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So how were those hours spent?


Even after all the revelations about Grainey's marriage toward the end, I don't understand what he did during the hours on end he spent in the basement. Was he just taking trips down memory lane?

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Based on what the old woman who was trying to get him to move out said...Yes, he was living in the past.

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Okay. If that was such a large part of his life, I find it odd that he would confine his reminiscences and their supporting memorabilia to the basement.

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The marriage picture was another clue. Looked like they got married right around 20 and had been together around 40 years so she was basically half his life.

He tried to compartmentalize his past from the present but when the kids started messing with him it made him think a lot more about the past.

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