The duct tape holder is too small

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I have a tool pouch and dangling off it is a chain with a TEE thingy on the end. It is to hold tape, but the tee part is too short for the hole in a roll of duct tape. It works OK for black electrical tape, but there is really no where else that you would put your duct tape.

Is it proper to put the duct tape on and then put a roll of black electrical tape below it to hold it? Can I go out in public like that? I know it’s OK in my back yard and in the house, but am I going to be laughed at in the front yard? Or, can I just say “I’ve been carrying my duct tape around like this since before you were born, now go away kid!”

Do I have this problem because it’s just a cheap Wally World tool pouch? You would have thought they, of all places, would have considered the duct tape problem with a lot higher priority. Or, maybe I am missing a part. Do they have big washers for going in under the duct tape to hold it on the chain.

Another thought, is this the alternative use for the AOL CDs?

Has anyone else noticed that sometimes it seems that engineers completely forget about the need for duct tape and WD-40 when they design these things?

Jim

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Okay, heres the plan. Give me all your black duct tape, so as I might be able to wrap my shoes in it. There. Problem solved. I mean not your problem, mine.

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What are they teaching the kids nowadays? Duct tape is Gray, electrical tape is Black. Geez, you would think they have never repaired their shoes with duct tape at all.

Jim

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  1. I’m not repairing my shoes.

  2. There IS such thing as Black Duct Tape. I’m not talking about electrical tape, and I’ve seen and used black duct tape. I covered part of one of my shoes already. I GUARANTEE you can find black duct tape at a hardware store.

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I dunno about the electrical tape spacer, Jim. Could cost you your He-Man-Toolmonger membership card. I think the more manly route would be to weld a suitable length of rebar onto either side of the “T”, making a operable duct tape holder. Besides the fact that you get to buy rebar, use a circular saw with a metal cutting blade, and break out the welding torch (all He-Man-Tollmonger approved activities) you also get to go around saying “My ‘T’ is bigger than your ‘T’”.

Yep, I believe that’s what I’d do.
::sound of change jangling in pants pocket::

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Just extend the T with a popsicle stick and ::drumrolllllllll:: duct tape.

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I must be reading this wrong…it seems to imply that there exists a primary or natural use for AOL CD’s.

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Now we’re getting somewhere.

Doc, I’ll start working on that tomorrow.

Muffin, I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. It would have probably worked just fine, but now I’m kinda hyped about the rebar thing.

Jim

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There is! They make great coasters and cool little targets for shooting practice!

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Arden, Tyklfe, y’all are right. That was a very poor choice of words. It almost sounded like I really thought people used those things to load AOL. What a ridiculous idea that would be.

Jim

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when my computer read the disk, it promptly spit it out. It shot across the room. I took it as a sign, so I switched to IE and Netscape.

My computer died shortly after from an AOL overdose. Too many years of it. :frowning:

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Yup. They even come with a little hole in the middle so you can claim a bulls-eye every time!

<hijack> Didja ever put a CD in a microwave oven? Try it if you have one you want to destroy. 2-3 seconds is plenty…</hijack>