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ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:

> In article <je9vmk-ned.ln1@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au>,
> Gary R. Schmidt <grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:
>>On 21/07/2024 06:23, Ahasuerus wrote:
>>> On 7/19/2024 10:46 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:22:32 -0400, Cryptoengineer
>>>> <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I built my shelves from poplar, and have had no problems. Pine would be
>>>>> a different matter.
>>>>
>>>> Way back when some well-wisher gifted my late wife a complete set of
>>>> Brittanicas from the 60s - she kept them on the bottom shelf (which
>>>> was a 3/4" thick piece of wood that sat on a concrete floor) just
>>>> outside this room which she then filled up with various boxes. [snip]
>>> 
>>> Smart. Encyclopedia Britannica is a known bookshelf-killer.
>>> 
>>I have a Funk & Wagnall's on the bottom of one of my bookshelves.
>>
>
> Should have it in a mayonaise jar on your front porch..

IIRC, the questions for "Carnac the Magnificent" were kept in a
mayonaise jar on *Funk & Wagnall's* porch, not one's own.
  -Don-