Re: [pct-l] Duct tape

["John Vonhof" <vonhof@pacbell.net>]

Troutskii wrote,

> When a neighboring camper severed his achilles tendon with a camp saw one
night, his girlfriend called us over to help. The limb was bleeding
profusely, and it was only the strategic application of duct tape and
elevation of the limb that saved his life.

There is a T-shirt in gift magazines that reads, "When the going gets tough,
the tough get duct tape." Yet somehow, I don't think the this story of duct
tape over a camp saw badly cut foot will make the duct tape day-at-a-time
calendar!

Too bad....

John Vonhof
vonhof@pacbell.net


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