A tricky problem resolved

Some years ago a friend of mine – who thought of himself as a bit of a linguist – was travelling in Spain. He was staying in a small, cheap hotel and was experiencing problem with the draws of the chest-of-draws in his room. They kept sticking … so he went to the front desk to ask if someone could come to his room to sort the problem out.

The problem was that although his knowledge of Spanish was good, his pronunciation was not. What he though he said to the receptionist was ‘Please can I have some assistance. My draws (cajónes) are stuck.’ Unfortunately his pronunciation was not very good, and the receptionist thought that he said cojones … which means something very different, and resulted in my friend having a very awkward conversation with a very attractive young man who arrived at his bedroom door some fifteen minutes later!

So what is the point of this story? Well some months ago I had a major sort-out of my wargames/toy room and began using some wooden IKEA draw units to store some of my wargames stuff in. I bought the disassembled units some years ago, and they had languished unassembled in the loft. I built them – with a degree of unintended self-harm in the process – and began to use them … and they were not very good. The draws (cajónes) stick.

I have been looking around for something to use in their place, and have finally decided to use some more 4 litre-sized REALLY USEFUL BOXES. They are A4-size ...

... and can hold two separate divided trays.

The latter are perfect for most 15mm and 20mm-scale figures, and so far I have been able to store a lot more stuff in less space. Yesterday I managed to buy another dozen in the local branch of MAKRO, and they are already being used.