15 years ago I was doing home energy audits. While inspecting the spaces on top of the wall plates between the rafters in the attic, I came across several large vanilla bottles. I suspect someone was a secret drinker, with nice breath.
Fifty years ago, my father carpeted the stairs in our house. Two years ago my granddaughter and I got a tour of the old house (built circa 1820) with the current owner. He had removed the carpet and preserved my father's signature on one of the risers.
Old houses have so many stories.
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Les