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Rod
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 | 01:03 PM
They let a DOG be a judge? Everybody knows how corrupt Labradors are.
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Smerk
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 | 07:37 PM
Hmmm, maybe they should use the dogs employed by airports...
Hang on, held together by duck tape? Shouldn't it be duct tape? |
Boo
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 04:39 AM
I am absolutely sure that I read something about the fact it originally had been duck tape as it was waterproof, but now everyone says duct tape.
However, I can't find a darned thing about that on any of my daily sites, so I may have dreamt it.
Huh. |
Smerk
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 07:29 AM
Y'know, I always thought it was called duct tape because they use it on various ducting (ie air con and heating systems). Duck tape just makes me think it should have feathers and go "quack".  |
Boo
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 07:59 AM
I'm so confused.
I always used it for sculptures. If you used it on heating and air con is it not a little dangerous and flammable/meltable?
Still, do you know how happy I am that someone else is now posting?
I've been so lonely! |
Smerk
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 08:19 AM
I've been at this all day. I've been waiting for someone to clarify the duck/duct tape thing. Maybe they're different products in different countries. I think even electricians use duct tape here? |
Boo
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 08:45 AM
Actually, I think they do here, too.
Ok, I work in an arts setting and they're in the middle of putting up a new exhibition at the gallery. I'll check.
Hmm. Well, it seems to be used as a temporary measure for sticking bits of cable to the floor. |
Rod
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 09:59 AM
Okay, I'm pretty sure of what I THINK it is. But just to be safe, I sent an e-mail to 3M. The response said "within 24-48 hours".
And if your electrician uses duct tape for wiring, fire him on the spot before he burns whatever he is working on down. It is not a good electrical insulator, esecially once it starts to dry out.
3M makes the original duct tape. Or so they say, and no other company disputes them. But, I also know that there is a BRAND called "Duck Tape".
So, in summation, within two days we should have the official answer from the company that makes it. |
X
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:08 AM
Rod,You ignorant twit...Here is the History of Duct Tape.
www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/ducttape.htm
3M did invent it; a man named Richard Drew invented first adhesive in 1920. Duct tape came later in 1940, for use in military |
Rod
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:11 AM
WHAT DID YOU DO?
Ideafinder is offline right now...
And it's ALL your fault.
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X
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:24 AM
www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/ducttape.htm |
Rod
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:25 AM
I'm an ignorant twit for doing research before I post?
And ideafinder is still offline, dammit! |
X
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:25 AM
Some reason, the link won't work, just copy and paste |
Rod
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:27 AM
I tried. Even typing in http://www.ideafinder.com/ does not work.
And all of the links I have found to it don't work. Server's probably down. Somebody's trying to stop us from finding out the TRUTH!
Maybe somebody who likes boxes...
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X
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:28 AM
Adhesive tape (specifically masking tape) was invented in the 1920's by Richard Drew of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Co. (3M). Duct tape (the WWII military version) was first created and manufactured in 1942 (approximate date) by the Johnson and Johnson Permacel Division. Its closest predecessor was medical tape.
The original use was to keep moisture out of the ammunition cases. Because it was waterproof, people referred to the tape as "Duck Tape." Also, the tape was made using cotton duck - similar to what was used in their cloth medical tapes. Military personnel quickly discovered that the tape was very versatile and used it to fix their guns, jeeps, aircraft, etc. After the war, the tape was used in the booming housing industry to connect heating and air conditioning duct work together.
Soon, the color was changed from Army green to silver to match the ductwork and people started to refer to duck tape as "Duct Tape." Things changed during the 1970s, when the partners at Manco, Inc. placed rolls of duct tape in shrink wrap, making it easier for retailers to stack the sticky rolls. Different grades and colors of duct tape weren |
Rod
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:29 AM
Aaah! There it goes. |
X
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:30 AM
The answer, Johnson and Johnson |
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:39 AM
I once watched a Duck Tape. The feathers where flying. Like they were on Quack. I think I saw it on the World-Wide Webfoot. Whoops, there's my Duckphone: "Wing...wing.." |
Rod
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:40 AM
And 3M's right, they did make the first DUCT tape, as they were the first people to market it with that name.
The bastards didn't mention someone else made the same thing before them with a different name...
Here's an interesting link... scroll to the bottom and see how much time people have wasted with this stuff.
Anyway, I never wear socks and MY shoes are undetectable by nose... |
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 | 10:41 AM
Can't you guys stay on topic? In the name of Odin, the All-Father, and his twin Ravens Hugin and Munin, try and focus. One-eyed Gods are cool |
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