Just a caution---Make sure you use the dark colored ones and not the white ones. They degrade on exposure to sunlight and become very brittle and will snap without warning. The colored ones seem to be resistant to this. Steve Holtzman ----- 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. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
----- 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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (i.e. headers/footers/sig lines/comments from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] ralph said: >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.< Yeah, I know; and what you call terrorists, we call immigrants! :-) (Maybe not a laughing matter, sorry). Well, my wife insisted we take our children to our churche's live nativity pageant tonight, so I missed out on the anticipated evening storm paddle. I should have worn my drysuit to the outdoor play though, as the driving wind and rain was just awful to cast, crew, and spectators alike. Everything was shorting out, and the displays were falling over. Guess it rains on the just and the unjust. We "just" wanted it to stop raining. Fortunately, there are three storm tracking through this weekend, each one worse than the other. So I've got all weekend to choose my evening paddle and try out my "wire ties" during this intense weekend of disorganized convection. I love it, even if the angels and donkeys didn't. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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