On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:37:18 +0000, wrote:

I tried to bend one up to get a wire or cord under it and it just pinged
away from the backboard.

There should be a hole behind the toothed hole in the clip to take the
head of a round head screw. Or bend them away as you tried and use a
picture hook with the protruding part of the hook parallel with the bit
against the wall.


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Cheers
Dave.