Jean's in the afternoon. Lots of talk time and we get to see the new laptop. Beautiful wide screen but a bit intimidating in its complexity. Lovely meal with curry and the beautiful smoky aubergine as well as apple crumble with custard. Thoroughly spoiled we are.
A paralyzingly loud fire alarm sounds in the night for about 20 minutes. No signs of smoke or fire but we do meet a couple of the neighbours - are the rest justwaiting it out? A young man in red sweat pants explains the problem. He has some kind of position (for reduced rent?) with the Welby and could call the fire department but they charge management 7000 pounds if there's no fire and "Ii'd have to find somewhere else to live."
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