They are being used as economical restraints/handcuffs in
Iraq and Afghanistan as can be seen on the TV News.
Sajjadd
--- Jeffrey Fullerton <tcmajorr_at_westol.com> wrote:
> Cable ties- I've found these things to be the most marvelous things
> with
> so many uses. Everything from their proper function to strapping
> orchids
> and other epiphytes to cork mounts or artificial vines in my
> greenhouse.
> I did use them a few times to hold a minnow trap closed that I had
> lost
> the clip for but never imagined using them for attaching weights to a
> seine.
>
> Great Idea!
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