I shouldn’t have to explain why we call it that, should I??
You meant beaners didn’the you?
Saint you win the innerwebz comment of the day.
Cederq your history is off a little. The force did not exist in ’42 it was bailin wire then.
Bear Claw, from Wikipedia, for whatever it is worth: “During World War II, Revolite developed an adhesive tape made from a rubber-based adhesive applied to a durable duck cloth backing. This tape resisted water and was used to seal some ammunition cases during that period.”
Always have to be right don’t you. I was shooting from the hip because Bailin wire is funnier and olde school.
Ha. Ha ha. Ah hahahahahahahahahahaha…
Sometimes I’m a correct smart ass.
I had a 67 Ford SNB Stepside once with a straight 6 and an automatic. Me and some buddies went way, way out in the boonies to a 3 day beer kegger. Everybody had to forge a small river and climb up a muddy bank and then get through 100 feet of serious mud to get into the place. It took me 3 tries but I finally got up enough speed and hit the bank hard enough to get over the top with my foot to the floor. Broke both motor mounts, the engine kicked over so hard the fan cut both radiator hoses in half. Puking steam like a locomotive, we made it in and partied hard for 3 days. Someone had a roll of duct tape and I taped up both hoses, filled the radiator with river water and slid back down the hill, holding the gear shift lever to try and keep the engine from doing it again. Got across and drove sixty miles home like that and then another week before I got enough money to fix everything.
Duct Tape is the shit.
Yep bailin wire would not have helped there.
That’s gotta be one of the more extreme DT stories! I have actually used it on ductwork for the furnace. And when I was rebuilding old windows, I bought a hank of sash cord to hang sash weights with.
It will also keep bratty children quiet.
My kind of woman, knows the 1001 use of Duct Tape!
I tied up a girl friend with that, once. She was buck-toothed as hell and chewed it off. You couldn’t tell it, though. Her nose hid it.
Now we know your sexual proclivities… Oh, Texson, please step into my office.
It made a GREAT emergency band-aid!
We were hiking down Tunnel Falls trail (Eagle Creek trail, start at Wattum Lake and go downhill all the way) and my backpack’s waist belt (belly band) had rubbed through my epidermis, exposing the dermis. Badly. All around my sides and back, a strip about 1-2″ wide. Nothing in the First Aid kit would cover everything. We’re 11 miles away from “civilization”… by foot. No cell phones back then.
So, I took the roll of Duct Tape, and actually TAPED OVER the missing epidermis, sealing the skin and stopping the bleeding. It also allowed the belly band to smoothly rub me without causing any more damage, the tape stayed intact for the next two days until I got home and could properly dress the wound!
So, how cold I get the tape off my back/stomach without doing any more damage?? I thought about it and finally came up with the correct answer: alcohol. It dissolved the glue AND had the added benefit of killing off any surface bacteria. It also stung like hell! Isopropyl alcohol, NOT rubbing alcohol.
But it worked. Scabbed over cleanly, no infection, no scars. Try doing THAT with masking tape!
Who hasn’t used duck tape as a bandage? Seriously, paper towel to absorb the blood, couple wraps of DT and life is good.
That, my boy, is a roll of…
The Force
I shouldn’t have to explain why we call it that, should I??
You meant beaners didn’the you?
Saint you win the innerwebz comment of the day.
Cederq your history is off a little. The force did not exist in ’42 it was bailin wire then.
Bear Claw, from Wikipedia, for whatever it is worth: “During World War II, Revolite developed an adhesive tape made from a rubber-based adhesive applied to a durable duck cloth backing. This tape resisted water and was used to seal some ammunition cases during that period.”
Always have to be right don’t you. I was shooting from the hip because Bailin wire is funnier and olde school.
Ha. Ha ha. Ah hahahahahahahahahahaha…
Sometimes I’m a correct smart ass.
I had a 67 Ford SNB Stepside once with a straight 6 and an automatic. Me and some buddies went way, way out in the boonies to a 3 day beer kegger. Everybody had to forge a small river and climb up a muddy bank and then get through 100 feet of serious mud to get into the place. It took me 3 tries but I finally got up enough speed and hit the bank hard enough to get over the top with my foot to the floor. Broke both motor mounts, the engine kicked over so hard the fan cut both radiator hoses in half. Puking steam like a locomotive, we made it in and partied hard for 3 days. Someone had a roll of duct tape and I taped up both hoses, filled the radiator with river water and slid back down the hill, holding the gear shift lever to try and keep the engine from doing it again. Got across and drove sixty miles home like that and then another week before I got enough money to fix everything.
Duct Tape is the shit.
Yep bailin wire would not have helped there.
That’s gotta be one of the more extreme DT stories! I have actually used it on ductwork for the furnace. And when I was rebuilding old windows, I bought a hank of sash cord to hang sash weights with.
It will also keep bratty children quiet.
My kind of woman, knows the 1001 use of Duct Tape!
I tied up a girl friend with that, once. She was buck-toothed as hell and chewed it off. You couldn’t tell it, though. Her nose hid it.
Now we know your sexual proclivities… Oh, Texson, please step into my office.
It made a GREAT emergency band-aid!
We were hiking down Tunnel Falls trail (Eagle Creek trail, start at Wattum Lake and go downhill all the way) and my backpack’s waist belt (belly band) had rubbed through my epidermis, exposing the dermis. Badly. All around my sides and back, a strip about 1-2″ wide. Nothing in the First Aid kit would cover everything. We’re 11 miles away from “civilization”… by foot. No cell phones back then.
So, I took the roll of Duct Tape, and actually TAPED OVER the missing epidermis, sealing the skin and stopping the bleeding. It also allowed the belly band to smoothly rub me without causing any more damage, the tape stayed intact for the next two days until I got home and could properly dress the wound!
So, how cold I get the tape off my back/stomach without doing any more damage?? I thought about it and finally came up with the correct answer: alcohol. It dissolved the glue AND had the added benefit of killing off any surface bacteria. It also stung like hell! Isopropyl alcohol, NOT rubbing alcohol.
But it worked. Scabbed over cleanly, no infection, no scars. Try doing THAT with masking tape!
Who hasn’t used duck tape as a bandage? Seriously, paper towel to absorb the blood, couple wraps of DT and life is good.