We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Andrew Mawson"
saying something like:

I've found the self adhesive stuff fairly hopeless for permanent
fixing to plastered / painted walls but ok on laminates. However
having the sticky on the back makes installation earier as it stays
there long enough to get screws through it.

That's it exactly. It's f all use as a means of securing it.
--

Dave