Often, I visit the main, lower-level meeting room of the nearby Banfill-Locke
Center for the Arts. It is a great place for classes on painting, sculpture, writing, and
music performance. Always, it is a busy place!
One thing bothers me . . . all of the painting that goes on!
Not by artist-types - but by the folks who volunteer to keep the walls and ceilings in that
room, spotlessly shipshape. The volunteers must get satisfaction and joy by slightly
changing the hues of light-colored paints each time they give it
another coat. (eggshell, winter white, light sage, etc.)
But, herein the problem presents itself! Each coat of paint adds 1/32nd of an inch to the
surface of a wall. (With 2 walls, that computes to 1/16 of an inch.) Not much you say.
But, go figure. The 24 X 15 foot room is getting smaller and smaller year by year. So -
go figure.
Here goes! If the room is painted on an average of 4 X's a year, that means that in just
one year, the width and length of the room is diminished by no less that 1/4th of an inch!
Average life expectancies:
5 years shrink by 1 & 1/4 inches Gerbil
10 years shrink by 2 & 1/2 inches Cottontail Rabbit
20 years shrink by 5 inches Beaver, Bottle-nose Dolphin
25 years shrink by 7 & 1/4 inches Wild Pig
50 years shrink by 14 & 1/2 inches Camel
75 years shrink by 21 & 3/4 inches Parrot
79 years shrink by 22 inches Humans (in the US)
So, after a mere 1,056 years . . . just room enough in the room for . . . a little chair.
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