Oh shit.

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Two of my bookcases just collapsed under the weight of their books. I was sitting directly under them, and frankly I cannot imagine how I come not to have broken bones or worse. Now my whole sitting-room is knee-deep in books, practically all the literary heritage of Europe and the US, and absolutely no idea how to rearrange them. Nor do I like having to walk over Conrad and Tolstoy and Goethe just in order to move at all.

At least one of the bookcases is beyond repair, and I suspect the other is too. And I had been working on rearranging my library since Monday.

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[rfachir.livejournal.com]

Very to happy to hear you're not dead. (But forgive me if I grin a little - I know even after they physically attacked you the thought of getting rid of a single one never crossed your mind. As bad as children.)

I looked at a decorating magazine last weekend and "British clutter" is the look this spring. Stacking up books floor to ceiling is "in". Bet you didn't expect to be at the cutting edge of fashion. Hope it wasn't too painful.

Speaking from experience, don't try to salvage the bookshelves. The horizontal parts you may be able to stack between new supports, but the vertical parts never are safe to use again once they've buckled. It's never square.

Stay safe.

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even after they physically attacked you the thought of getting rid of a single one never crossed your mind. As bad as children
Damn straight. And it's not their fault, is it? They did not invent the force of gravity.
And yeah, I am always finding myself at the head of fashion without realizing it. *grins*