Re: RE: [CHAT guy topics< duct tape

Also, good to use in similar way to remove warts.

Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN
holmesbm@usit.net



> [Original Message]
> From: Melody <mhobertm@excite.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 06/03/2003 9:42:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] RE: [CHAT guy topics< duct tape
>
> Use it everywhere...it has my vote for the invention of all time!! My
> husband and his friends who are all flooring installers use it as
> bandaids for cuts from carpet knives...if they accidentally slice
> themselves when cutting carpet or vinyl flooring, they just hold the
> skin together and duct tape over it until the bleeding stops!!!
>
>
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
> --Albert Einstein
>
>  --- On Wed 06/04, Marge Talt < mtalt@hort.net > wrote:
> From: Marge Talt [mailto: mtalt@hort.net]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 00:56:47 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] RE: [CHAT guy topics< duct tape
>
> > Behalf Of F M Ferrari<br>> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:45 PM<br>>
> Okay so here's a prompt that may spark some discussion with the,<br>uh,
> guys:<br>> How many ways have you used duct tape in the
> garden?<br>======<br><br>Well, not a guy, but duct tape is
> indispensable. I have a Japanese<br>digging knife whose handle is held
> together with it. I have a sheath<br>for a pruning saw made of
> cardboard, covered in duct tape (works just<br>fine); even taped a hole
> in my plastic bodied wheelbarrow with<br>it....lesseee, what else...I've
> used it to repair broken branches on<br>shrubs, hold the top of my water
> jug together after I dropped it and<br>cracked it; patched slits in my
> rubber boots with it (doesn't work<br>too well for that as it really
> doesn't stand up well to water and a<br>lot of motion); repaired tears
> in assorted plastic temp. cold frame<br>covers and even patched rips in
> my gardening overalls with it before<br>I could get to putting in real
> patches. <br><br>Duct
>
> tape, like WD-40 is sort of one of those essentials in<br>life....if
> it's got a hole; tape it...if it's got metal parts,
> spray<br>it;-)<br><br>Marge Talt, zone 7
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