This article is handy because it gives real numbers to the theory of relativity. As for me, I'm waiting for warp drive.
Is There Anyone Out There Who Wants To Go Fast? | Lightspeed Magazine

This story is just too good not to share in a longer format.

I bought a number of treasures while garage saling here and in the U.P. recently. In looking over my kitchen shelves, i determined additional shelves could be inserted into my closets. My landlady did not have any additional shelves, so my friend agreed to cut new ones. Measurements were taken. Supplies were purchased. The shelves arrived and one was installed. The shelf pins--more on these later--were hammered into place.

Later, I decided the pins were in the wrong place and discovered this metal pins could not be easily removed with fingers and reinserted. No problem, I thought, I will go to my friendly neighborhood hardware store and purchase the style I'm used to and like.

It was here at the hardware store yesterday i learned these little items are called shelf pins. I bought what I needed and went home to discover my pins were too big.

Today I returned to the hardware store. This was not a simple task as it involves crossing a busy street. It's a T intersection and I had to find the crossing on the top of the T. Back and forth we went, but at long last, Elwood identified the correct pole--I was treated to other poles of interest to dogs--where I could press the button for the walk sign. This gives me more time to cross the street and rings a bell.

Happily, the bell was fixed and is working again. Unhappily, an idiot was across the crosswalk after we crossed the island and we had to stop. Elwood and I were now marooned on an island in the middle of a busy street. I listened carefully for stopped traffic. I think we went through several light changes before i was confident to continue. Much congratulations to Elwood at finding the walk sign signal and finally getting across the street.

The hardware store folks did not have the correct pin. I had brought my sample this time. Maybe in a few weeks they would have the right ones.

I asked them to cross me. Finding the signpost on that side of the street is even more challenging and I was done with challenges for the day. They were happy to oblige.

At home, I thought i might have a solution. i checked a bookcase I had and it had suitable-looking shelf pins. I swiped them and they fit beautifully. I got the cut shelf.

Now I need to say at this point that my friend had joked about the shelves: I cut them twice and they still were too short. Well, maybe only cut once, but the shelf was too short. Apparently, the cabinets are not the same size. All my cut shelves only fit one of my cabinets.

I'm up on the step stool, holding a shelf high and precariously balanced, and I'm laughing so hard I was almost in danger of falling.

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I've tried 2 set up txt posting but haven't been successful so far. I'm emailing this post 2 c if I have set it correctly. More l8r.