Date:         Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:50:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic table
Comments: To: Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <467179F1.5080004@gmail.com>
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You need to pick up four 4" Jorgensen pattern clamps from the tool store of
your choice.

We also travel with half a dozen 3" Brinks & Cotton C-clamps. Good for
everything from hanging the lantern from the awning support to making racks
or clamping the plywood campstove table to the picnic table.

You can never have too many clamps.    :)

On 6/14/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Mrs Squirrel pretty much refuses to use the picnic tables in campgrounds
> unless we first put down a tablecloth. I pack one of those Coghlan's
> white/red plaid vinyl numbers that can be found in any Walmart or
> equivalent. They come with clamps which are fairly useless in my
> experience because they are intended for tables no thicker than 1 inch
> or so, while the picnic tables in every campground I've ever visited
> (limited to west of Rockies, admittedly) are usually more like 2-1/2 to
> 3-1/2 inches thick. So I end up scouring the campground for clean rocks
> to put on the corners for when the wind gusts. Mrs Squirrel finds this
> unsatisfactory because we're pretty much putting rocks (which are
> "dirty" in her estimation)atop the tablecloth, which is meant to cover
> up dirt and stuff, so it's sort of defeating the whole idea.
>
> Anyone know of a simple clamp that can be used with these thicker
> tabletops?
>
> --
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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