I feel like Bill Clinton should've been in there somewhere. Like "What is "is"?" or something.
Wait for me.
This is me too.My better half said this is me. She is wrong. I used a piece of wood I got in the early 90’s. It was mahogany and I remember just where and when I got it!
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This is me (kinda) too. Why DoggyMama saves all her crap, I have no idea.This is me too.
Old school Anti Gravity Tape. The called it Duck Tape!
My grandmother had a half gallon pickle jar full of buttons. My mom had her little beginner quart jar half full.This is me (kinda) too. Why DoggyMama saves all her crap, I have no idea.
Nahhh, Speed Tape. Used to protect the substrate when the protective coatings have been compromised.Old school Anti Gravity Tape. The called it Duck Tape!
My very first time on oceangoing vessel was a cruise trip for our honeymoon. Early on, we had the obligatory life boat drill. As we were standing around next to a lifeboat, I noticed it had white crosses of tape all over the bottom of it.Nahhh, Speed Tape. Used to protect the substrate when the protective coatings have been compromised.
I would bet however that was not quite what the Type Design holder had in mind when the passage in the manual authorizing the application of Speed Tape was written.
Shouldn't they put even more of the reflective tape on the top of the lifeboat?My very first time on oceangoing vessel was a cruise trip for our honeymoon. Early on, we had the obligatory life boat drill. As we were standing around next to a lifeboat, I noticed it had white crosses of tape all over the bottom of it.
One of the ship’s officers was standing nearby, and I asked him what that was. He said it was reflective tape so search planes/vessels could more easily see the boat in case the lifeboat capsized. I said ”That’s a cheerful thought. Just wanted to make sure you guys weren’t patching leaks with duct tape.” He got a big laugh out of that
That is probably his girlfriend or his sister and they are probably still laughing too.
Numerous signaling devices are carried onboard lifeboats and life rafts, flares (rocket and Hand, smoke signals, mirrors, radar reflectors, signaling flashlight, transponders, etc.Shouldn't they put even more of the reflective tape on the top of the lifeboat?