[78-L] Why we collect

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> In 1979, we bought our first house, after years of being squashed in
> apartments. This one was a solid brick bungalow built around 1913, with 
> various
> modifications performed over the years..one such was the addition of a 
> small
> back room off the kitchen, with its own entrance. Great place to stow 
> records,
> we thought, since I'd be able to take them directly from the car. As we 
> started
> moving in, we put shelving units and a few loads of records in there one 
> day,
> and then wondered on our next visit why they seemed to be a little lower.
> Turned out that there was nothing under the floor, which had begun to come 
> away
> from the wall along one side. We still used that room for records and cold
> storage, as well as entertainment when the occasional cat (or who knows 
> what
> else) came in through the new opening.
>
YOUR cat, one hopes...?!
:-)

...stevenc