[at-l] OT..the grey wonder

[nealb@midlandstech.com (William Neal)]

Personally I've never tried the following because golf umbrellas are to
lightening as magnets are to iron fillings.  But a friend carries Duck Tape
and tapes the handle of his golf umbrella to the frame of his pack.  He
usually buys his umbrellas at a flea market, dollar store, etc. and any
damage to the umbrella doesn't matter that much. 

I used DT to repair my pants a few times when I've been outside.  A small
patch inside and one out is a quick fix and keeps the tear from getting
bigger.  I'd recommend that if you use it to fix "good" pants, you clean it
with a "degummer" and wash once you get home or to a good place to stop.
"Baaad" pants I just leave the patches on; some have been washed several
times.  & once, I hung up a toss sack on a high limb and got it untangle
with the help of my hiking staff Ducked to a long stick.

And I always keep some in the car (when I had a car) after hearing about
several people's cars getting vandalized in an unattended state park:
Apparently the "jokers" popped the hoods on some cars and cut the
radiator/water hoses.  Along this line, I once had a "fishing car" (used for
outdoor trip and "dirty" work) that I took to a nearby city when my ex had
our good car.  The hose busted and out came our friend Mr. Duck.  So I've
decided that if ever I get rich and can own a fishing car for backcountry
travel, I'll stock it with Wonder Duck: I wonder how it'd do on a flat?

And another friend dropped some change and it fell through a gutter in front
of a vending machine.  Fished it all out with a bit of Wonder Duck on a
stick.  I've noticed some street people doing this.

Speaking of which, I have heard of this person who regularly had duck while
on the trail.  Claimed he/she did not shoot it.  They just left some DT out
and the duck stepped in it.  :-)

Also, I've DT packages that I wanted to make sure got to their destination.
It might not be legal now; so check with your Post Office.

William, The DT Turtle

PS	Don't know if I should mention this one.  A friend threatened to DT
my mouth one night.  I don't know why they complained.  I don't snore.  I've
never heard it. ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: kahley [mailto:kahley@ptd.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 4:12 PM
To: at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: [at-l] OT..the grey wonder


We are enclosing a porch with 4x8 sheets of plexiglass.
It should be named flexiglass cause it's hard to work with.
We'd get one end in the track and the other would pop out.
All this is happening on ladders of course...like ten feet off the ground..
My BRILLIANT solution,,,duck tape one end in while we fiddle with the other
Duct tape rules...
And to make this less OT...
I have, however, never had a reason to use duct tape on the trail.