Whats the point of the free store? Why is there hardly anything in there?
The free store is a marvelous, useful communal closet where people can put clothes, books, and other treasures they don’t want, and other people can get them. Some former residents have amassed considerable proportions of their wardrobes from this facility. The free store is generally fuller when the drinking fountain is not overflowing nearby, and when there are many people in the house with a high clothing turnover rate, such as people from Portland or other places where clothes are sold for 70 cents per pound. • Why is the I-room called the I-room? No one seems to know! There is even some debate as to whether it’s really the I-room or the eye-room. Some have heard that since it was originally a library, it was named the eye-room because your eyes are what you use to read all the lovely books in there. Others argue it’s the I-room, “because it’s shaped like an I”. Both rumors are unsubstantiated (not to mention ridiculous). For all we know, it could even be the “aye” room or the “ay!
