Have you spackled?

No surprise that Mr G maintains a commendable level of sang froid amidst the hoo-ha of the Human Being's imminent home move.

As well as dispensing invaluable advice, he has benefited from the experience by the discovery of a useful American word.

Spackle: to repair (a surface) or fill (a hole or crack)

Thanks to the skilled intervention of a kindly friend, the HB has now spackled (and painted over) a variety of holes and dents in the walls of his soon-to-be-vacated abode.

Hurrah!