flying back into my cage

[amw]

I hate the free hotel my work gave me. I mean, it's nice that there is a shower cubicle and that they provide you with separate hand soap and shampoo and body wash. It's nice there is hot water. But the staff are hopeless. They refuse to understand my spoken Chinese, even when i ask very simple questions like what day i'm supposed to check out. It'

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[amw]

Great questions! First, here is a wider angle view that I think will help you to understand better. You can even see a bit of my neighbor's cage too.



See my reply to Susan (above) for a better description of the overall layout.

As for how to avoid clothes dropping, well, you got me! I came back into my apartment this morning and exactly that had just happened. One of my shirts dropped off the hanger, through the cage and is now on the ledge above my downstairs neighbor's cage! Looking around it seems I am not the only one who has lost clothes. I guess it's part of the risk. I now have an extensible pole with a grabby hand on the end of it for my Walmart list!

[susandennis]

ahhhh gotcha and yeah, when you are at Walmart, see if you can find some netting to cover the bottom of your cage :)

But, now, between the second picture and your description, I got it. Interesting set up and one that actually makes sense.

[amw]

That netting was a great idea, by the way, but i was't able to find any at Walmart. The Walmarts here are a little bit different from the ones in America in that they appear to be more focused around the grocery store and fresh food section. They still have an "everything else" section with clothes, toys, homewares and so on, but the hardware selection is very limited. Unfortunately all the actual hardware stores in my neighborhood were closed for Spring Festival, so i hope to find something now they are reopened!

[sweetmeow]

Ah -- now I get it. Your first photo made it seem as if the cage was a lot taller than it actually is, and that you had walk out into it in order to hang clothes. I see it's really window height and you just reach out there. Makes sense now - and it's really an inspired idea for drying clothes in fresh hair when you're in an apartment.

Susan's idea of getting some mesh for the bottom of the cage is a good one!!