My grackle story: When I first moved into this apartment, grackles had destroyed the outer plastic grille on the bathroom fan vent and moved in above the dropped ceiling. I could hear them. I had the bathroom redone as soon as I could for other reasons (at some point in its history someone had removed the support beams under the bathtub,…
My grackle story: When I first moved into this apartment, grackles had destroyed the outer plastic grille on the bathroom fan vent and moved in above the dropped ceiling. I could hear them. I had the bathroom redone as soon as I could for other reasons (at some point in its history someone had removed the support beams under the bathtub, such that it was resting on the lath and plaster of the ceiling below, and nothing else.) I would confer with the contractor each day before I went to work. The first day, I remarked, "There are birds living above the ceiling." I could see him registering it as one of the crazy things clients say. The next morning, however, he exclaimed in surprise, "There were _birds_ in there!!!" Yes, yes there were.
My grackle story: When I first moved into this apartment, grackles had destroyed the outer plastic grille on the bathroom fan vent and moved in above the dropped ceiling. I could hear them. I had the bathroom redone as soon as I could for other reasons (at some point in its history someone had removed the support beams under the bathtub, such that it was resting on the lath and plaster of the ceiling below, and nothing else.) I would confer with the contractor each day before I went to work. The first day, I remarked, "There are birds living above the ceiling." I could see him registering it as one of the crazy things clients say. The next morning, however, he exclaimed in surprise, "There were _birds_ in there!!!" Yes, yes there were.