Duct Tape

What's your favourite colour?

Silver
5
20%
Black
12
48%
Baby Blue
0
No votes
Electric Pink
5
20%
Geri Halliwell
3
12%
 
Total votes: 25
Jamez
Banned
Posts: 2587
Joined: Sun 30 May, 2004 23.02
Location: Bristol

Sputington, dear... why am I not featured in your fab sig? :cry:
User avatar
Sput
Posts: 7547
Joined: Wed 20 Aug, 2003 19.57

Because I expect you would whinge inanely if I put you in! I'll cook something up tomorrow!
Knight knight
Jamez
Banned
Posts: 2587
Joined: Sun 30 May, 2004 23.02
Location: Bristol

Sput wrote:Because I expect you would whinge inanely if I put you in! I'll cook something up tomorrow!
Dear Sput,

With regards to your recent post claiming that I would "whinge", is unfounded. I would never whinge. I've very recently discovered the delights and stress-relieving qualities found by spending each evening walking around Cathays park in Cardiff talking to the abundance of tame squirrels.

Fondest regards,

Proutie
cdd
Posts: 2622
Joined: Fri 15 Aug, 2003 14.05

Which reminds me... when will you be able to tell us all your new surname!
Jamez
Banned
Posts: 2587
Joined: Sun 30 May, 2004 23.02
Location: Bristol

cdd wrote:Which reminds me... when will you be able to tell us all your new surname!
Never! ;)
User Removed
Martin
Posts: 386
Joined: Sat 09 Aug, 2003 20.01
Location: U.K.

Gavin Scott wrote:
Bail wrote:Image
That looks more like "utility" or "polycloth" tape. Cheap and nasty.

But don't ask me how I know.
It's the bee's knees for securing 100 meters of cheap carpet ;)
User avatar
Finn
Posts: 614
Joined: Sun 06 Nov, 2005 17.02
Location: Manchester

Check out all the fabulous things you can make from duct tape at http://www.beckybot.com/index.html
Corin
Posts: 132
Joined: Mon 18 Aug, 2003 21.14
Location: Cents, Letzeubuerg

Duct tape has been a featured item on Prairie Home Companion for years now ...

<http://prairiehome.publicradio.ORG/prog ... t-tape.htm>

Carried on WRN Sundays at 11:00h via $ky Digital, Channel 872
Feynman: "String theorists do not make predictions, they make excuses."
User avatar
Nick Harvey
God
Posts: 4161
Joined: Fri 15 Aug, 2003 22.26
Location: Deepest Wiltshire
Contact:

Jaron wrote:Duct tape has been a featured item on Prairie Home Companion for years now ...
Why the phuque do you keep coming back every sodding weekend with your stupid comments and even more stupid links.

Why not just go away and leave us to discuss things amongst ourselves without your braindead interruptions.

We manage all right without you through the weekdays and we'll manage much better without you at weekends as well.

And, before you ask, the question marks are intentionally missing because a response is NOT required.
User avatar
nidave
Posts: 697
Joined: Wed 19 May, 2004 14.39
Location: Manchester

Duct tape, originally known as duck tape, is a strong, fabric-based, multi-purpose adhesive tape, usually silver or black in color, although many other colors, including transparent, are also available, and is usually 1.88 inches wide. It was originally developed during World War II in 1942 under the name "Duck Tape" as a waterproof sealing tape for ammunition casings. Permacel, then a division of Johnson & Johnson, used a rubber-based adhesive to help the tape resist water and a fabric backing to facilitate ripping. Because of these properties, it was also used to quickly repair military equipment, including jeeps, guns, and aircraft.

After the war, the housing industry boomed and people started using duct tape for many other purposes. The name "duct tape" came from its use on heating and air conditioning ducts, a purpose for which it, ironically, has been deemed ineffective by the state of California and by building codes in most other places in the U.S. (which means professionals are restricted from using it in systems they install, but do-it-yourselfers are not). However, metallized and aluminum tapes used by professionals are still often called "duct tapes"
User avatar
Lorns
Posts: 3149
Joined: Thu 24 Mar, 2005 22.48
Location: A room with a view. 15 Hookey street, the Edge.
Contact:

Without jumping Jamez' bandwagon, why am i not in your signature Sput?
Am i not FAB enough?
Duct tape, i can't stand the stuff. My bloke uses it for everything and leaves bits of it stuck to the kitchen work tops and coffee table.
Mental anxiety, Mental breakdowns, Menstrual cramps, Menopause... Did you ever notice how all our problems begin with Men?
Please Respond