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Carpal Tunnel
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I never realized until I encountered association in an old word book that it had anything anything to do with Athens. Etymology below leaves a lot to be desired.
attic by 1855, from Fr. attique. The term Attic order in classical architecture meant a small, square decorative column often used in a low storey above a building's main facade, a feature associated with the region around Athens.
I have fond memories of pleasantly spending rainy days in the attic of the house where I was born. The roof was high enough that there was a small separate room that had been where my grandfathers hostler had slept. I got electricity put in, and could sleep up there. I vividly remember the electrician testing the circuit by putting his finger into a socket for which I had not yet gotten a bulb. I wouldn't to that for a thousand dollars. It was a great place on rainy days to read old National Geographics, or my grandfather's obstetrical books. And I could practice my violin without family being tortured. And there was a ladder up to a cupola, so we could get out after heavy snow storms to shovel off a flat portion of roof. And at night, with cupola cover off, it was a great place to observe the stars.
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