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2. Remove tacks from box. Push tack(s) through bottom of box. Push candle down on tack(s). Tack box to wall.

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2a. Combine methods.

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It initially fascinated me with its favorable familial flavor, but over time I have come to appreciate Ireland's immense and poignant perspective. Like all places it cannot help but be shaped by its past and it is that past that informs its view of the present. Its people are proud and purposeful and its international outlook, to my mind, particularly perceptive. Ireland could well be in the running for the most famous country that very few people know much about. It's at once lyrical and layered, spectacular and scarred. There is much to learn from its life.

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The Duncker candle problem reminds me a little of the bit in the Princess Bride where Westley asks Inigo to list their assets.

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