The Hangout

[AKvetch]

Last week we are packing my college age son's computer for shipment back to school. I noticed what appeared to be a neat black box with an opening towards the front, and asked him what it was. Oh, that's for the remote control (he has a TV tuner/video card), he answered. Then he lifted it off the computer for packing. What's it made of, I asked. Gaffer's tape, he said. (Gaffer's tape is an "expensive" black duct tape that does not leave residue.)

Now all the years when my wife would buy the kid Scotch tape as a plaything are coming home. He would make the most creative things, and my wife would say, look how many hours he is occupied for 79 cents! And now, at 19, he's finding all the "practical" applications of duct tape.

You are right -- look what we've missed. <g>

AK