Way out in the Middle of Nowhere

I've got a Kundert Drop Spindle. It spins beautifully and I do like it a lot. HOWEVER.....if I drop the danged thing (and it does happen) while spinning, the cop (Spun fiber wrapped on the shaft) pops off. HELP!! I have emailed the maker of the spindles who replied something like, "Hey, I just make them. I don't spin with them. Ask a spinner." Oh OK whatever. If you have any answers, please let me know! The picture is of Vicki, with her I MUST KILL YOU NOW! look. Which is just added for fun. Dave is in the background doing...........something.

I recently was talking to a very knowledgeable person about my reading material in the restrooms of my house. Yes, I have reading material in them....sometimes it is the only place I can get a few uninterrupted minutes to read. One of the books is the "Great Mortality" about the Black Death plague that hit Europe in the mid 1300's. This visitor to my home enjoyed the downstairs reading: A book about how famous persons died and where they were buried, and asked about the one upstairs. "It's about the Black Death." "The what?" "The black death: the plague that decimated 2/3 of the population of Europe in the 1300's" About this time I'm reminded of the ex-boyfriend who didn't know what Stonehenge was.... "I've never heard of that." Ok, what are kids being taught in school these days? Not even that, but the History Channel digs out their documentary on it at least twice a year and shows it. In the scope of humanity...