Well? Okay, maybe another tack is needed.

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A bit of this and that, the non-contact voltage detector is a dud, so will be going back.  *sigh*  Never mind, I'll find a joist and get going on that.  My handy dandy joist/stud detector, checked and rocking, in hand, I head into the computer room.  Ah, a joist!  *drill*  Hmm, must have been a little off.  Ah, a joist!  Hmm, well, one more time.  No joist was to be found. *le sigh*  Okay, so what does YouTube have to say?  Is it the new magic mirror or what?  Anyway... this is what one man there had to say.


So, a search for a magnet, specifically a neodymium magnet, with those dimensions.  A bit of looking and I did find one, for about $25.  The dimensions should work, anyway.  I certainly wasn't paying $120 for a bigger one.  Hmm, well, let's go with it.  A couple of 'magic hooks' as well.  Two rated at over a hundred pounds (best be careful with those, I am thinking, mainly, as coat hooks near the door) and a decade of smaller ones for (25 pound pull rating)... many things.  Yeah, yeah, I know.  But... they are imminently tinkerable!  Gah!  I'm such a sucker.  People must see me coming a mile away.  Never mind.

As it stands, no plants have been skyhooked.  The tool for that is on order, presumably to be on the way shortly.  Why can't things just work?  The stud/joist finder has worked for me every time I have needed it.  I have never needed to find a joist though, maybe that is the thing?  It finds studs... almost every time.  And I have used it at least a couple of dozen times.  The batteries are fresh, too.  Who knows.  I won't be throwing it, unless it proves to no longer be able to find studs in the future though.  It should be easy to check with the magnet.

All dressed up in minor face mask and dust goggles with no place to drill!  What's a guy to do on a Friday night, as such?  Ah, but it was fun picking the drill bit, "finding" a joist, and giving the old heave-ho.  Sam is in my lap looking at me like I need some SERIOUS attention.  Heh.  Back to gaming.