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Zee, I wasn't trying to be critical at all, just trying to understand what happened and why. Believe me, I have done the same thing and learned the hard way.
I've got a set of 1/32" wide parallels. These come in handy for things like that. My only problem is that they fall down, so you have to find something to set between them to keep them upright. The springy corrugated snaky thing that Pete described works well for that. I make them out of old pop cans.