From: user@domain.invalid   
      
   There's a building that I'm in love with. It's not perfect, but it has   
   character, and an uncommon beauty, whimsy and delight all its own, and I   
   see much of my own character in it as well-- although I'm unsure if its   
   architects would agree.   
      
   When I pass by the building, sometimes its lights will turn on, lighting   
   up my face. But when I try the door, it's locked, or doesn't open   
   easily, or opens, but sometimes there's a chain-lock on the inside.   
   Sometimes the lights won't come on at all when I pass by, while at other   
   times, they will, and the door will open, but remain open, allowing in a   
   chilly draft or a bit of rain after I've entered.   
   If the door does close, sometimes I'll discover that there's no hot   
   water, or a ceiling tile will fall.   
   There's the timer on the door-lock, too, that, when it starts, I'm faced   
   with the prospect of either being trapped inside with no heat, running   
   water or in the dark, or again outside-- as has always been the case.   
      
   To my further dismay, the building seems to allow in questionable   
   tenants or visitors that, at least in one particular case, apparently   
   committed vandalism.   
      
   Unfortunately, AFAIK, it's a very rare building, with perhaps only a   
   handful of its kind in the area, and one of the rare few of a character   
   that especially seems to fit me. Not only that, but its knowledgeable   
   experts-- its architects, builders, renovators and design-experts-- have   
   all but vanished, and the town seems to have little value for that kind   
   of building as far as I can see.   
      
   So for the time being, I don't know what to do.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)