Bill Hawkins wrote: ... > Speaking of conversions, I grew up (since 1938) with movie credits that > mentioned the Gaffer (head electrician). Last year I mentored students > building a robot for a FIRST Robotics competition. The carpet on the > field would be marked with red, black, and white gaffer's tape, which we > got in 2 inch width from a theater supply place. Gaffer's tape is > intended to hold down wires running across a set until the show closes. > > Where did Gaffa tape come from?
Probably from the same place as Duck tape. Human ears trying to make sense out of what they hear. -Chuck Harris _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
