Adventures in PEI

Only in PEI!!

When we moved we bought a lot of stuff (courtesy of Kath's parents) from this bird who is leaving to move to Australia, another 3 piece sofa suite, swing mirror and china cabinet.
We also bought her Queen size, only 5-6 years old really good condition bed. However as she wasn't leaving until... well.. still hasn't, she needed it.
Last night was the pick up night.

So I asked Christian if he'd mind lending a hand - he has a big Dodge Caravan and we could strap the box spring of the bed on the roof rack.
Well... we go... and... the box spring can't even get out of the house.

The guy from down under claimed that he took the bottom mesh off, pulled off a few staples and nails in order to loosen the slacks and bent it in - all by himself. Even chuckling in a proud manner of his grand feet.
However I believe this to be utter falsehood!

The nails and staples were untouched, no way he could have got them back in such perfect condition and even if he had it wouldn't have mattered. After 3 hours, the next door neighbour (who'd tried sawing off the nails in between the slacks with a power grinder of some sort and then resorted to prising up the slacks with a crowbar) left, his hands cut from all the staples - leaving a box spring with no wood edges, cracked slacks and blood all over the material.

FACT!, there was no way that the guy who was on the blower from down under got it up there by himself using this method even though he claimed so.
Even with the entire thing destroyed, the wooden slacks were STILL too long to get them past the stairway overhang without heaving, pushing squeezing and scraping paint off of her ceiling.
The bird said that once upon a time the banisters had been off and were all refurbished. This, most certinaly, had been the period when buddy had taken the thing upstairs. Oh and before you ask her upstairs windows were average at best - it didn't go in that way.

Of course I did not pay for this wreckage, however I paid her $50 for the mattress and she said we may as well take the debris with s and try rebuilding it.

So, I now have a task of rebuilding the box spring - it is possible, I'll need some new bits of wood and it'll be a mission, but anyone who comes to stay will now have a nice queen size bed, laying on a box spring that will have been lovingly crafted by yours truly.

You'd better bloody enjoy it!