I received my replacement Wii controller wrist straps yesterday, absolutely gratis from Nintendo of America. The old strap has the thickness of fishing line, while the new strap is about twice as thick (and about four times as strong). Photos below:
Among other things wrong with Telegraph Commons (dirty, noisy, mail delivery problems, bad security, issues take three weeks to get addressed, etc), the heater is really terrible. It is operated using steam that flows through pipes up to a radiator in each room. To activate my heater, I needed to pull a lever next to the heater to let the steam through. My landlord seems to prefer the term “red leveler:”
The heat is on a timer, so when it’s off, my room is about 62°, and when it’s on, my room is about 82°. This is not the worst of it. My R.A. (who was awesome, by the way) told me that it is normal for the heater to occasionally spew steam through a relief valve. That was an understatement. I came back from dinner one night to find a fountain of scalding hot water shooting out of the valve about four feet in the air. It was spraying my carpet, bed, printer, and various other nearby objects.
Now comes the really fun part. The red lever (seen above) is located underneath the heater, and far, far back behind my desk. By the time I was able to reach the lever, the valve had stopped spraying its geyser of boiling water, and I ended up burning my hand on the lever, which was very hot by this point. What good is a heater that can’t be shut off if it malfunctions? When the timer in the building finally shut off, I waited for the lever to cool down and I turned off the heater for good, then I asked to borrow a space heater from my R.A.
So long, Ol’ Faithful.
