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####@††=-. . †== =†# THE BASEMENT #†= ==†† . .-=††@####
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###††=-... THE BASEMENT IS A MAN-MADE SUBTERRANEAN ...-=††###
####@††=-. ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU COULD FIND SUCH .-=††@####
####@††=-. THINGS AS THE FURNACE, THE LABYRINTH, .-=††@####
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####@††=-. A SMALL OR RURAL BASEMENT IS A CELLAR. .-=††@####
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#††=...... OFTEN CREATED IN GOOD FAITH, A BASEMENT ......=††#
####@††=-. IS NEVERTHELESS A WAY TO BRING A CAVE .-=††@####
####@††=-. INTO YOUR BUILDING, AND CAVE THINGS .-=††@####
####@††=-. WITH IT. I'VE FOUND THAT IT'S EASIER TO .-=††@####
##@†===... THINK OF ALL CAVES AS THE SAME LARGE ...===†@##
####@††=-. STRUCTURE, IT'S JUST THAT ALL PARTS .-=††@####
###††--... MIGHT NOT BE PHYSICALLY CONNECTED. ...--††###
#†=-...... THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INVITING IN. ......-=†#
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####@††=-. THE PURPOSE OF A BASEMENT IS OFTEN TO .-=††@####
####@††=-. HIDE UNSIGHTLY APPLIANCES, ENGINES, .-=††@####
####@††=-. INFRASTRUCTURE (PIPES AND WELLS)... OR .-=††@####
####@††=-. TO HIDE THE TRUE WEIGHT (PURPOSE?) OF A .-=††@####
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####@††=-. TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH .-=††@####
####@††=-. ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED. .-=††@####
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#@††††-... A CELLAR IS A MORE SENSEFUL AFFAIR, ...-††††@#
####@††=-. LESS INTENSE... MADE TO STORE THINGS .-=††@####
####@††=-. (FOOD OR BREWS, TOOLS) IN A COLDER .-=††@####
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