Yeah, that "phantom wire" situation is a classic headache in old places. It's never just a simple three-way when the building has decades of DIY changes. Pulling up a floorboard to solve it is next-level dedication.

Oh man, that's the worst! My mom wrote our whole weekly grocery list on the side of our fridge for years. When they sold the house, we had to take a million pictures because it was all scribbled in marker. It felt like losing a piece of family history, just some dumb list. I still miss seeing her handwriting there.

That stat totally matches what we see with our clients' old computers failing.