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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:13 PM
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You can't fix everything with duct tape.
Sometimes you need baling wire, binder twine or a bungee cord.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:14 PM
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1. Don't forget the spackle.
That stuff is bomb. I love the kind that goes on pink and turns white when it dries. They must have got the idea from Glidden's ceiling paint.
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TheCoxwain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:14 PM
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2. And when it comes to Cheney .. you need a HANG ROPE
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:15 PM
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3. Know what you mean
like when you've trodden on your favorite M & M.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:17 PM
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4. I dunno.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:17 PM
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5. Don't forget the zip ties
I use those things all the time. Great invention.
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:17 PM
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6. My thumbnail makes a good screwdriver.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:18 PM
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Sometimes you need WD-40 as well
IF it moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40


:-)
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 06:41 PM
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17. A dab of WD-40 behind the ears...and you're ready for a great evening.nt
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 06:47 PM
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20. And so is she!
:hide:
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cobalt1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:18 PM
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7. If you can't fix it with duct tape, it ain't worth fixing anyways.
Seriously, it's great stuff and the Apollo astronauts even brought it on board for the moon flights.
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:21 PM
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8. Software engineers fix things with patches...
:P

:rofl:

:evilgrin:
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:23 PM
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9. All that is nothing w/o plastic sheeting.
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GentryDixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:27 PM
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10. Crazy glue.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:49 PM
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11. Red Greene would say differently.
So we're going to fix you with duct tape.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 05:54 PM
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12. Crepe paper and nutty putty are needed sometimes.
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Urban Prairie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 06:16 PM
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13. Paper clip and chewed gum n/t
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 06:25 PM
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14. i'm an adherent
of the bigger hammer school of thought myself.

dp
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Cirque du So-What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 06:26 PM
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15. Hey, guys, it's a new millennium...so we need a new 'duct tape'!
I demand that this stuff makes it to hardware-store shelves right away!

New Innovations in Duct Tape - Move Over For Graphene Wrap

Let's human face it, we have got all done a small speedy hole with epithelial duct tape. We utilize it to mend just about anything really. It's wish the old expression goes; "nothing a small epithelial epithelial epithelial duct tape and bailing wire can't fix." For many decennaries duct tape have saved our rears.

In fact, when the Aluminum Qaeda International Terrorists were said to be plotting the usage of Sarin Gas, the Department of Fatherland security said usage duct tape to seal up the clefts and around your doors and windows to protect your family. Gratuitous to say, Duct Tape sold out across the nation.

This is great news and yet one more than possible usage of the ill-famed fix-all, but this is the new millennium so move over "Graphene Wrap" a new stuff that have not yet hit the shelves. Soon, graphene coats with carbon-nanotube mesh will be used to literally repair anything. Yes, anything, including clefts in 18-wheeler motortruck frames, aircraft wing spars, atomic pigboats and old bridges.

But how is this possible you ask? Simple, these stuffs can be applied just like epithelial duct tape and once in topographic point hit with an electrical complaint and they will shrivel wrapper into place. They will be 500 modern times stronger than steel, easy to utilize and come up in a assortment of colors.

Indeed, the years of J.B. Dyer'S Rocket for fixing leaks in bagpipe is over, and so is welding for that matter. In the hereafter buckminsterfullerene enhanced graphene coats with carbon-nano-tube re-enforced arms will be used instead. The ultimate edifice stuff for strength and longevity, able to repair anything, so, throw away your ace glue, bailing wire, epithelial duct tape and welding machine; do manner for graphene wrap.

http://anamericanaries.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-innovations-in-duct-tape-move-over.html
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 06:43 PM
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18. Is this real or April Fools Day? Sounds like a good way to fix leading edge holes in RCC on shuttle
missions if I understand it correctly. How does it hold up under heat (assuming not an April fool's prank)
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 07:03 PM
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21. The English major in me weeps
(sob)
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 06:40 PM
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16. Rubber bands are helpful also. nt
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 06:47 PM
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19. ah, duct tape. reminds me of bygone days.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 07:07 PM
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22. This must be an
April Fools prank post. Duct tape fixes and cures everything. It can also be used in times of national emergency for safety. The Terriblests hate us for our duct tape.
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