On 8/24/2018 2:17 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-08-24 10:11, Frank Krygowski wrote:

As to your question: I wonder if a velcro strap with rectangular ring
might work. They're fast to install and surprisingly strong. See, for
example:

https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Cabl...g=UTF8&s=a ht

Thanks, but I do not trust plastic for this stuff. The Arno straps that
Sir mentioned seem to be the ticket here. Of course, there remains the
risk that a picky bus driver refuses to accept that mounting method and
we'd be stranded.

I do have some with steel loops, but that's OK. I should have known it
wouldn't work for you. ;-)

A certain guy I know well once had a habit of asking my advice. "Can you
come over and look at this? You're an engineer." So I'd visit and hear
"The garage door track is coming loose" or "This table I'm building has
wobbly legs" or "I need a way to carry this bag on the back of my bike"
or a bunch of other things.

In each case, the answer seemed obvious to me - as in "You need
something to resist that bending moment, so if you add a brace here" or
"... if you screw this in two places..." or whatever.

Invariably, he'd say "That won't work, because..." and spout some nonsense.

I still see the guy from time to time. When he asks me about problems
now, I usually say things like "Yeah, I see why that bothers you. What
do you think?" and later "Well, you could try that if you like."

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- Frank Krygowski

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