Re: Gaffer tape

[Phillip Holbrook <philliph@icenter.net>]

The November National Geographic magazine which I just recieved, has a
little note on page 3 referring to a previous article about somebody
using Duct tape on a photo shoot, which I quote herewith.

"DON'T CALL IT DUCT TAPE." "It's gaffer tape," corrects writer Don Belt,
who used the stuff to remove hundreds of baby ticks from his legs in
Belize. "It looks like duct tape, but it's cloth backed and even
stickier." Whatever it is, the big silver rolls keep this magazine's
contributors from falling apart. During aerial photography Joel Sartores
tapes his seat belt shut-just in case. For a hard to reach shot, Mark
Moffett taped his feet to the top of a towering platform. Photographer
Chris Johns reattatched his Land Rover's fuel tank in South Africa. Now
he won't venture on assignment without at least 20 rolls in his camera
bag. Says Chris, "Its as important to my job as film" 

Anyway, for those of you who have recently been inquiring about or
trying to explain about this stuff, I hope this helps, or am I perhaps 
Suspended in Gaff(er).
          --Kindest regards-Phillip Holbrook.