I have to preface this by passing on to you that I have broken soda bottles every conceivable way:dropped, tipped, thrown, shot, stepped on, bad packing, clumsy or in a hurry table set-up/ takedown, smashed in the trunk, dropped something on top of, filled bottle frozen and exploded. And many more that I have tried to forget...like the time, right out of a Rube Goldberg machine...I unpacked a bottle and set it aside. Unpacking a second bottle from the same parcel my right hand(my stroke side) simply dropped the still wrapped bottle. I lunged for it and caught it! Just as it, and my hand, hit and tipped over a box. Which fell and then tipped the freshly unwrapped bottle. Which then, in slow motion, hit the floor. And bounced! Intact! Then it hit the floor again and broke into about 20 major pieces.
Last weekend, awaiting the arrival of my grandchildren I noticed a disturbance with some racket. I didn't know what it was but it didn't sound good. And it wasn't. Many of my embossed/deco are outside in a (partially completed) screen-in porch. I'll post that photo shortly, back to the incident.
There were bottles smashed at the foot of the shelf! Six altogether. The Baseball deco being the chief among them. What I knew as soon as I saw it...plus the sounds I heard prior to the discovery is this crazy conclusion. A squirrel. Yes, a squirrel ran up one side of the shelf, across the top and down the other side. I built these shelves especially for their 'outdoor' conditions...I canted each shelf back by 9 degrees so all the bottles tilt back into the wall. I figured that'd help in windy conditions. I squeezed the shelf clearances so many of the bottle fit tightly hoping to insure that heavy wagging dog tails (times dwo dogs who can unseat fixed objects with their tails) don't dislodge a bottle.
I never, ever, however, thought to protect my display from squirrels and raccoons.
You broke some of your sodas any more painfully or ridiculously, I'm so sorry. Really. I feel your pain.
But it would be funny if you shared.
Enclosed photo shows the new look display.
Last weekend, awaiting the arrival of my grandchildren I noticed a disturbance with some racket. I didn't know what it was but it didn't sound good. And it wasn't. Many of my embossed/deco are outside in a (partially completed) screen-in porch. I'll post that photo shortly, back to the incident.
There were bottles smashed at the foot of the shelf! Six altogether. The Baseball deco being the chief among them. What I knew as soon as I saw it...plus the sounds I heard prior to the discovery is this crazy conclusion. A squirrel. Yes, a squirrel ran up one side of the shelf, across the top and down the other side. I built these shelves especially for their 'outdoor' conditions...I canted each shelf back by 9 degrees so all the bottles tilt back into the wall. I figured that'd help in windy conditions. I squeezed the shelf clearances so many of the bottle fit tightly hoping to insure that heavy wagging dog tails (times dwo dogs who can unseat fixed objects with their tails) don't dislodge a bottle.
I never, ever, however, thought to protect my display from squirrels and raccoons.
You broke some of your sodas any more painfully or ridiculously, I'm so sorry. Really. I feel your pain.
But it would be funny if you shared.
Enclosed photo shows the new look display.
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