I am getting the roof of my house replaced and my attic insulated. A day into the project, I received a call from the foreman. “You’ll never guess what we found in your roof!”



Yes, that last photo is of a tractor tire. For those of you who haven’t been keeping score, the count (including what I pulled out last fall) now runs: four color televisions, eleven computer monitors, three microwave ovens, three printers, two pc towers, five car wheels (mixed sizes and types), one tape deck, and enough cans of paint and varnish to occupy a substantial portion of my garage. Also, this thing:

Not pictured are the large drifts of foam rubber, sleeping bags, and other garbage that was dispatched before I got home to survey the pile. Special bonus: my attic bedroom no longer smells like angry weasels.