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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:26:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Beefier Scrunchies?
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <71d9cdf90909081914r6b970f52ve4e8f5dce6228be8@mail.gmail.com>
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Shock cord. Right. There's probably hardware available for terminating the ends or joining them to make a circle. Thanks, Jake!

-- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR

On 9/8/2009 7:14 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Its called 'shock cord' and its used to hold modern tent poles > together...comes in different sizes and colours too! > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Rocket J Squirrel > <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote: > > "Scrunchies" are those small circular elastic bungees that are commonly > used to hold long hair back in ponytails. They are available in the hair > care department of just about any drug store or Walmart-like store. Come > in cheerful colors for just about any occasion. > > To bundle together the optional support poles for my Shady Boy awning* > I've been using scrunchies, but they are kind of wimpy for the job and > before you know it, the the bounce has gone out of the bungee. > > I'd like to find a more substantial way keep these slippery, heavy, > fiberglass poles bundled. I reckon it's about 9 to 12 inches around the > bundle, the circumference. Are there industrial-grade UV-resistant, > no-break-when-frozen scrunchies? Stretchy-strong o-rings I think I'm > looking for. In easy-to-find florescent yellow or red. > > Something nice. Not too expensive. > > ============= > * Mounts on Vanagon, which qualifies this post for drive-by Vanagon > content status. Barely. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > Bend, OR > KG6RCR > > > > > -- > Beverley Anne de Villiers April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009 > > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com <http://www.thebassspa.com> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com> > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 >


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