I was about to say, "Do you have any wooden shims?"

And here I'm wondering why you want her to stab her tree.

Everyone should have random pieces of wood around the house. Or in their tool chest.

I was going to call you out as a dangerous felon, but my random pieces of wood are Filipino fighting sticks.

Let me go pick up my sister.

Hmmm..... Maybe I'm fine with my baseline where it is.

Trust me, this may be for the best.

Shim, not shiv.

Though in a pinch, you could use a shim as a shiv. But I don't think it would be a very effective weapon.

Everyone should have random pieces of wood around the house. Or in their tool chest.

I knew I liked you for a(nother) reason!

"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover."

Her only decent song. I saw her at Long Beach Pride this year, just the end of her set while I staked out a good seat for Indigo Girls, and she was horrrrrrible. I don't know why people like her.

Growing up in the middle of nowhere with a mom and gram who grew up on farms meant that there were always random bits of metal and tools and whosits around. I still assume I have those things at hand and can frequently be found wandering around my house muttering thing like, "How can we not have a spare fence post? And where are my random-yet-useful bits of wood?" I am not much of a pack-rat myself, but I was raised by champs.

I might have to go with bubble wrap. There is a few inches between the trunk and the screws.

A friend just linked to this in her LJ: Cellulite, a curse from God or a tool of Satan? The responses are cracking me up. So much angst!

Shit. I just went to go check on Franny as she had a low fever when she went to bed. Well it is way up.

Shit.

Vortex, bubble wrap will probably not be solid enough for your tree stand to support the tree. Try to find something more solid - maybe even fold or stack up thick wads of paper. But wood shims or similar would be best.