Message from discussion duct tape use

From: Intimidator <D...@Earnhardt.com>
Subject: Re: duct tape use
Date: 1997/05/28
Message-ID: <338CB116.4A4@Earnhardt.com>#1/1
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Organization: Netcom Canada
X-NETCOM-Date: Wed May 28  6:24:47 PM EDT 1997
Newsgroups: alt.fan.red.green


Jim Lindberg wrote:
> 
> Found this in a scouts newsgroup.
> 
> I bought an Alpine style tent in 1977 for my own use.  It is 6 ft tall
> and cost over $200 at the time.  A friend of mine and I used to use it
> for trips before either of us got married.  He borrowed it one weekend
> when he was working at a Special Olymics weekend.  A whale of storm came
> through when he was at an event.  The tent was pulled up and blew away.
> As luck would have it, it did not blow far, as a barbed wire fence was
> in its path.  Some how the fly was never damaged.  This is good because
> I still use this tent at times, and the fly hides the yards of duct tape
> that holds the fabric together.
> 
> When I am asked about the patch work, at least I can say it was all in
> the line of a good cause.
> 
> The duct tape is now 17 years old and still holding.  It is truly the
> fabric of the gods.  (Also known as Arkansas chrome.)
It works on stock car parts as well!  :)