Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: DUC[KT] tape Date: 3 Jan 2026 01:48:26 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <10j61ja$3hv7b$1@dont-email.me> <7cadnTFwKKy978r0nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net yUNnwSwGTNNpDS4CntC+dAQIXt62Hi9yjCXyxhmaaXjJpv077t Cancel-Lock: sha1:H3EX+Z+Hlf6N50wOXYdIYlkXMlw= sha256:LO+dPjNrUDRt0aSjSLzylQoKo7OS0Fyg2hgv+6OtCk0= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80380 On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 14:48:43 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote: >> On 1/1/26 09:50, Mike Scott wrote: >>> https://www.ducktape.co.uk/ > > On 2026-01-02, c186282 wrote: >> Yep, originally "Duck" ... then later, likely for brand-name legal >> reasons, oft said "Duct". >> >> It IS good for 'ducts' too. > > My nieces in Denmark call it Gaffer tape. > > My understanding is that it was developed for sealing ammunition > canisters in WW2, and the grunts called it duck tape. The grunts called it 100 mph tape. You could patch up your Jeep and it wouldn't blow off. Of course 100 mph was very optimistic for a Jeep but it sounds better than 65 mph tape. I suppose 100 kph tape would work but the US still isn't comfortable with kph.