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Re: Starting equipment



According to Lee Williams, on Thu, 15 Nov 2001 the word on the street was...

>  I know it's duct tape really...all of my American mates call it 'duck
> tape' though.

I've seen a brand of this kind of tape called Duck Tape; whether that's 
where it comes from, or if it's a corruption of "duct tape" -> "ductape" -> 
"duc(k) tape" is anyone's guess, though, I suppose.

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