this was what my building looked like this morning when i came back from my walk. the red arrow indicates my once balcony.
management's all talk about clearing our balconies for this renovation. but there are a lot of tenants who had left stuff and never heeded management's request. some left chairs and tables and even a whole cabinet. my neighbours the a**hole pigs, with whom i share the balcony (only a metal wall separated us) left two swivel chairs, boots, and a small table. i don't know what management would do, because one of these days there will be some big strong winds and those stuff would get blown and could damage anything and anyone down below. i think that was the reason management asked for copies of our home insurance certificates and i'm willing to bet those guys don't have any. so as a precaution, i took shots of the exposed balcony (i can see the whole thing from my bedroom and from the far side of my living room). it's disgusting, even the garbage that they left there, no wonder the pigeons were always converging on their railings and spilling over to mine. believe you me, it's not far fetched that the wind could blow away those chairs, perhaps not the cabinet but it depends on whether it's of light material or not.
there was one time when there was a really strong wind and a box mattress, king size no less, left by the garbage bins was blown away into the farthest part of the parking lot and damaged at least five cars. and two years ago, some lunatic threw out a full sized sofa from their balcony on the 12th floor along with a cabinet and a coffee table. management couldn't do anything, didn't even call the police, because they said they didn't know who did it. apparently it was someone who couldn't sleep because of the drilling in the other part of the building.
today i didn't get any free time as it was busy with work. i am filling in for one of the girls in my team and the paralegal she works for just kept emailing me to open files. with the slow connection, it took at least an hour before i could open one file. in the end, i just submitted the bloody things without checking. it was just one after the other. i didn't get to breathe until well after six. mon dieu!
i shall look at your albums tomorrow. right now, i'm so tired and hungry. goodnight, good people.
Dear me, Vikki, you have vertigo and live at that floor????? With a balcony??? :)
Your stories about the neighbours are almost surreal. Though very human, on a deeper analysis. Note, i said human, not normal. To throw one's furniture out of the window because one couldn't sleep... that would need some specialised investigation.
As for the stuff in the balconies, i am not sure if they would really blow away, but i am positive that at that height the wind is strong. Once, on a holiday, we stayes at 11th or 12th floor in a hotel, and the wind was soooo strong. It was definitely a good thing, as it was a hot summer, and the strong cool wind made the air conditioning in the room unnecessary. But things on the balcony did not blow out ( plastic table and chair). Not sure why and how. Of course there were railings, but I mean they were not moved around on the balcony.
I like @wakelys comment about neighbors! I had no idea you were so high up although you have posted photos from that balcony before. I have to agree with @monikozi about your vertigo too! This is a great perspective of where you live!
@monikozi@grammyn
i doubt my vertigo has something to do with living in a high rise. when i first experienced it, and often, i lived in a low rise apartment on the first floor, which is a quarter below ground, so that my windows are still above ground. i have noticed that if i'm not getting enough sleep for a number of nights, or after travelling, that's when i get it. my vertigo attacks these days are not as bad as the initial ones where i am almost crippled for days. so i don't think it has to do with heights. if only my neighbours don't smoke as often as they do, i'd be in that balcony for hours. no, i'm not acrophobic at all but i draw the line on this https://365project.org/summerfield/365-still/2017-10-06
man you are up there really high. i hope no one goes out on the balcony till the railing are back up. i can't remember if you said they did something so you couldn't get out there.
July 26th, 2021
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Your stories about the neighbours are almost surreal. Though very human, on a deeper analysis. Note, i said human, not normal. To throw one's furniture out of the window because one couldn't sleep... that would need some specialised investigation.
As for the stuff in the balconies, i am not sure if they would really blow away, but i am positive that at that height the wind is strong. Once, on a holiday, we stayes at 11th or 12th floor in a hotel, and the wind was soooo strong. It was definitely a good thing, as it was a hot summer, and the strong cool wind made the air conditioning in the room unnecessary. But things on the balcony did not blow out ( plastic table and chair). Not sure why and how. Of course there were railings, but I mean they were not moved around on the balcony.
i doubt my vertigo has something to do with living in a high rise. when i first experienced it, and often, i lived in a low rise apartment on the first floor, which is a quarter below ground, so that my windows are still above ground. i have noticed that if i'm not getting enough sleep for a number of nights, or after travelling, that's when i get it. my vertigo attacks these days are not as bad as the initial ones where i am almost crippled for days. so i don't think it has to do with heights. if only my neighbours don't smoke as often as they do, i'd be in that balcony for hours. no, i'm not acrophobic at all but i draw the line on this https://365project.org/summerfield/365-still/2017-10-06