reading saves money

This morning I began reading Mean Ol' Mr. Gravity (by the way, check out that url... that's what google returned when I searched for the book. slight wtf...)

Anyhow, the book was explicitly (and I mean explicitly, check the amazon page) billed as a book for reading on the crapper, and I was using it as instructed, and when I got to page 2 (it was a mighty yam this morning), Rip answers some schmuck who's asking whether he needs to get bumper plates for power cleans or can he just catch and release them (as one might a trout), lowering to the floor.

This all sounds mighty familiar, since just yesterday I called around to get prices on bumper plates since I assumed they were better than just lowering the clean. In addition to the plates, for my setup, I'd have to get 3 more sheets of plywood, at a cost of probably 60 bucks, plus another 200 or so for a minimal set of bumper plates.

Rip's answer was "wtf do you think we did back in the 70s before they'd invented bumper plates? we lowered our cleans!"

Okay then! Money saved.

(The careful reader will notice that the book I purchased for 20-some bucks is a compilation of web forum posts, the latter being available totally free. So make of that what you will (but I suggest you consider the consequences of me taking an internet-enabled device on to the crapper, and count yerselves lucky that I shelled out the 20 bucks for the dead tree version)).