On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:41:33 -0800, DaleW wrote:

> (about here, I hit the floor. Literally. As I leaned to hand a bottle to
> Roger, my chair collapsed. Marc said "you know, I think that's the 5th
> time I've seen that here." Alex says "yes, we really shouldn't have
> people sit in that old chair." When I tell Betsy this AM, she relates it
> happened to her at a dinner last year- I had forgotten. Alex is a great
> host, but in a house with many chairs the delicate ones shouldn't be at
> table!).

It reminds me of a time some years back when my spouse and I were staying
at an"El Cheapo" motel in Winnemucca, NV. One must remember that the
humidity in Northern Nevada is always VERY low. At the time, she was
around 90 lbs. When she sat down on one of the chairs, it collapsed under
her - all the glued joints has shrunk so dramatically that they were on
the verge of parting company. Fortunately, she was not injured. However,
I made certain that the management did not bill me for a chair. ;-)

Godzilla