But they must wonder what's going in in my extra room.

The place is old, the extra room carpet was shot when I got here
and there's not even a pad underneath.

But it's up on the second floor and my collection of tools
is very small. I keep the vacuum handy.

What I'd like to see happen here is a revial of the
Do It Yourself Shop. That's a place where people can come to
use tools they have no room for or can't afdford to buy
outright.

We had such a place when I was a kid-- around 1960.

I'm actively engaged in this and think it's a good project
for many towns with abandoned buildings of appropriate size.
The goal is to have the municipality purchase a space and
make it a green development project retrofitted and used
as a demonstration of alternate energy systems-- plus
whatever revenue comes in from renting time on the machines.

In this case the abandoned space is a failed supermarket close
to city center.