The 1998 Spittoon Debate in the Lincoln home.

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I'm enjoying the pundits here!

I was raised in a house that my ancestors moved into in 1860 and never left until the 1990s. There were footstools everywhere, especially in storage in the attic. Even the dining room always had an easy chair with footstool in a corner, and our house had a library that held one footstool when I was a child. Several upstairs bedrooms also had them. IMO, just one more thing to vacuum around...

As for being a collections addict, I'm guilty. For awhile forty years ago, I collected Lincoln assassination books, Sebastian Miniatures, cup plates, handleless cups and saucers, decorated eggs, and antique valentines -- and I'm talking large collections of each. I still have these collections, but divorce brought a screeching halt to my continuing to collect.