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From: "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: [Meta] Wait, you sort your books how???
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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.

How many here remember, "Look it up in your Funk & Wagnall's?", or, "No, 
not another chicken joke!".  :-)

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)