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The Box Was in the Cellar and It Was Nobody's Favourite Errand
The fuse box lived in the basement, a back hallway, a closet under the stairs or…
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The Advertisement Was Everywhere and the Offer Was Genuine
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The pitch ran in magazines, Sunday newspaper inserts, comic books and on the back of catalogues: a…
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In 1976 a garage sale was advertised with a hand-lettered sign stapled to a telephone pole on Friday evening, and laid out on Saturday on card tables in…
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The Barrel Itself Was Scavenged, Not Bought
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Nobody purchased a burn barrel. It was a fifty-five gallon steel drum obtained from a farm, a garage, a…
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The Box Was Part of the House
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Houses had a milk box the way they had a mailbox. It stood beside the front or side door,…
It is the most reliably divisive question in domestic life, it has broken up less serious relationships than it should have, and it has an answer that is older than…