"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> > With all the shelving which is not free, either. And the toilet paper
>> > under the beds. A couple of them described their homes as mini
>> > marts. It just makes them happy.
>>
>> I have learned the toilet paper does deteriorate with age. My friend
>> moved
>> his elderly dad into his home shortly before the dad passed on. He said
>> his
>> dad had many packages of toilet paper, age unknown but quite dusty. He
>> opened a package and tried to use it but he said the paper just left tons
>> of
>> white bits and tore very easily. So he had to throw it all out rather
>> than
>> donate it.
>
> Probably Silverfish. They can damage books too.

That could be.

When I got my first apartment, I bought some shelf paper for the pantry that
said it repelled Silverfish. I didn't know what they were but there was a
picture of them on the roll and I knew I didn't want them. When I told my
mom what I did, she laughed and said we don't get them here.