Pirate Camp Winter Season 2022-23

[WanderingRose]

Well the origin of Duck/t is critically important...

I was, of course, speaking of the labor you’re putting in for others.

I’m not handy, but I am a helluva cook, and if I were in the vicinity I’d be feeding y’all.

“Earning your wings”, some would say.

 

[maki2]

But Bob Wells could benefit from the original Version of army green duck tape as he had his campulance painted pretty close to army green.

 

[maki2]

Wanderingrose, feeding a ravenous hoard of pirates is going to be a real budget buster. Plus a well fed crew is a truly lazy bunch of loafers. Got to keep them lean, mean and hungry, except for the captain…

 

[abnorm]

It's Cold and Windy and I'm not even close to packing up !

"Never trust a skinny cook "............we eat good in camp

The Max fan I was supposed to install got installed by HOWA boys........

No Power !.......the "hole" in the camper was a little small so they forced it in place ?......I can't remove it to fix wires !

I had to channel across the ceiling for new supply wires.....................and WHITE GORILLA TAPE to the rescue !

 

[Camper]

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.”​

― Benjamin Franklin

The owner should have gotten you to do it right in the first place..... Abnorm

 

[RvNaut]

..and WHITE GORILLA TAPE to the rescue !

Putty and Paint, Make It Look Like It Ain't!!

 

[RvNaut]

Speaking of Putty and Paint... ahem..

Putty & Paint ( by me! )

 

[maki2]

Abnorm, The clerks at Home Depot in Lake Havasu City said they have laid in extra provisions ahead of the upcoming Pirate attack.

Not that cold here but it is a bit windy so long sleeve weather today. I have my bird poop deck hatch battened down.

Totally uninspired to get tools out this last couple of weeks. Just seems like too much work to pull tools out and put them back away.

Saw that the HOWA Van build end of project open house interviews and filming event and celebration got canceled due to another positive Covid test from a participant. At least they were pretty much done with build projects by then.

 

[BelgianPup]

She did not actually invent it. She just wrote a letter to the president of the USA complaining about the tape the military was using. The president then contacted the company Jonson and Johnson and sent them a copy of her letter. Their engineering division then began the process of designing and testing a new suitable for the purpose adhesive tape product.

Wtritting a complaint letter about a pre existing tape is not even close to being the same thing as inventing a new tape product that became known as duct tape.

Lots of women are inventors and product engineers but Vesta Stoudt is not one of them. However she was an effective complainer meaning she was a catalyst that started a process. She took the time to write a letter to her top level boss person who was head of the US Army she was working for.

She did not actually invent it. She just wrote a letter to the president of the USA complaining about the tape the military was using.

The Johnson & Johnson website SAYS she invented it. Maybe they should know?

 

[user 423]

The blurb on the JJ site is meant for good PR. Should just be credit for coming up with the idea.

 

[Morgana]

The Johnson & Johnson website SAYS she invented it. Maybe they should know?

Should know, know, and say so are three different things.

 

[user 22017]

Seems tape, in general, goes back further than we think. Thousands of years ago for cloth (linen) soaked in plaster.

More recently, surgical tape (using cloth) was invented in 1845.

"The history of adhesive tapes can be traced back to 1845. Dr. Horace Day applied a rubber adhesive to a strip of fabrics - that is how the world saw the very first invention of a surgical tape."

So tape has been refined for thousands of years. Ever since it was first "invented", lol. The patents for different glues started in the 1700's.

https://www.abitape.eu/history-of-tape

 

[NctryBen]

And I thought Red Green had a part in it...

 

[abnorm]

And catching up on posting.........................

Well that Battery Disconnect didn't "work" the way she wanted (Computer and Clock issues).........back to stock

But Deb's Bus needed some to save her from being stranded

Hmmmm.....that's not right



Now that looks better and a DISCONNECT !



And a second DISCONNECT...............the bus is still a work-in-progress.........Save the Batteries !



We ordered and installed a replacement 12 volt USB port......a 4-plex with a decora plate.......It's located right at "toe" level in a custom van coach under a Dinette sofa...............bad location/design

Later..............Thanks for watching

 

[abnorm]

We beat the workbench vise to death with that swivel.................time for a new one

This time it's doubled 3/4" plywood...........Nice and Strong...........The Box is a fitted toolbox



Router and accessories..........2 jigsaws...........and a vibrating pad sander................all about 50 yrs old



That's a DIY router table




Clamps......Hacksaw...Hand saw..........Taps.........CLAMPS.....Files.............and MORE




And the Vise and Workbench get turned upside-down to fit into the Box

The Box rolls under the bed from the garage for storage

Cold now......headed off to bed..................Arrrrgh

 

[GotSmart]

All I can say is that a mummy was found in Portugal that was 8,000 years old. Now that is a long lasting use of cloth tape.

Whatever you call it.

 

[user 22017]

And I thought Red Green had a part in it...

Duct Tape Forever!?

 

[Sleep]

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Clamps......Hacksaw...Hand saw..........Taps.........CLAMPS.....Files.............and MORE


Cold now......headed off to bed..................Arrrrgh

When people ask me why I like Q in the winter, I say “it’s the tools and the food, but mainly it’s the tools!”

 

[lonerwolf52]

Abnorm, The clerks at Home Depot in Lake Havasu City said they have laid in extra provisions ahead of the upcoming Pirate attack.

Not that cold here but it is a bit windy so long sleeve weather today. I have my bird poop deck hatch battened down.

Totally uninspired to get tools out this last couple of weeks. Just seems like too much work to pull tools out and put them back away.

Saw that the HOWA Van build end of project open house interviews and filming event and celebration got canceled due to another positive Covid test from a participant. At least they were pretty much done with build projects by then.

Furn. In lake Havasu City

 

[lonerwolf52]

Furn. In lake Havasu City

Craggy Wash.