You know, from some of my recent blogs, that I am entertaining company this week. My west coast brother and sister-in-law are staying with me, and their son and his four children will be arriving tomorrow. I thought I had everything ready. You know, clean apartment, plenty of food, comfortable bed, etc. However, I did not anticipate a table problem. Yesterday my brother, sister-in-law, friend and I were enjoying a long anticipated (by me at least) game of Mexican Train. As we got to the end of the game we started to notice a distinct wobble of the table. Now you should know that my dining room table is a heavy, round, very solid, center pedestal oak table with. yesterday. two extra leaves inserted. It is admittedly 40 years old but has always been extremely sturdy. It never wobbled! So I was perplexed. It was definitely wobbling with no visible reason. Lucky for me, my brother and my friend were also very curious and leaped into action. Before I knew it, they had removed the leaves, flipped the table over (not an easy task) and discovered that one of the four supports that are attached to the center column, was loose. One of its bolts had loosened. After careful analysis, a quick drive to my friend's house for tools (my girly tool collection was not adequate), more analysis, a decision that all of the bolts should be replaced and a trip to the hardware store this morning the repairs commenced. I am happy to announce that my table is now standing very solid and stable and should be good for another 40 years. Sincere thanks to my brother and friend. My heirs will be so pleased.
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