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Got room for that?

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Think of all the things we have added to our lives recently: The microwave oven, cellular phone, DVD recorder, satellite radio (more on that later) and digital cable television to name some. But, p erhaps no other modern device speaks to the advent of modern society more than the external storage area. There are two such properties being erected now, one in Woodbury Heights and another in Mantua. There is one near the Route 55 interchange in Sewell, and another on Route 322 in Monroe Township. We need these things so badly, that there are four within 10 miles of each other. The point is, we are collecting so much stuff that we do not have room in our larger and larger homes to store it all, so we have to build places to put things. Why is it necessary to have these things now, when 15 or 20 years ago, they didn't exist? Did we need them and not have them then, or is this desire for storage a product of our cluttered 21st Century lives? I'm thinking the latter. People collect s...