No More Whining

Well, I hope there won’t be any more. Last night I was up too late staring up at the ceiling thinking about my woe, and I decided that I complain and whine too much. Unfortunately, it is one of my distinguishing characteristics and an annoying one at that. It must be pretty bad when I even annoy myself. It’ll take a lot of work to break myself of it. Please forgive me if I lapse.

Recently, I had a chance to talk with an architect who does a lot of historic preservation/restoration projects. He told me something interesting about old baseboards. According to him, many old homes and buildings no longer have their original baseboards even if they have old ones. Back 100 years ago or so, when the original finish wore off them, instead of stripping them down to the wood and refinishing them they’d just tear them out and replace them with new ones. The idea was that it was easier to just replace them and put on a new finish than to resurrect the old ones. Wow, talk about taking what you’ve got for granted. It is pretty amazing to think about old growth trim as a disposable commodity.