Post #203,381
4/14/05 3:22:27 PM
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On a positive note...
...it does prove that a Hammer is effective in getting a car started.
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Post #203,387
4/14/05 3:43:19 PM
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A hammer and duct tape can fix anything.
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Post #203,389
4/14/05 4:20:31 PM
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So you DO understand
duct tape sticks to slush.
It IS the universal tool.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #203,391
4/14/05 4:29:04 PM
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I'm sure she understands from her work.
[link|http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/14/health/main525523.shtml|Duct tape is useful in biology too].
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #203,392
4/14/05 4:33:12 PM
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Also known out here as 'Grip tape' . .
. . due to it's extensive use by "grips", the guys who set up, tear down and do the heavy lifting on motion picture sets, though they also use black as well as the common silver.
There's one thing it isn't very good at. In comparative tests it proved less effective than practically any other tape for taping ducts, though the testers declared it just fine for most other uses.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #203,393
4/14/05 4:33:48 PM
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Do you have a link to that study?
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #203,395
4/14/05 4:37:30 PM
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Don't know if it's the same study, but . . . .
. . you can [link|http://ducts.lbl.gov/ducttape/|start here].
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #203,396
4/14/05 4:49:33 PM
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Thanks. Forwarded. :-)
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #203,405
4/14/05 6:57:12 PM
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Not usually the same
You're talking about "gaff tape". It differs from ordinary duct tape by using a different adhesive (that doesn't degrade so quickly or messily), and it's always got a matte finish (no gloss) because it's got a cloth backing; this cuts light reflection on set. It's also missing any reinforcement (in the way of cross-strings woven into the mesh), so that it lays flat along its entire surface. That's important for putting any two taped surfaces against each other; for example, taped cables will often bind with hardware-store duct tape because of the uneven outer surface.
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Post #203,398
4/14/05 5:16:11 PM
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No, no, no
Duct tape and WD-40.
If it moves and it's not supposed to...Duct tape.
If it doesn't move and it should...WD-40.
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #203,399
4/14/05 5:18:43 PM
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Bailing Wire! Can't forget that!
Sometimes Duct-Tape won't stand the heat. (or the abrasion... in certain areas)
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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Post #203,407
4/14/05 7:30:19 PM
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Angle irons and bungee cords.
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Post #203,402
4/14/05 6:14:28 PM
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So tell me....
Do you apply WD40 to a stubborn kid? And duct tape to a hyperactive one?
Just wondering,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #203,403
4/14/05 6:17:01 PM
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Sometimes I wish...
...Especially as regards the "hyperactive" part. Right on the kisser. ;-)
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #203,406
4/14/05 7:28:53 PM
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I've wanted to.
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Steve
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Post #203,462
4/15/05 10:08:44 AM
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Me too.
I work from home most of the time and when the kids are home it's impossible to get anything done. I have considered duct taping them to the poles in the basement. But then child protective services would come poking around so it's really not worth the hassle. :)
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