From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 17:23:38 -0600, Rinaldi J. Montessi wrote:   
      
   > On 1/1/26 15:48, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:29:21 +1100, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Groovy hepcat c186282 was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on Tue, 30 Dec   
   >>> 2025 03:25 am. It's a cool scene! Dig it.   
   >>>   
   >>>>     Had some non-stick film, and duck tape. SEEMS   
   >>>   
   >>>    Forgive the spelling correction here; but unless it quacks and   
   >>> waddles, that's duct tape. :)   
   >>   
   >> 100 mph tape.  No ducts or ducks involved.   
   >   
   > 100 mph?  I thought that was strictly a military thing.  Lead backed   
   > tape for ducts, for sure.   
   >   
   > Rinaldi   
      
   https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/vesta-stoudt-the-woman-who-invented-duct-   
   tape   
      
   Taping ducts came later. Supposedly in the early 20th century there was a   
   tape made from cotton duck.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_duck   
      
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