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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 03/23/2006 : 03:46:38
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We've all got some of this stuff around. I used to carry it in my tool box when I was driving big truck and still keep a roll in my vehicle. The seat on my ratty, old '46 Harley has a tear patched with it (the patch is under the cat).
I speak, of course, of Duct Tape. quote:
When Forbes.com compiled its list of the 20 most important tools of all time, we asked a panel of scientists, historians and engineers to look at the devices that have most impacted human civilization and shaped the course of history. The final list highlighted tools that have been around for ages: the knife, the abacus, the compass. But critics soon started raising objections. What about duct tape, the sticky silver stuff that can do just about anything?
A rose by any other name is, oh yes, Duct Tape, and without it and WD-40, civilization as we know it will surely collapse!  
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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 Posted - 03/23/2006 : 08:06:41 [Permalink]
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The handyman's secret weapon: a cute kitty? |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2006 : 08:18:54 [Permalink]
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| So, do you sit on the cat or is the cat merely aesthetic? |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 08:46:33 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by pleco
So, do you sit on the cat or is the cat merely aesthetic?
Merely aesthetic, and on loan from from my elder daughter, who left the nest some 15 or so years ago and forgot her cat. And when she visits, she never remembers to take the thing with her when she leaves. Absent-minded kid...
Oh well, the cat (named 'Cat') makes the bike look a little better. Anything that hasn't been washed in well over 25 years needs all the help it can get.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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and Crypto-Communist!
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trogdor
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 03/23/2006 : 09:11:13 [Permalink]
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I used to have a duct tape wallet.
when I go on long canoe trips in northern Minnesota or Canada, Duct tape is THE most important thing. If (god forbid) you hit a rock, Duct tape can fix it up in no time flat. It is also great for bandages.
Black matte duct tape is perhaps the most badass thing to be created by man. |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2006 : 10:15:46 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by trogdor
I used to have a duct tape wallet.
when I go on long canoe trips in northern Minnesota or Canada, Duct tape is THE most important thing. If (god forbid) you hit a rock, Duct tape can fix it up in no time flat. It is also great for bandages.
Black matte duct tape is perhaps the most badass thing to be created by man.
Duct tape is the "force" alluded to in the Staw Wars trillogy (the good one, not the Ep1-2 crap that tried to redeem itself in 3).
It has a light side, a dark side, and holds the universe together.
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2006 : 10:34:00 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by trogdor
Black matte duct tape is perhaps the most badass thing to be created by man.
That and Gorrila Glue. |
by Filthy
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 03/23/2006 : 10:52:53 [Permalink]
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On two of the Swedish web-forums I frequent, my user names are "Gaffa-man" and simply "Gaffa".
And for those who might have missed it, gaffa is a synonym for Duct-tape. |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 11:58:14 [Permalink]
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The carburetor on the above ratbike is a cobbled-up Del Orto, being unable to find the proper Linkert for it when we built the engine (still looking). It uses a piece of radiator hose for a manifold. That weather-checked, cracked away, and began leaking a couple of years ago, and you know the rest of the story. The Silver Savior kept the old crock in the wind until I got around to, and in the mood for, cutting another piece of hose and installing it.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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trogdor
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 03/23/2006 : 14:59:52 [Permalink]
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You can do anything with duct tape and a hammer. Duct tape puts things together, a hammer takes things apart. |
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Ghost_Skeptic
SFN Regular
Canada
510 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 01:41:21 [Permalink]
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There was a Canadian comedy show called the Red Green in whch the title charachter built varius things using crude tools such as a chainsaw and plenty of duct tape. I don't know if it wsa ever shown outside canada, but I am sure it is available on DVD. It is a must for all duct tape enthusiasts. Red Green's motto was something like "If the women don't find you handsome at least they will find you handy".
The actor who played Red Green was given the Order of Canada for his efforts in promoting duct tape awareness.
I have heard the duct tape was a wartime invention for sealing ammunition boxes. It became "duct tape" during the post war housing constuction boom when it was used on heating ducts. |
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History is made by stupid people - The Arrogant Worms
"The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism." - William Osler
"Religion is the natural home of the psychopath" - Pat Condell
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 03:34:56 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Ghost_Skeptic
There was a Canadian comedy show called the Red Green in whch the title charachter built varius things using crude tools such as a chainsaw and plenty of duct tape. I don't know if it wsa ever shown outside canada, but I am sure it is available on DVD. It is a must for all duct tape enthusiasts. Red Green's motto was something like "If the women don't find you handsome at least they will find you handy".
The actor who played Red Green was given the Order of Canada for his efforts in promoting duct tape awareness.
I have heard the duct tape was a wartime invention for sealing ammunition boxes. It became "duct tape" during the post war housing constuction boom when it was used on heating ducts.
At last! A Red Green reference! I was beginning to think that no one here ever watched class programing, what little there is...
It used to be shown on PBS, some years back. Unfortunately, it came on late enough that I had to tape it, and Red Green is where the title for the OP came from. It was a fun if low budget show, and I wish it was still around.
NASCAR pit crews use a lot of duct tape during races when the driver scuffs his race car and needs minor body repair. They also use it across portions of the radiator opening to help provide down force on the front end at high speeds. Sometimes they apply too much and the engine overheats, resulting in a panic pit stop to yank some off. Heh, it's a lot easier to put on than it is remove, and don't ever get any on your beard.....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
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Ghost_Skeptic
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 03/24/2006 : 08:03:12 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by filthy
NASCAR pit crews use a lot of duct tape
A hollowed out roll of duct tape filled with lead shot casually left lying on a car while it goes over the scale is very handy item.
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"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. / You can send a kid to college but you can't make him think." - B.B. King
History is made by stupid people - The Arrogant Worms
"The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism." - William Osler
"Religion is the natural home of the psychopath" - Pat Condell
"The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter" - Thomas Jefferson |
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