Lesson learned, for all the good it does me.

Do not store stuff in plastic trash bags in your hot attic (the kind of attic you crawl around in). When you want to see what is in the bags 40 years later they will have turned to messy plastic fragments. Cardboard boxes don't fare all that well, either. Think twice or thrice; do you really need that stuff you're putting in the attic? I realize most of you won't be living in the same house 40 years later, anyway.

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WillaKissing · 56-60, M Best Comment

Yes, most won't. I remember going through my parents' attic when they both had passed away clearing out every dang thing they ever owned and donating it to good will or our local church for the needy. I was only 34 years old then, and from that time on I have gave away or donated all the things I do not use or want. And now at 59 years of age I am happy not to be cluttered in my attic.

atlantic59 · 61-69, M

@WillaKissing there's that book: 'They Left Us Everything'!

Orca4950 · 70-79, M

I wonder. I stored tents and other camping gear in the attic of a home my mom and dad planned to keep, and rented out.

It was eventually sold b4 we returned. I stopped by the house in the 1990's but no-one was home.

Often wonder if anyone ever removed them

atlantic59 · 61-69, M

the attic is the stuff of kids imagination and as long as there are no skeletal remains, like say the family member in the rocking chair that previous tenants didn't feel was polite enough for downstairs company, -the attic is a cornucopia of delights and discovery. Yes, no plastic bags.

JohnnySpot · 56-60, M

I'm bringing new life to this old crate I found.

Poppies · 61-69, F

@JohnnySpot Handsome antique.

atlantic59 · 61-69, M

@JohnnySpot Beautiful!

WillaKissing · 56-60, M

Thank you for best comment!

WillaKissing · 56-60, M

Thank you for best answer

RedBaron · M

Or we’ll be dead.

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