The living room furniture in our apartment looks like regular furniture,
but when you sit down, you find that it is incredibly hard and just
about as uncomfortable as can be. The advantage of being discouraged
from being couch potatoes is more than offset by the likely high cost
of chiropractic treatment. We found out that the AUC store room in Maadi
had another set of furniture that was actually padded and comfortable,
and we persuaded the housing folks to kindly exchange the sets.
Since the elevator is too
small for a couch or easy chair to fit, it presented a logistical challenge.
However, it turns out that our windows can be popped right out, and
with a winch on the building roof, our new furniture flew right up
to the seventh floor.
