As a kid I would explore abandoned home in the area I lived. There were several homes that had been abandoned that I would go to. One was old, old, old abandoned. I found a paper covering a shelf from 1919.

Another home was old, but not as old. It was a huge two story farmhous with all the furniture and belongings and the roof had caved as well as the 2nd floor through the livingroom. In that I found a paper covering a shelf dated from 1943. That was really cool to look through.

The third was a home that looked like a family had just walked out of and just left everything behind. It had been poured over and the contents strewn about as people had looked for goodies. I looked the place over and asked myself where I would hide something. Imean I stood in the place and looked it over and thought of the place I would hide something in the house I didn't want found. I walked over to the closet, opened the door, and reached around the corner and found a hole that contained a box full of jewelry. Not the crown jewels, mind you, but a box of jewelry. Two gold cufflinks with a center diamond I sold to a pawn shop for maybe $10 or so.... I wanted some money for a couple packs of smokes and an afternoon of asteroids. I really could not believe I had outsmarted the all the people who had ravaged the house prior to my exploration.

I would love to be a kid again.