20 there was no barn , no corral , no paddock , and instead of out- ? of-state lics the sign in the window showed a photograph of the quabbin reservoir over the legend best bait , why wait ? , but otherwise the little store could have been gosselin 's all over again : same ratty siding , same mud-brown shingles , same crooked chimney dribbling smoke into the rainy sky , same rusty gas-pump out front .