Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 17:47:08 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Best glue gun in the world?


Maybe there could be a friendly competition to create a puppet out of a 
no-longer-functional hot glue gun.
Hmmm. Even a script idea comes to mind.
THE ISLAND OF DISPOSABLE ITEMS
or
THE SECRET LIFE OF DISPOSABLES
or
THE DISPOSABLES: RESURRECTION
or
THE CITY OF DISPOSABLE TECHNOLOGIES

On May 17, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Pidder Bear wrote:

> While thermoplastic adhesives share some of the same components as
> Napalm, Napalm was not used to make them.  It was, however recycled.
> Check out
> http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Napalm-Recycled.htm
> Out of the jungle and into industrial furnaces.  But at least they did
> recycle.
>
> As to hot glue guns, I've yet to find one that would last more than a
> year before giving out.  Seems like I have to replace mine annually, no
> matter how much, or how little I spend on it.  Being the thrifty sort, 
> I
> tried to get the first couple fixed.  Leave it to American society
> today.  It was cheaper to purchase a new gun than to get the components
> needed and pay for the labor to repair the old one.  But I also cut off
> the cords and use them for a variety of purposes.  I may not be able to
> recycle all of it, but I do what I can to re-use all I can of the non
> working gun.
>
> Peter
>
> /"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death! LIVE
> LIVE LIVE!"/
> /-Patrick Dennis in Auntie Mame
> /
>> An old prop shop boss, who's appetite for obscure information earned
>> him the nickname of "Dr. Science" on our crew, came up with a
>> delightful swords-to-plowshares story that goes like this: after 
>> napalm
>> got some bad press in Vietnam it just wasn't considered very cool to
>> have around any more. Rather than wasting the stockpiles, a new way of
>> using the stuff was cooked up, so to speak. Hence thermoplastic
>> adhesives.
>>
>> Anybody got a clue?
>>
>>
>
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