Extra Credit Questions

[Laurie Verge]

Wow! You tricked us with something that easy? At least a Reb got the answer (after a very explicit hint!).

My mother used to tell the story of growing up in our old house with a fish bowl in the center hall that had to be moved into the parlor when winter came. All of the rooms had coal stoves set into the original fireplaces. Some rooms were without heat during the winter because they were not frequently used. All doors to the hallway were closed, and the fishbowl would freeze if left in the hall.

I remember the fishbowl still being there as a child. It was purely Victorian -- a Majolica ceramic lighthouse that stood about two feet high with a walled basin at the foot that held the glass bowl, which was about a foot in diameter.