A thread dedicated to the many weird, wacky, wonderful, and just plain "necessity is the mother of all inventions" ... uses of my god and yours, the humble, the black, the gaffa tape.
I thank TRUE and Heather for inspiring me!
Enjoy, Share, Write Odes and Haikus to the power of the gaffa! .... ;)
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TRUE: Re: Tribe members decliningYesterday, 2:55 PM
What's wrong with holding things together with Duct Tape?
www.ducttapeguys.com/index.html
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Heather: Yeah, I can hold the whole world together with duct tape and a wire coat hanger!
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*re-copied and pasted without these lovely ladies permission ... you were my inspirations lovies, don't be mad .. be flattered!
[bats eyelashes! smiles sweetly! butter not melting in mouth!]
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and Moi's response:
we call it gaffa tape ...
i've held houses, rockstar's guitars, mikes and drums together with it in the past ...
clothes, books, friendships, my head so that brain won't fall out ...
packing boxes, power cords ... to keep soles from separating from shoes ...
LOVE THE GAFFA!
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Go boldly forth and offer your sacrifices at the lil roll of black rubbery tape sitting in the back of the odds n sods drawer that *always* comes in handy!
I thank TRUE and Heather for inspiring me!
Enjoy, Share, Write Odes and Haikus to the power of the gaffa! .... ;)
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TRUE: Re: Tribe members decliningYesterday, 2:55 PM
What's wrong with holding things together with Duct Tape?
www.ducttapeguys.com/index.html
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Heather: Yeah, I can hold the whole world together with duct tape and a wire coat hanger!
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*re-copied and pasted without these lovely ladies permission ... you were my inspirations lovies, don't be mad .. be flattered!
[bats eyelashes! smiles sweetly! butter not melting in mouth!]
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and Moi's response:
we call it gaffa tape ...
i've held houses, rockstar's guitars, mikes and drums together with it in the past ...
clothes, books, friendships, my head so that brain won't fall out ...
packing boxes, power cords ... to keep soles from separating from shoes ...
LOVE THE GAFFA!
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Go boldly forth and offer your sacrifices at the lil roll of black rubbery tape sitting in the back of the odds n sods drawer that *always* comes in handy!
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Re: Gaffa Tape / Duct Tape
Tue, February 19, 2008 - 4:06 AMALL HAIL GAFFA TAPE !
(we put a car door back on with it once :)
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 5:30 AMUmmm, I think the black, rubbery stuff you're describing is actually electrical tape. Duct tape is usually silver with threads running through it. Sorry, I can't help being a perfectionist. :-)
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 6:31 AMaustralia - gaffa tape is black (which is what you guys call electrical tape)
then we have masking tape, which is clear or brown
then yeah, i guess duct tape is prob that silvery stuff here too.
well, we're here to celebrate the magical powers of TAPE ... be they silver, brown, black, or even snoopy bandaids if they've come in handy over the years!
don't worry, i too am a perfectionist ... i shall never get duct tape mixed up again!
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 6:42 AMHah - it depends on the duck.
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 7:13 AMi was gonna say sth like that too!
like, water of a duct taped duck's back ...
or somn ...
yay fbf!
oh and duuuuude, fbf ...
face
book
friends
coincidence???
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 10:04 AMSo, now I'm wondering, is "gaffa" related to "gaffer?" And what exactly is a gaffer anyway? You always see that in the movie credits, but I never knew. Or a grip? What does he do, hold stuff really securely? -
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 10:28 AM
!!!!!!!!!!! LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!
i just scared the dog by laughing so loudly .. mind, it is 5am here and tho i cant sleep, he can!
maybe a gaffer is someone who puts gaffa tape on stuff to fix it, and yes, gaffas himself to the ... erm fluffy microphoney things, so they dont shake ...
and a grip? well ... he just grips stuff. like audiences maybe?
thrillers? docos?
they can be gripping ... is he responsible for that too?
i vote u wiki it, miss perfectionista!!!
im having another timtam to induce sleep cos in a chemical world they're very very very cheap ... and chocolately (sorry, blur in my head, the band and the concept) ...
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 10:37 PM<< australia - gaffa tape is black (which is what you guys call electrical tape) >>
I think gaffa tap and eleci tape are different..
Gaffa is a much heavy and wider tape - about the width of my three fingers.... It often has a cotton weave through it - but not always..
Electrical tape (come in black, yellow, red, white) is about the same width as the width of your thumb - try to pull it and it stretches..
Then there is Legal Tape - about double the width of eleci tape - with a cotton weave - it is very strong - but once you put a small tear in it - it rips very easily indeed..
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 4:31 AMThe cotton weave makes me think it might be more like our silver duct tape. That makes it super strong. Of course, the bad thing is that it usually leaves a sticky residue, so not good for temporary things. Electric tape isn't quite as strong, or as sticky. Now, what we call masking tape is more like paper, rips easily, good for packages. It's also pretty similar to painter's tape, which is just less sticky, to tape a wall so you don't get the wrong color paint over the edge.
I have fixed hems on clothing with plain, old Scotch tape. I don't know what else to call it. The brand has been stuck in my brain too long.
Bubble gum is actually good for hanging posters on the walls, as I was known to do in high school. (Funny side story, I met Eddie Van Halen at a hotel in NYC. He was joking and having fun. I didn't know who he was at first, so I asked. When he told me, I said, "But you don't look anything like the poster I had hanging in my bedroom when I was 16!" He did seem amused and we joked during the whole elevator ride.)
Of course, now that I'm a nursing student, I'm learning about all the wonderful uses of gauze tape and bandage tape and all the other cool forms of tape in that world! -
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 5:01 AMwe call scotch tape - "sticky tape" -
my yank family thought it was sooo cute, i'm like, 'well, it's sticky, and it's tape .. hence ... sticky tape!"
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ahhhh, the joys of intercultural exchange ...
imagine if WE were the diplomats organising world peace ...?
we'd ROCK!
the United Nations wld be filled with convos like ours!!!
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 5:03 AM<<imagine if WE were the diplomats organising world peace ...? >>
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 5:12 AM... mmmm hmmmmmmmmm ....
you're not just a pretty face blokie!
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 10:39 AM>>>
<<imagine if WE were the diplomats organising world peace ...? >>
We could fix the world with Gaffa :)
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Wasn't that how this whole conversation got started in the first place? The joy of tape and how we can fix anything with it!
And for the comment about intellectual discussion.... I'm really enjoying this. It might not be a classic academic topic, but it's certainly interesting and I believe all of our comments would qualify as intellectual. I just love the opportunity to really get into a subject, any subject, and pick it apart and hear everyone's opinions and see what we can all learn from it. I think that's really the reason I enjoy being on tribe so much in general.
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 8:37 AM
< Bubble gum is actually good for hanging posters on the walls, as I was known to do in high school. (Funny side story, I met Eddie Van Halen at a hotel in NYC. He was joking and having fun. I didn't know who he was at first, so I asked. When he told me, I said, "But you don't look anything like the poster I had hanging in my bedroom when I was 16!" He did seem amused and we joked during the whole elevator ride.) >
dude, that's a freakin a w e s o m e story!!!!
havw to share one day .. night ... my night with mark gardener from the band ride .... alltime fave band for ages, him, oxford king mark ...
boston, ouija boards, spliffs and speaking in french ensued ...
thanks to my humble schmigarettte!
another thread 4 the naughty smokers here ... best ever 'way u met s/o cool, awesome, or inspiring' via the internationallly recognised karma of ciggies!
loved yr story heather ... LOVED IT!
and yes, i too adore tribe .... for these very reasons!!!
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 9:37 AMThanks. Actually the funniest part of the story was when he got into the elevator and said, "Good morning, Heather, how are you?" It took me a moment to realize I was wearing a stupid name badge for the conference I was attending. After a few more minutes of pondering who is the man carrying the guitar, I finally had to ask him.
Yes, and smoking is the greatest way to meet people. Especially now that we're pretty much outcast. I meet all the coolest people after trudging to whatever hideaway the powers that be have devised for us to hide from sight. I met a old business guy at an airport. We were huddled in the cold outside smoking and he told me a joke... "It's a good thing all those homosexuals are coming out of the closet. It makes room for all us smokers." Heehee. I hope no one is offended. It is not intended to be offensive to homosexuals or smokers or anyone else who does not choose to judge the rest of the world. It's really just a comment on how society wants to hide from sight any actions of which is disapproves. Argh. Like remember when they used to have special places for "wayward" girls who got pregnant and disappeared for a few months "to visit an aunt in Idaho" or something.
Hey, maybe we could wrap ourselves in gaffer tape and then no one could see us being naughty!
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 1:54 PMA "Gaffer" is the head electrician. A "Grip" is the guy in charge of the stage hands, or set-up crew.
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 3:24 PMIn the video business I am in we also use a black tape that is very similar to duct tape but is higher quality. We use it to put marks on the floor to indicate where someone is to stand for the video shoot. And to hold down cables running to the video cameras. It peels off the floor easily, leaving no gummy tape residue behind the way duct tape can.
We use duct tape and the black more expensive version to temporarily fix all kinds of things in the video business and in the rest of our lives. It is very handy stuff. -
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 4:17 PM< In the video business I am in we also use a black tape that is very similar to duct tape but is higher quality. >
Christie, I know that as "Electrician's tape". -
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 5:06 PMOh, I wondered what it was called. Electrician's tape. Wide like duct, aka duck, tape. Then there's the electrical tape which is narrow and used to wrap live electrical wires.
Yes electrician's tape is very useful. And the main use for it in video is to tape down wires and cables that are often laid down across wide floors so people moving about don't trip on them.
But we use it for far more fix it up type things. I've used it and the silver duck tape to patch together car interiors, book bindings, clothes and other things that are falling apart but still useful with a few patches.
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 6:35 PM
when the hem of my school uniform dress or kilt fell down, i would staple it back up.
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 7:02 PMAh...a lady with some ingenuity :)
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Tue, February 19, 2008 - 7:13 PM<<< In the video business I am in we also use a black tape that is very similar to duct tape but is higher quality. >
Christie, I know that as "Electrician's tape". >>
Funny, I've always called that gaffer's tape, or gaff tape...
I think my fave is the glow tape, so you can spot your mark in the dark during set/scene changes. -
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 8:31 AMThe gunky stuff is called "electrical tape" (but it is *not* to code, nor is it safe), the wide black tape is called "gaffing" tape because you useit to gaffe - that is, you use it to tape cables down to the floor. It's black for camouflage reasons. There are "specialty" versions of gaffing tape in a range of exciting colors.
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 8:45 AMYAY!
LOKI'S ON!!!!!
hey stranger! how are you? i've been wonderin what happened to you .. did you get lost in another realm again?
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 9:36 AMSurgery yesterday. Plus I got booted from one of the tribes we shared. Dr. Yo feels I'm not the ideal online friend. -
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 10:28 AMTo loki,
heh heh ... shaz offered to let me out ... but i said nooooo, spacie (my twin) and i are back in ... and i have goss i'll tell u in the morn ... omg its 5am!
mebbe i'll invite u again ... talk to shaz ... she's the cool chick and she's from my city of churches and bodies in barrels, adelaide!
up to you ...
how u doing after your surgery? i hope you're ok! did you take the freaking pain meds this time?!?!?!?
nature and humanity invented meds for a reason ...
ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space .....
just wrote u a pm too ...
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 11:06 AMI was about to reply when my ride showed up. Right now, I'm pretending that this post is some kind of important thing that I'm taking care of, some amazing thing I've been doing in bed so that people will say, "my god; he worked as soon as he woke up; the guy is a force of nature" and stuff. Ha ha! The look of purse-lipp'd brow-slightly-furrowed seriousness I'm wearing right now at this exact moment is particularly hilarious.
Now I'm nodding a little bit, satisfied; yes: now, NOW I'm done. With what I was doing, the important thing.
Rock. Off to hobble into a car and droolingly gaze out the window at the bright, bright sun.
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 4:47 PMIt's called "gaffer's tape." Gaffers of stage, screen & TV production, and lots of plain ol' folk who live in Los Angeles, use it a lot.
Sticks well, then comes off well, sans the tape residue.
Loki, you're made of magic. :-)
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 8:45 AMto my lo key ... loki ... :)
heh heh hehh ... got the expression EXACTLY as described!!!
ha hahaahahahahaaa!
yes. yes i work so very damn hard .. sigh .. lk at me ... wld you take a loki at moi?!?!
:)
you're a ROCKSTAR!
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 5:15 PMLoki writes: Plus I got booted from one of the tribes we shared. Dr. Yo feels I'm not the ideal online friend.
I also was booted from that tribe. I was probably even the first to get kicked out. It is an honor to get kicked out of that tribe of supposed intelligence, imho.
I like you even better than I did already now. That tribe is no fun. It is for intellectuals. Speaking creatively will get a member booted.
Intellectuals do not have much depth. Their learning is from books and universities. Best thing any of us can do is not be drawn in to that mean group of intellectuals in the first place. (It's a new tribe called 'say something intelligent or leave'.
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 6:04 PMI've been considering creating an alternative tribe:
Say something humane or leave.
I suspect it wouldn't fare too well. It seems to be a commodity which is ill-valued on Tribe.
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 10:46 PMI'd join that tribe : )
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Wed, February 20, 2008 - 11:36 PM<<I like you even better than I did already now. That tribe is no fun. It is for intellectuals. Speaking creatively will get a member booted. >>
I am still there.. have not decided if it is funny, boring, stimulating or silly..
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 8:42 AMbut we should take it over! why do y think i invited as many of you loverlies as i did!?!?
may have been shaz saying/trying to "get u out of the fray" as she descibed it to me ... she just wrote a sht apol note/so weeet saying she was gonna remove me from the tribe b/c she didnt want me to get hurt ...
but i'm sorta liking the convos there too ... we just all have to stand up for ourselves, for what we belive, think feel ... etcd ... and support each other ... a few well placed bits n boby, pithy statemnts here and theres ..
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seriously sorry abt typjng .i n a wkwd position, cant see screen properly from contacts ,, and im flate out on my back like a lizard ... tryyping. ... tribing ... potato ...
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 8:42 AM
... flat out like a lizard smoking.
and sipping water ...
et.al.
sheesh.
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 8:48 AM
<< I like you even better than I did already now. That tribe is no fun. It is for intellectuals. Speaking creatively will get a member booted.
Intellectuals do not have much depth. Their learning is from books and universities. Best thing any of us can do is not be drawn in to that mean group of intellectuals in the first place. (It's a new tribe called 'say something intelligent or leave'. >>
not all of us.
;(
[pouting people ... we have got a pouting lollie bee here!!!]
nup .. still pouting.
im so sorry you feel that way Christie ... please don't judge all of us so-called intellectuals as merely book smart ...
not all of us are like that ...
i'm not.
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 11:56 AMHmm, I suppose I just don't worry about it very much. Never much been one for pigeonholing myself or anyone else.
If someone feels a need to file me under 'intellectual' or 'mean' or 'odd' anything else, that's their taxonomic problem and not mine. Random access or nothing for this little boy. OK, maybe odd. ;)
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 3:23 PMHEATHER >>> YOU AND ME SHALL CREATE THE WONDER DOME OF SMOKEYNESS!!!
it's where all the kool kidz are, right?
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 3:24 PM
in maths, randomness is considered a pattern.
yup.
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Thu, February 21, 2008 - 3:49 PMAre you familiar with Gregory Chaitin? Very interesting results along those very lines.
www.umcs.maine.edu/~chaitin/
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