Adventures in Remuddling

After opening up the walls, Tig fashioned a remote camera out of some wire and duct tape. With the camera firmly attached to a wand of metal, he fished the camera into the hole and took pictures. Actually, it was a little more complicated than that. The camera was wired to the laptop, so that we could see the images from the camera. It was much like microsurgery, with Tig manipulating the camera, while I operate the laptop and snapped pictures using remote commands.

Here were some of our suspects:

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This past winter, we spent a week in Paris at a fabulous apartment by the Eiffel Tower.

In this apartment, we noticed these neat wall mounted radiators/towel warmers in the bathrooms. We were definitely intrigued.

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