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Floyd R. Turbo

(30,230 posts) Tue May 6, 2025, 09:21 AM May 6

It doesn't just happen in the movies!

19 bookshelves with 50,000 book fell over in domino style after the first bookshelf gave way. The library was closed for one day so the mess could be cleaned up. Lorain Public Library in Lorain, Ohio, 1971.😬

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It doesn't just happen in the movies! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo May 6 OP

Oy! Diamond_Dog May 6 #1

😬 Floyd R. Turbo May 6 #3

The miracle of engineered shelving systems! bucolic_frolic May 6 #2

😁 Floyd R. Turbo May 6 #4

That's surprising. I don't believe the orange slime in the Whitehouse had any connection with... NNadir May 6 #5

😬 Floyd R. Turbo May 6 #6

It's like a literary version of those falling dominoes set ups! electric_blue68 May 6 #7

😬 Floyd R. Turbo May 6 #9

They cleaned that mess up in one day? rurallib May 6 #8

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo May 6 #10

No kidding! That looks like at least a week's worth of work. tanyev May 7 #11

Diamond_Dog

(37,138 posts)

1. Oy!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2025, 09:24 AM

May 6

Floyd R. Turbo

(30,230 posts)

3. 😬

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Tue May 6, 2025, 09:25 AM

May 6

bucolic_frolic

(50,580 posts)

2. The miracle of engineered shelving systems!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2025, 09:25 AM

May 6

A guy with calculations had it all figured out.

Floyd R. Turbo

(30,230 posts)

4. 😁

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Tue May 6, 2025, 09:26 AM

May 6

NNadir

(35,896 posts)

5. That's surprising. I don't believe the orange slime in the Whitehouse had any connection with...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2025, 11:04 AM

May 6

...the book industry since there's no evidence he's read any books other than Mein Kampf

Floyd R. Turbo

(30,230 posts)

6. 😬

Reply to NNadir (Reply #5)

Tue May 6, 2025, 12:04 PM

May 6

electric_blue68

(21,549 posts)

7. It's like a literary version of those falling dominoes set ups!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2025, 02:33 PM

May 6

Floyd R. Turbo

(30,230 posts)

9. 😬

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Tue May 6, 2025, 08:09 PM

May 6

rurallib

(63,768 posts)

8. They cleaned that mess up in one day?

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2025, 04:52 PM

May 6

Wow! that is some damn good employees!

Floyd R. Turbo

(30,230 posts)

10. 🤗

Reply to rurallib (Reply #8)

Tue May 6, 2025, 08:10 PM

May 6

tanyev

(46,534 posts)

11. No kidding! That looks like at least a week's worth of work.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #8)

Wed May 7, 2025, 04:53 PM

May 7

They’re lucky there wasn’t anyone caught between the stacks.

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