Viking link

Very nice pdf (1.8Mb) of someone's presentation on Norse accessories. Got some gorgeous closeups of various things including combs and shoes.

I need a better way of keeping track of which articles I have and where they were from, that can cope with websites as well as journal articles. You end up with 3 separate entities: the paper collection - hardcopy so it ain't going to vanish in a puff of electrons but it can be borrowed and/or lost and wieght is a bit of a bastard (especially when moving), pdf/documents on the computer - less weight but you need to remember where you put them, what they were and where you got them in the first place so you can direct others there, and websites - grand and gloreous bookmark collections of stuff that may or may not still be there when you go back to it.

Can you tell I am stuck waiting at home for a freight company that may or may not deliver today and may or may not phone beforehand (hopefully they got my phone number as well as Z's since he is out rock hopping til tomorrow evening and not in cell phone range)? Have already assembled/bookmarked a partial list of Salvos stores, op shops, some second hand furnature places and second hand timber salvage yards for the weekend. Need some stuff from the shops but will wait til early evening when freight people are unlikely to turn up. At least have enough stuff for lunch and dinner. Doesn't help that the phone needs charging and I don't want to go far from it.

Oh, and I am getting really pissed off at search engines which pigeonhole and list based on their criteria, rather than what I put in. You would think that "bookcase" and "table" would be nice straightforward things to search on...

Gosh this is whingy sounding, given it really isn't that bad. Time for a break, LUNCH and starting apples and apricots drying, then nice patch of shade either in front or back yard with bean bag and the last half of a good book.

Whooohooo!

Have stuff now:)
About 5 cubic meters... They very carefully wrapped and bundled - I must get a photo. So, yes, Pack and Send. Did same day quote and pickup, ~$1800 for ~5 cubic meters of very dense stuff (there is a lot of books and wood and iron there) from Canberra to Adelaide (4 days) and now it is all wrapped up on 3 pallets in the garage. You may get additional comments based on condition but looks good so far.*
Yay to a full bed:) And boooooooks....
Time to start unwrapping, shifting and sorting what I can. Sorta like Christmas only not...

Edit: basal_surge, the next time you store the chainmail links bag in a box, can you lable it. I was wondering why the shoes had gotten so dense...

Edit*: 2 and a half hours later and I think I have gotten down to the stage where anything left is a single item too large/heavy for me to shift and/or safe in the garage. I may have the energy to assemble the bed tomorrow...
* Looks good now, though I am uncertain about the number of rolls of leather there should be.