They haven't been used in about 20 years. Still, they shouldn't have been left out.

The dispatch room is being renovated. The contractors must've moved the file out.

They have probably been out there since the contractors started renovating.

They were old card files that are going to be destroyed. The information is now in the computer system.

I don't know anything about it.

If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.