Double Damn
In an effort to not get my wife too pissed I've been keeping more and more of my personal comics at my store. I used all the allotted space at home so had the most recent 6 or so boxes in the back at the store. Since space is at a premium there as well I stacked them up next to one of my indoor AC units. It's one of those types where half is on the roof and half is inside so I don't have to cut huge holes in the roof to run duct work. The waste water is pumped up to the roof through a hose and then comes out pipe or something that hangs off the roof.
Well last night it seems the pump stopped working or something because all the water leaked out of the bottom of the unit. It spread all over the carpet and under my comics that were stacked up next to it. The storage boxes are all ruined of course. One of the boxes on the floor was store comics but they were crap comics so if they're ruined it's no big deal. The sad part *sob* comes in when I open my two boxes. One is completley bagged and boarded so is fine. The other one is unbagged comics. All 200 comics are water damaged. And it's a 6 month run of my X-Men, Batman, Star Wars and all manner of things I don't or won't be able to replace. I know, I know, I'm a savage for not properly caring for my comics. But then my inner collector was beaten down by my inner comic reader and I realized that A)I'd probably never sell my collection and B)that they were still readable so I sucked it up and vowed to never put off bagging and boarding my comics.
Of course I still have to clean up the wet carpet and all that nonsense. Hopefully the AC won't be too expensive to fix.
Well last night it seems the pump stopped working or something because all the water leaked out of the bottom of the unit. It spread all over the carpet and under my comics that were stacked up next to it. The storage boxes are all ruined of course. One of the boxes on the floor was store comics but they were crap comics so if they're ruined it's no big deal. The sad part *sob* comes in when I open my two boxes. One is completley bagged and boarded so is fine. The other one is unbagged comics. All 200 comics are water damaged. And it's a 6 month run of my X-Men, Batman, Star Wars and all manner of things I don't or won't be able to replace. I know, I know, I'm a savage for not properly caring for my comics. But then my inner collector was beaten down by my inner comic reader and I realized that A)I'd probably never sell my collection and B)that they were still readable so I sucked it up and vowed to never put off bagging and boarding my comics.
Of course I still have to clean up the wet carpet and all that nonsense. Hopefully the AC won't be too expensive to fix.