(巻三十一)書を読みて夫婦語らぬ夜長かな(大内純子)
１２月１４日火曜日
細君は開店に合わせて生協に出かけて行った。買い物を終わって戻って云うに「自転車置場がいっぱいだったわ。みんな雨の降り始める前に買い物みたい。」とのことだ。
１１時には横浜の方では雪になったとのこと！
午後も籠ってBBCで暇を潰した。
BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, The Cost of DIY & Home Improvements
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Well, it had been really tough over the last 18 months, and ???(1)??? cost of materials over the last year had increased by 24%. But there had been huge variation, timber, for example, had increased by 73%. And in many cases, the builder had absorbed that cost because they had agreed the fix price with the client. And I know some of my members have gone out of business because of cash flow problems because of that very issue. So what we are advising those to do now is to insert flexibility clause into the contract. So the builders will need to explain that to the house holders to say, yes this is the fix price but if the cost of materials go up by X%, I will come back to you to explain that and will ???(2)??? have to look at the extra cost. Because, otherwise, the builders will go out of business, particularly small ones. And they have done so far. So the cost of materials is major issue for both the builder and the consumer.
1315
寒いが昼間は火を使わずに自室で我慢した。洗濯物は部屋干しだが、肌に着ける物だけはストーブにかざして温めてから湯片付けた。夜は湯上がりで小一時間暖房をつけた。すぐに寝てしまえばよいのだが、汽車ぽっぽの放送時間まで息子の部屋で
「斎藤茂吉(にじみ出てくる可笑しみ) － 高島俊男」文春新書座右の名文から
を読んだ。
願い事－生死直結で叶えてください。コワクナイ、コワクナイ。
足の指の爪を切ろうと一生懸命に前屈した。まだ何とかなるが、すでに硬直が始まっているのかもしるない。荷風は発見が遅れたので棺桶に収めるのが大変だったらしい。
