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Re: Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 - Not recommended

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From: David Kaye
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:02
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Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>I was kidding to make a point about iPhone 4 and duct tape, which is 
>hilarious.

By the way, at the risk of being pedantic, I recently found out that duct tape 
was originally called "duck tape" because of its ability to resist water.  

Later after World War II one version of the tape was colored silver (instead 
of olive drab as used in the military) and people began to use it on heating 
ducts.  Only thing is, it's not designed for ducts and the adhesive dries out 
in a matter of weeks and comes loose.  
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From: sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com (David Kaye)
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Subject: Re: Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 - Not recommended
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