@shoptastic wrote:
Really, really wanted to recommend this recent Lyn Alden piece to you all. It's analysis is extremely relevant and actionable (if one believes we are headed towards an inflationary devaluing of our nation's debt obligations and what that means to one's wealth and how to protect it).
The article reminds me of a recent picture hanging adventure. Heavy picture so it needed the hanger to go into a stud. The stud finder showed metal all over the place behind the wallboard. Three opinions and methodologies. The first measured from the corner anticipating that '16" on center' for studs and put a pencil mark on the wall. The second went to the nearest electrical outlet on that wall and tried to determine whether the stud it was nailed into was on its left or right using the stud finder. They then used the 16" on center to measure back and mark the wall with pencil. The third played 'tap, tap, tap' on the wall, listening for the change in sound that might indicate the stud was behind and made a mark.
Each of us had a good reason why our mark should be successful, yet our marks were not even within an inch or two of each other. A thin nail driven through the wallboard showed that all three of us were wrong. A few more almost random exploratory holes and the stud was found, the hanger secured and the picture hung.
Moral: Make enough holes and eventually you will find the stud.