OT Duct Tape is THE answer... <g>

Now that duct tape comes in pretty colors, you can use if for any type of body work. :-P

Nice photo.

later,

tom

OK, that's just wrong

Natalie

I remember the astronauts doing something to the moon buggy for dust protection, but not the duct tape part.

I like it. <g>

A bit of space trivia: Velcro was invented for EVA walks during the Gemini program.

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You're a guy - of course you do! ;-)

I heard it was during WWII for flight suits

Natalie

You're both wrong.

It's great stuff and a few variations have been invented since it's introduction.

Gary

You got me to reconsider, Natalie. Apparently it was invented by a Swiss engineer named George de Mestral in 1948, who got his patent in 1955.

Too late for WWII but too early for Gemini. They USED it for EVA's during the first space walks, but didn't actually invent it.

And the NASA engineer who visited our school was apparently too, shall we say, enthusiastic?

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Hey, it's cool. Whomever invented it has the eternal gratitude of mothers the world over

Natalie

And dad's in their home workshops, and anglers on their boats, and amateur astronomers packing up their portable scopes, and....

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Scotty, you been listenin' to Glenn Beck again!!! (BTW, I was going to ask you about your reticence lately!)

...and also Republicans who can't tie their own shoes yet.

The Democrats should consider using it over Howard Dean's mouth :-) Too many "open mouth, insert foot" incidents . . .

As a white water kayker I have had plenty opportunities to use duct tape. They now have different colors and materials. I really like the shiny metal duct tape - for covering the rust holes on the Fords I have owned. It looked like a "custom" trim job and helped them pass inspection.

You are showing your age. It's been decades since anyone had to tie their own shoes. We have velcro now.

:-P

later,

tom @

I thought we were talking about velcro for some reason. Duct tape is the best stuff on earth.

Duct Tape products:

A good thing for poor li'l josh.

Though the thought of him poring over a shoe-tying instruction manual does bring me a smile.

I'm guessing that between Z(ero), dizziot, and Truckfool, the three of them might get it through his skull.

Hmmm. The Village People of alt.autos.toyota.

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AAAND duct tape!...

Could not have said it better myself.

I remember that. Didn't Apollo 15 have trouble with the front steering, so they had to steer theirs with the rear wheels only like a Navy ship?

Charles in Kankakee

Yup. The LRV had a steering radius of about 10 feet with both front and rear working. As I recall, the passenger astro (I forget his name) complained of being car sick due to the wild pitching.

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I also remember the first Velcro being mentioned in John Glenn's flight in '62. (See National Geographic for June 1962.)

I still have a cassette copy I made of the Apollo 11 60 minute tape that NASA made for the radio stations. I listen to it every once in a while when I want to remember how America used to have BALLS, before the liberals like Josh tried to take it over in the '90's.

Charles in Kankakee