Re: [Meta] Wait, you sort your books how???

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-)