We love duct tape around here. I see rolls of it all over the house, until I need one! Thats one reason why I took a coffee can, slapped on a duct tape label that says "tape" and keep it in my office. The can also holds masking tap and scotch tape too.
We have rolls in our backpacks and in both vehicles, and have used it for many emergency fixes as well as not so emergency fixes. When we winterize our windows with plastic sheeting, we attach it with a staple gun, but reinforce with duct tape, sealing the edges.
We used to have our dogs tied out on cables, and Libby was notorious for pulling a snap right off the cable, even heavy duty ones, made for big dogs. It was pretty impressive for a 65 lb dog, but a royal pain for us. Ed finally decided to the hardware store, buy 25 feet of covered cable, a snap and a turnbuckle, and make one that she couldn't pull out. It worked, but the end of the cable stuck out, and began to get frayed. Have you ever had a metal splinter in your hand? Ouch! The ends got wrapped in duct tape, and no more splinters. If you like animals, espeically crazy ones, you can read about our bunch here.
My son James went to school with a kid who did all kinds of creative things with duct tape. He made roses, and wallets, and even went as far to create a duct tape tux for prom. I don't remember if they let him wear it. Anyway, we've never got creative with our duct tape, although I did use the colored stuff once for Vacation Bible School. Mostly we use ours for repairs, and this has to be one of my favorites.
Ed has two pairs of leather work gloves. He bought the second pair as a backup. Well, he put a couple of good holes in the first set, so he switched to the second set, although he hung on to the first. A while later, he did the same thing to the second set, and was in the middle of something where he couldn't stop (or at least, didn't want to), and suddenly the mental light bulb came on. He got a roll of duct tape, and had me tape up the holes in his gloves. Since it worked so well, he had me tape up the old pair too. I was going to take pictures of both pairs, but he must have put one back in his truck. Anyway, this is the second pair. The first one is taped on the thumb and forefinger.
As you can see, these get quite a work out, but probably not as much as the duct tape!
See ya tomorrow!
Connie
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