I either hate or love The Far Side. This one hits the spot.
I bought a really old house and some years later an old local guy came in (for completely different reasons), and asked “So you got rid of all the holes?”
And I go “What holes?”
“Yeah the owners some 30 years ago put holes in all the walls to run his train track all over the house.”
It explains a lot.
So when are you going to put the holes back in?
I don’t. They were patched over by whoever lived here in the meantime.
But it explains why all my walls are patchwork of different materials.
Like I wanted to change the floor and was happily surprised by the old wooden floor, but then there was 2’x2’ part missing where the chimney which was removed in 1930 was… That’s the sort of house.
I’ve been around most of it, but it still surprises me.
I’d put tile in that 2’x2’ part and stick a wood stove there.
But for real, would your life not be better with a house wide model train?
Yes it would. Had I known it was already prepared for it, I’d never have repaired the walls.
