Pax, I agree with absolutely everything you said - or at least everything with which I have personal experience.
I personally do the hand-on-the-holster trick, for all the reasons you said. But other folks have other preferences; my first post acknowledged the other methods that are discussed without expressing my preference, which is not good posting by me. But in the bathroom I would make you proud. But I guess you'll have to trust me on that one.
And I believe you have a good concept of gravity, too, although we probably should discuss Newtonian vs. Einsteinian models sometime.
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