Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: jwb@csse.monash.edu.au Subject: Re: Earthquake precautions Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <1167725585.005992.49680@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <1167883980.566450.26680@s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <12pq3dailn05u37@news.supernews.com> <1168002891.039136.305920@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: tin/1.4.5-20010409 ("One More Nightmare") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 (i686)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 16 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:26:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 124.191.231.243 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1168003565 124.191.231.243 (Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:26:05 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:26:05 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:164928 duna6430@gmail.com dixit: >Agreed on the L-brackets/straps always worked for us. I've also seen >the adjustable 1/4" bolt thing (kind of like a "t" nut in reverse - >mounts to the top of the cabinet or shelf post, and backs out,towards >the overheard to secure the fixture/post. I had something like that in my apartment in Tokyo. Sort-of miniature car jacks on top of cupboards, etc. which extended up to the ceiling and held them in place. -- Jim Breen http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/ Clayton School of Information Technology, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia ジム・ブリーン@モナシュ大学