Day 112 of 125

Day 112: The Fire Inspector's Visit

At a small private museum of Soviet toys in Kolomna, a fire safety inspector goes through the rooms with the owner, Valery Nikolayevich, a collector who has put his life into the place.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Валерий Николаевич, продолжим. Эвакуационный выход заставлен шкафом с неваляшками, огнетушитель просрочен на два года. Это уже четвёртое нарушение за десять минут.

    Valery Nikolayevich, let's go on. The emergency exit is blocked by a cabinet of roly-poly dolls, and the fire extinguisher is two years out of date. That's the fourth violation in ten minutes.

  2. B

    Неваляшки, между прочим, шестидесятых годов, загорские. Куда я их дену? У меня тут каждый сантиметр на вес золота.

    Those roly-polies, I'll have you know, are from the sixties, made in Zagorsk. Where am I supposed to put them? Every centimetre here is worth its weight in gold.

  3. A

    Понимаю, но огню всё равно, загорские они или китайские. Если, не дай бог, что-то случится, посетители должны выйти за две минуты.

    I understand, but fire doesn't care whether they're from Zagorsk or from China. If, God forbid, something happens, visitors have to get out in two minutes.

  4. B

    Какие посетители? Ко мне по субботам три пенсионера заходят да экскурсия раз в месяц. Вы бы лучше торговый центр проверили.

    What visitors? Three pensioners drop in on Saturdays, plus a school trip once a month. You'd do better to inspect the shopping centre.

  5. A

    Проверили, не беспокойтесь. А на экскурсии двадцать пять детей в зале, где проводка, судя по всему, помнит ещё Олимпиаду.

    We have, don't worry. But a school trip means twenty-five children in a room where the wiring, by the look of it, remembers the Olympics.

  6. B

    Помнит, не спорю, вон и олимпийский Мишка на полке сидит. Так ведь работает же, сорок лет ни одной искры!

    It does, I won't argue, there's the Olympic Misha bear sitting on the shelf. But it works, doesn't it, forty years without a single spark!

  7. A

    Это пока. Итак, выношу предписание: заменить проводку, освободить эвакуационный выход и перезарядить огнетушители в срок до первого марта.

    So far. Right, I'm issuing an order: replace the wiring, clear the emergency exit and recharge the fire extinguishers by the first of March.

  8. B

    До марта? Да я на эти экспонаты тридцать лет с каждой зарплаты откладывал, по барахолкам ездил! Вы меня без ножа режете.

    By March? I spent thirty years putting money aside from every pay packet for these exhibits, travelling round flea markets! You're killing me.

  9. A

    Подождите... Это у вас на верхней полке пожарная машина с выдвижной лестницей? Жестяная, с заводным ключом?

    Wait a moment... Is that a fire engine with an extending ladder on your top shelf? A tin one, with a wind-up key?

  10. B

    Она самая, жестяная, с ключом, и лестница до сих пор выдвигается. А что, у вас в детстве такая была?

    That's the one, tin, with a key, and the ladder still extends. Why, did you have one as a child?

  11. A

    Была. Я из-за неё, если хотите знать, в пожарные и пошёл. Ладно: выход и огнетушители к марту, проводка к осени.

    I did. If you really want to know, that's why I became a firefighter. All right: the exit and the extinguishers by March, the wiring by the autumn.

  12. B

    Вот это разговор! А детей своих приводите на экскурсию: машину не только покажу, но и завести дам.

    Now you're talking! And bring your children on a visit: I won't just show them the fire engine, I'll let them wind it up.

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