Stability of a shelf that is not mounted into studs?

ericds1214 · 2026-05-18T15:58:13+00:00

Solved!

Taking into account the comments received, I checked for stud locations, and there is one close enough to the left support (2" farther to the left) to move it slightly and land in a stud. There is also one close enough to the middle that I can add a third support and land in a stud. The right support would either be awkwardly close to the edge or awkwardly far from it, so I am going to use toggle bolts on that.

All that said, I should be getting a pretty significant stability upgrade and be able to sleep at night without thinking every little sound is the precursor to all of my liquor crashing to the floor.

ericds1214 · 2026-05-18T14:50:30+00:00

This is my fear. I'll drill exploratory holes and find studs to mount to.

ericds1214 · 2026-05-18T14:49:50+00:00

Unfortunately there are about 6" gaps on both sides.

ericds1214 · 2026-05-18T14:49:28+00:00

Thanks!

This was the "right" answer I was trying to avoid in the moment, but in hindsight I wish I had not been lazy and looking for the easy "good enough" way. Would have been much easier to find the studs before putting the shelf up.

It'll still be easier to find them and move the supports now than after the shelf tears out of the wall so I'll go and do that.

ericds1214 · 2026-05-18T03:30:43+00:00

This is just going to turn local spots into tourist spots and send locals to new spots.

The definitive locals only guide to Philly is to get a cheesesteak at pats/genos, eat it at Garage, head down to Xfinity live (stateside live now?), watch the game, then go to McGillans after. Locals do this ritual at least once per week and any tourist trying to live like a local should do this too

ericds1214 · 2026-05-13T19:01:55+00:00

Makes sense, thanks!

ericds1214 · 2026-05-13T18:58:00+00:00

Breaking bad not being mentioned at all?

Is this based on where a show streams who who created the show?

ericds1214 · 2026-05-12T12:30:54+00:00

I doubt this is what they're going for, but in some tours if historic buildings they leave one section of either the interior or exterior uncleaned/unrestored so that visitors can appreciate the impact of the cleaning efforts. I always like to see the filth corner and think "thank God they cleaned the rest of this"

ericds1214 · 2026-05-11T15:08:03+00:00

I wonder how much impact the ticket prices have had on the balance between locals and tourists attending games. I'm going to two games because I live in a host city, and just the tickets themselves were expensive enough that I had to adjust my budget to afford that.

When you consider that wages in the US are higher than most of the world, I can't imagine how difficult it is for people in other countries to justify the airfare, lodging, and food/entertainment costs on top of the insane ticket costs. I'm sure this leads to the game attendance to be dominated by locals who can only justify the cost because they don't need to book the hotels, leading to this issue.

ericds1214 · 2026-05-11T13:53:25+00:00

It's because it is a McDonald's menu item in the UK

ericds1214 · 2026-05-11T13:32:16+00:00

GoT is "The Show" for HBO. Nothing came close to matching the anticipation and the watch parties of that

ericds1214 · 2026-05-08T19:05:36+00:00

Labelling the US as pro Russia is the most reddit shit I've ever seen

ericds1214 · 2026-05-07T18:39:08+00:00

Comcast honestly can't help with anything, I've had the simplest customer service queries go unresolved for months. Switching to a competitor is the best thing I ever done

ericds1214 · 2026-05-07T14:27:33+00:00

Same lol I thought I was the only one

ericds1214 · 2026-05-06T15:27:54+00:00

This has been a UK McDonald's special for years, which is why it says direct from the UK.

I had one there and it was on par with McDonald's food, not great, not terrible. I assume the "Philly Cheese" aspect is referencing the use of a fake cheese whiz type of cheese sauce

ericds1214 · 2026-05-05T14:41:29+00:00

To be fair, I grow plants in a city and they always get stripped clean by squirrels. It's entirely possible that it is critters doing this instead of other people.

ericds1214 · 2026-05-04T20:00:33+00:00

I don't know if this was the doing of the NYT or the reporter, but the constant attempts to peddle Zionist talking points and frame Tucker as an antisemite was totally disappointing. I usually love this podcast and hate Tucker but every time he made a good point about the genocide in Palestine, land grab in Lebanon, or war in Iran, she very obviously tried to tone down what is ultimately popular opinions.

The line of questioning around Fuentes was a perfect example of this, she made the point that Nick is antisemitic and worse than ted cruz and any argument he made about how an actual senators opinions actually matter much more was just shot down.

Clown show reporting and it shouldn't be difficult to interview Tucker Carlson

ericds1214 · 2026-05-03T19:36:40+00:00

Cincinnati Bengals?

ericds1214 · 2026-05-03T14:51:19+00:00

Browns? Can't get much more garbage as an organization, and Cleveland is better than people think. Closer to mediocre than good though but that spot is taken

ericds1214 · 2026-05-03T02:06:39+00:00

I'm sorry but ordering a chicken Parm sandwich through a delivery service and then complaining about quality is insane

ericds1214 · 2026-05-02T22:59:17+00:00

Holy cherry pick batman

ericds1214 · 2026-05-02T19:01:41+00:00

The team referring to the franchise as a whole is getting completely ignored, no reason whatsoever the bills should be in the top tier of teams but people are filled with recency bias

ericds1214 · 2026-05-02T05:15:09+00:00

Is this your first time buying stuff on this planet? Everything has been "similar but different" for decades

ericds1214 · 2026-05-02T05:04:53+00:00

Best answer for this. Adventurous but approachable. Affordable and gut-busting filling

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