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#35971 - 01/11/05 10:11 AM Re: Do you carry a sponge?
paulr Offline
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Registered: 02/18/04
Posts: 499
Finding a good absorbent nontoxic sponge really does sound like a worthwhile Aeromedic product/addition to the ETS PSK.

Meanwhile though, I think you could do ok with a clean cloth or t-shirt.

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#35972 - 01/11/05 01:55 PM Re: Do you carry a sponge?
brian Offline
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Registered: 07/28/04
Posts: 1468
Loc: Texas
A sponge is very low on my priority list. While it is very useful in certain applications I try to concentrate on items with multiple uses and the more legitimate uses an item has, then more valuable it is to me. I already carry too many other items (bandanna, cotton clothing items, gauze pads, etc) that could serve the same functions as a sponge and also have a wide variety of other uses.
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#35973 - 01/13/05 05:49 AM Re: Do you carry a sponge?
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
I contacted two sources of those compressed art sponges, & both said the same thing: no chemicals are used in the sponges, they are simply moistened with water & compressed.

Sue

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#35974 - 01/13/05 05:59 AM Re: Do you carry a sponge?
Burncycle Offline
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Registered: 09/16/04
Posts: 577
Thanks for taking the time to do that susan <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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#35975 - 01/13/05 07:09 AM Re: Do you carry a sponge?
Chris Kavanaugh Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/09/01
Posts: 3824
Brian, multi use? Your somewhere in Texas and those new boots with an inlayed white Lone Star and Bluebonnets start to hurt. Your cowboy cadillac broke down and it's a 10 mile hike to the Robert Earl Keene concert. Some guy from NEW YORK CITY sped by without stopping and you dislocated a finger making a high speed visual aid. Got Moleskin? Scott, eyedroppers are to slow. Sponging dew with sponge or clothing is literally wiping it off. Sometimes the dew can evaporate quickly with rising morning temperatures.

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#35976 - 01/13/05 04:21 PM Re: Do you carry a sponge?
Brad Offline
journeyman

Registered: 08/23/04
Posts: 83
Loc: houston
Hey Chris, thanks for the generalization that everyone in Texas drives a Cadillac (I drive a VW), wears boots (don't even own a pair) and listens to county music (not me at all). Gotta love stereotypes...

thanks
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#35977 - 01/13/05 07:33 PM Re: Do you carry a sponge?
Chris Kavanaugh Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/09/01
Posts: 3824
Brad, it's called humour. When Oprah Winfrey asks Billy Crystal to do black shtick comedy it's because it's funny, not because she likes being offended. I had a teacher in high school who stood on his desk waving a sword and reading King Henry's famous speech on the eve of battle. I had another who made us memorise passages from the Illiad. Guess which one I can recite at a new Age California coffeeshop in my Birkenstocks while sipping herbal tea?

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#35978 - 01/13/05 07:57 PM Sheesh!
Susan Offline
Geezer

Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
So, Brad, do you at least have steer horns on your VW?

<img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Sue

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#35979 - 01/15/05 06:37 AM Re: Sheesh!
bountyhunter Offline


Registered: 11/14/03
Posts: 1224
Loc: Milwaukee, WI USA
Susan:

You can not hang the "D" sized bra you mentioned earlier on a horny VW. It's just not German!

Bountyhunter <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

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#35980 - 01/15/05 07:23 PM Re: Sheesh!
Susan Offline
Geezer

Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
Okay.... forget the horns & go with the Brunhilde warrior outfit?

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