On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 15:38 -0700, Peter Andrews wrote: For what it's worth, duct tape was developed in 1942, so it might well have been available in colonial India. Not sure anybody had thought of making a wallet out if it, though...
> Of course, you could always learn how to make a wallet out of duct > tape... they last quite a while and tend to protect their contents > from the perils of butt-sweat. And no mold. > > On Oct 30, 3:01 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 09:46 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > > I've got the toe strap; can anyone supply the bills? > > > > > Back in the old colonial days, when my father was stationed as a burra > > > sahib/bwana in India, Nairobi and Karachi and traveled to points even > > > sweatier and further without the law, he, being careful of his kit, > > > would put his nice leather wallet in a small plastic bag -- forget if > > > they had ziplocks back in the '70s, > > > > India got its independence from Britain in 1947. I'm confident they did > > not have ziplock bags in 1947. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
