Antique shoppers must be well-versed in the vocabulary of collectibles to read catalogs, make online searches or understand words with double meanings such as commode (dresser) and commode (toilet.) ...

Matches are becoming rare objects. Smokers today use fluid lighters, and while gas fireplaces, stoves and barbeques often have open flames, their pilot lights are carefully controlled and turn off or ...

Dear Heloise: I live in Alaska, where we have very little daylight about eight months of the year. As a result, I use candles a great deal. My problem is that the "scratchy" section on the side of the ...