Hey, weelittledrummer, I loved your post about the crew in desperate strait. Qualifies as poetry, if you ask me.

Meanwhile, all these years have passed, and I have never given a thought to what size my strings are. I just buy whatever package of strings looks appealing.

The sales clerk's statement is a good example of "post hoc" thinking. Someone used heavy strings and got arthritis. Well, people get arthritis and strings may have nothing to do with it. The main cause of arthritis is a long life.