english: My parents were born in wooden houses, one of which is still standing, the other which would still be standing if a bulldozer had not ripped it apart. The one thing we learned after the destruction of our grandmother’s home was that it was built by shipwrights, and that there was not a nail in it; it was held together by wooden pegs which grew more secure over time as they swelled into place.
non_english: Συγκρατούνταν από ξύλινους πεσσούς, που έγιναν πιο ασφαλείς με την πάροδο του χρόνου καθώς διογκώθηκαν στη θέση τους.