Re: [Paddlewise] Waterproof headlamps (was: POST SCRIPT to: Into Winter Mode ...

From: ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:55:59 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lloyd" <dougl_at_islandnet.com>

> Zap straps are commonly used to bundle electrical wires together. You
insert
> one end through a small square and then tighten like a lasso. Usually you
> can't untighten them. They come in a range of sizes and gauges. I use
heavy
> duty ones, then snip off the extra length.

We call them wire ties down here.  Another example of how Canadian and
American English can differ.  What you call chesterfields we call sofas, for
example.

ralph diaz

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