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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Product Review: Heavy Duty Metal Wall Brackets

 


I got these to help stabilize very large floating shelves. The townhouse I live in has horrible wall studs, so anything that needs to be supported must have drywall anchors. The problem with the set of shelves I got was that they were so large that even with very long screws and using drywall anchors on the frame that attaches to the wall and holds the shelves themselves, the shelves still would fall when something even moderately heavy was put on them.

These are very heavy-duty and come with two sets of screws. Longer ones to go in the wall, and shorter ones to attach to the underside of a shelf, should you want to. The only drawback is that they are sold only in a pack of four and do not come with drywall anchors. So if you have a situation like mine where you need anchors (and these are very heavy so chances are you will need them) you need to buy some if you do not have any on hand. Once you get them up, however, they are very sturdy. I definitely recommend them.

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