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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Yiiikes, would've been super scary if it were still people
Before I moved here , this house sat empty for about a year.
And the access to the attic is one of those ceiling ladders you have to pull down.
I waited a few weeks after moving here before having a peak.
I actually didn't find any evidence of racoons but I do occasionally hear noises from there. And it's weird, I've been here a year now but my first thought always is "must be upstairs neighbors".
I've lived in apartments most of my life.
There is a window in the front of the house with these like vertical wooden shutter blinds. And then a metal screen. So it's not a closed off window. It's open all year.
I think what I'm actually hearing is the wind blowing stuff around in the attic. Which is full of stuff.
I'm not too concerned. It's either wind or racoons or maybe a squirrel.
Sqirrels are pretty well known for invading attics. Pretty much anything they can fit their head through, they can get the rest of them through.
An exterminator can probably find where they're getting in and seal it up. You probably can too, but they can do it faster.