This weekend I have to buy yellow, white, and black duct tape. Lots of it.
Where do you get colored duct tape? I bought huge amounts of the silver stuff at a warehouse store a couple years back, and haven't had to shop for it since.
("Hey! There's a 6 pack of duct tape! That looks useful!" About a month later... "Hey! There's a 6 pack of duct tape! I bet that would be handy to have around!)
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
I used to see it at WalMart, but I haven't looked in ages.
Maybe Home Depot?
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
Try online. I know there are places that sell every color imaginable, but I've never actually found one.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Staples has it at their website, might have in store as well.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Walmart has it.
Not that I use colored duct tape for anything. *whistles*
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Online takes too long, I need it by Sunday.
I'll try Staples, Home Depot, and if I can't possibly avoid it I suppose I'll go to WalMart. At least it's not my money. But it still means I have to step foot in the place. *shudder*
Oh, hey, while I have all you helpful people around, how about suggestions for music about racing, too? I'm talking car racing type of stuff... not necessarily formal racing, but driving fast.
*shamelessly uses the Hatrack Knowledge Base to do my work for me*
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
Do you need a lot of it?
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Who are you planning to duct tape? What are you planning to duct tape them to? What are you planning to do with them once you've duct taped them to the chair, floor, table, or whatever? Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
There's that VH classic, "I can't drive 55".
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I3: Call it a CD's worth. 10 - 15 songs, maybe. Less would probably be okay, if I can't come up with good ones.
Derrell: Actually, I'm going to be taping road markings all over the floor of my office. White border lines, yellow solid and dotted lines down the middle, that sort of thing. We're pretty spread out over two floors, so I imagine it's going to take some time. I'm quite sure the building manager isn't going to be happy with me, but I'm going with the "forgiveness rather than permission" mindset and doing it anyway.
Added: dpr, that's the only one I'd thought of already! How funny.
[ February 24, 2005, 05:39 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
The Ace Hardware over by Mom & Dad's house has it.
Edit: They also have multi-colored electrical tape at Target, which might be cheaper and come off the carpet easier.
[ February 24, 2005, 05:40 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Woo-hoo! Score. Thanks, sis.
Edit: It has to stay on for awhile, so come off the carpet easier is not my primary concern. I don't want it scuffing up when people walk on it and starting to look awful immediately. But thanks.
[ February 24, 2005, 05:42 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Sure, take all the fun out of it. I had visions of you duct taping a coworker to a chair and torturing them or spanking them I was going to volunteer to be next for the spanking. I'm heartbroken. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I'll add your name to the list, Derrell. For if I ever feel like spanking.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
I meant how much tape. I can't think of any racing songs except Cake's "Race Car Ya Yas."
I have to run to the Quarry later, I can check Home Depot while I'm there.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
*laugh*
Ooops. Yeah, I need a lot of it, and I also need to pay with my corporate credit card. So thanks, but I'll have to decline your generous implied offer.
Besides, I fully intend to take an extended lunch and shopping trip tomorrow. So no worries. Fridays are great days for shopping on the company dime.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
Well, I'll look at least to see if it's there (in case the Ace thing doesn't work out).
[ February 24, 2005, 05:52 PM: Message edited by: Intelligence3 ]
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Eljay, call Grainger or any local industrial supply company. Duct tape is almost certainly one of their top products and they will carry it in a number of colors.
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
Two more driving songs:
"The Distance" by Cake "RPM" by Sugar Ray
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
"Jerry Was A Race Car Driver" by Primus
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Well, there's always "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by Jan and Dean. Okay, it's not really racing, but "She drives real fast and she drives real hard She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard."
That's one of the few "surfer" songs I actually enjoy.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
"Greased Lightning" from Grease.
Posted by Zamphyr (Member # 6213) on :
Songs, eh ?
Hot Rod Lincoln - George Thorogood or Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen GTO, Shut Down, et. all - Beach Boys Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean Jerry was a Race Car Driver - Primus East Bound and Down (Smokey and The Bandit Theme)- Jerry Reed Beep, Beep Song - ?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Great suggestions so far. Thank you.
I adore that my boss is about to pay my iTMS bill! It's the little things in life that make a girl happy.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Hey, El Jay. You should e-mail me.
antonia.dodge@gmail.com
Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :
Find the "Go Speed Racer" technomix. It's fanfrickintastic.
ElJay, I want pictures.
Good luck!
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
The only songs that make it impossible for me not to speed are:
Eve 6-Open Road Song Steppenwolf-Born To Be Wild Kenny Loggins-Danger Zone
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
Home Depot has White, Silver, Blue, Red, and Green. No Black, no Yellow.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I'm not sure I've ever seen yellow duct tape. But I've used a lot of black for theatre stuff.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Thanks, Nate.
Looks like it's gonna hafta be WalMart... Ace has all the colors, but in 15 foot rolls for $3. Seems a little pricy. How am I supposed to put down a race track at those rates?
Maybe I'll just paint it on the carpet...
And more great songs! Yay!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Little Duece Coupe, by the beach boys...it isn't really a racing song, but it is a car song.
Yep. But they don't have white, anyway, and my price was only a couple cents a roll more than that. I just bought a LOT. Plus I needed it tonight, so I couldn't really order on-line.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
"The land where large fuzzy dice still hang proudly Like testicles from rear view mirrors" - one of my favorite song lyrics! (from Cake's Race Car Ya Yas)
Not necessarily a racing song, but dang funny is Smashmouth's Road Man.
[ February 28, 2005, 03:00 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I don't think I could play that at work.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
It's such a great song. You'll just have to sing it to yourself very quietly then. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Okay, here's my song list at this point. I'm visiting iTMS and narrowing it down tonight:
Gonna Buy Me a Mercury Carwash 409 Little Nash Rambler Stick shifts and Safety belts 240 DL I Can't Drive 55 Race Car Ya-Yas RPM The Distance Jerry Was a Race Car Driver The Little Old Lady From Pasadena Greased Lightning Hot Rod Lincoln GTO Dead Man's Curve East Bound and Down (Smokey & The Bandit Theme) Go Speed Racer technomix Little Deuce Coupe Baby You Can Drive My Car Open Road Song Born to be Wild
With that long a list, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to find a good CD's worth.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
May I add that "Stick Shifts and Safety Belts", while not a race song or what is usually my "type" of music, is a wonderful song, and is, in fact, my husband's and my "our song"?
If you play it, think of us.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I added that one. I know it's not a race song, but I love it. It will probably not make the final cut. But I don't care, 'cause I listen to it all the time, anyway.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
It's such an oddly romantic song.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
There's always George Harrison's Faster, from his self titled solo album. Starts with race car sounds and everything (really. It would be a much better song without them, but there they are).
I'm listening to it as I type this actually.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
You've got Hot Rod Lincoln, so everything else is gravy.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Stick Shifts and Safety Belts has been going through my head for the last hour, now. And I don't have it at work today so I can just lsiten to it and make it go away.
I like it, but not that much.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
ElJay, check your email. Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
Surely "Mustang Sally" should be up there somewhere.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Ooooh, good one amira. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Boy, I'm glad some woman in the promotions department in Denver had this brilliant idea. Crawling around on the floor laying out duct tape roads is an excellent use of my time.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
And she STUCK you with it!
How transparent.
Sticky situation if you ask me.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
As loathe as I am to revisit my country days, Kathy Mattea's 455 Rocket is a swinging, soulful tune. Look it up.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
It actually looks pretty cool. There are road markings all over the floor, race pennants hanging from the ceiling, rows of little flags everywhere and big flags at the coaches' stations. Everyone's desk has a matchbox car on it, and a letter from our director about the new promotion. We're giving away a huge RC car tomorrow, too, and some other fun stuff.
Oh, and I'm leaving work now. :/ That part's not so cool.
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I had visions of you duct taping a coworker to a chair and torturing them or spanking them ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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I was going to volunteer to be next for the spanking. ![[Monkeys]](graemlins/monkeys.gif)
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Fridays are great days for shopping on the company dime.
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