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I want a gargoyle in my house!

Not being able to use the back 20 feet of my parklike back yard because of the 3 yards that back up to it full of barking, territorial and neglected dogs. Once you cross the line it's like walking into a kennel. "Ouf, ouf, ouf!"

Someday I'm building a wall.

I'd complain about my next door neighbor and his squeaky suspension and really loud exhaust and need to go places at 4 am. Or his constant arguments with his sometime girlfriend. But really, the guy's hard working and apologetic when I see him and his arguments often end with him reminding his girlfriend that he has neighbors who probably aren't as interested in putting up with her as he might be...

Find a better frame shop, we do stuff like this all the time where I work and while we'd charge more for a gigantic frame, it's usually not more than $20.

What we'd do:

Take it apart completely, pull out any nails, v-nails, those little plastic or metal butterflies or whatever they used to join it. If we can, we'd trim the edges just so slightly to clean it up. Then wood-glue and clamp it for a bit, then underpin it with a v-nailer and put an L bracket on the back.

I don't like making mirrors any heavier than they already are so I'd stay away from the plywood backing.

For hanging, go with a 4 point hanger to distribute the load and the biggest wire you can find and use 2 nails a couple feet apart.

But if it's plastic, it was worth the $35 for the big sheet of mirror glass but that's it.