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Sofa Bed Saga

Our brand-new sofa bed got stuck. It wouldn’t open; just our luck. Our daughter slept upon it twice, But not last night. Here’s my advice: If underneath a sheet you use A mattress pad before you snooze, Be sure, if on the fold-up kind, No sheet or pad gets left behind. We think that pad is somehow caught Within the springs; we toiled for naught. Today we’ll ask for an assist; Our super’s help we will enlist. A small mistake but we got burned. Yes, “haste makes waste” – the lesson learned.

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Paul Callus

Date: 8/8/2017 2:03:00 AM

Sorry about your sofa bed, Ilene, but can't say the same about your poem....as always a pleasure to read! On adverts everything works to perfection, doesn't it!! Regards // paul

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/1/2017 12:03:00 AM

Life can be crazy enough to make a person crazy Ilene! Hope it all turns out well. The harder you tried to open it, the more it probably got stuck! : )

Lim'Rik Flats

Date: 7/31/2017 8:09:00 AM

And watch out for pinched fingers! ;-)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/30/2017 9:08:00 PM

Cute poem, Ilene. Joe and I have so many problems with our California king size mattress!

Jan Allison

Date: 7/30/2017 3:55:00 PM

I bet you wish you'd stuck with the old sofa bed Ilene this sounds like a bit of a lemon i do hope you can get it sorted so you can use it again:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 7/30/2017 1:28:00 PM

- :))) ... not easy, Ilene :))) - I can see it clearly - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 7/30/2017 11:42:00 AM

*giggles* :)

Robert Johnson

Date: 7/30/2017 9:48:00 AM

I won't have another one. Spent twenty odd years pulling up the cushions every time I got up so as not to have them permanently squished and deformed. As to it getting stuck, just your luck. I never had an issue with that. :) Although my new recliner mechanism went to pot and had to be replaced. Get a futon. :)

Ilene Bauer
Date: 7/30/2017 9:51:00 AM

Ha! This sofa bed replaced the trusty futon we'd had forever. It was a pain to open and close but was very comfortable. Wish I still had it!