcard_sej is probably right about the insurance aspect - you could point out to the landlord that if the building's not secure his building and liability insurance are void. That last bit may or may not be true by the way - but chances are the landlord doesn't know either... :)