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It’s war in my neighbourhood – and this time it’s gloves off

16 June 2018

9:00 AM

16 June 2018

9:00 AM

After sanding floorboards for two days I became even more demented than usual.

The hand sander was the exact right size to make it horribly arduous but just about possible to do the entire downstairs floor this way, and so I persisted even when I should have given up and hired a large machine.

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