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14-12.-2004, 10:14 PM
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Livestrong, again
I saw a young woman this morning with big yellow hooped ear rings. As we
passed in the street I realised they were both Livestrong wristbands! Colin |
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14-12.-2004, 11:07 PM
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Re: Livestrong, again
"Colin Blackburn" <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk> wrote in message news:cpmle5$s86$1@heffalump.dur.ac.uk... >I saw a young woman this morning with big yellow hooped ear rings. As we >passed in the street I realised they were both Livestrong wristbands! > > Colin They are continuous loops. Presumably she cut them, then fed them through normal earrings and glued them closed again. -- Simon M. |
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14-12.-2004, 11:28 PM
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Re: Livestrong, again
Simon Mason wrote: > "Colin Blackburn" <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk> wrote in message > news:cpmle5$s86$1@heffalump.dur.ac.uk... > >I saw a young woman this morning with big yellow hooped ear rings. As we > >passed in the street I realised they were both Livestrong wristbands! > They are continuous loops. Presumably she cut them, then fed them > through normal earrings and glued them closed again. More likely that she opened up the wire hoops on a pair of simple earrings and closed them on the Livestrong bands. -- Dave... |
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14-12.-2004, 11:33 PM
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Re: Livestrong, again
"dkahn400" <dkahn400@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1103030913.989956.258800@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > > More likely that she opened up the wire hoops on a pair of simple > earrings and closed them on the Livestrong bands. Of course! How stupid of me. -- Simon M. |
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14-12.-2004, 11:38 PM
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Re: Livestrong, again
Simon Mason wrote: > They are continuous loops. Presumably she cut them, then fed them through > normal earrings and glued them closed again. Or cut them, fed them through her earlobes, and glued them closed again :-) James -- If I have seen further than others, it is by treading on the toes of giants. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/julesandjames/home/ |
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14-12.-2004, 11:48 PM
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Re: Livestrong, again
In article <3288jaF3i4mc3U1@individual.net>,
still_the_same_me@hotmail.com says... > > > Simon Mason wrote: > > > They are continuous loops. Presumably she cut them, then fed them through > > normal earrings and glued them closed again. > > Or cut them, fed them through her earlobes, and glued them closed again :-) > > James > They glue well! After breaking mine in an accident last Sunday, a dribble of Superglue worked wonders! -- Mark (MSA) ______________________________________________ Remember, half the people you know are below average |
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14-12.-2004, 11:59 PM
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Re: Livestrong, again
MSA wrote:
> In article <3288jaF3i4mc3U1@individual.net>, > still_the_same_me@hotmail.com says... > >> >>Simon Mason wrote: >> >> >>>They are continuous loops. Presumably she cut them, then fed them through >>>normal earrings and glued them closed again. >> >>Or cut them, fed them through her earlobes, and glued them closed again :-) >> >>James >> > > > They glue well! After breaking mine in an accident last Sunday, a > dribble of Superglue worked wonders! Yes, superglue is quite commonly used in place of stitches in surgical procedures, so slicing the ear and gluing it up would also work. However, I prefer my suggestion :-) James -- If I have seen further than others, it is by treading on the toes of giants. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/julesandjames/home/ |
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14-12.-2004, 11:59 PM
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Re: Livestrong, again
"MSA" <onyerbikemark@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> > > They glue well! After breaking mine in an accident last Sunday, a > dribble of Superglue worked wonders! The fake one I got off ebay was glued as "new". -- Simon M. |
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15-12.-2004, 04:55 AM
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Re: Livestrong, again
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:59:44 +0900, James Annan
<still_the_same_me@hotmail.com> wrote: >MSA wrote: >> They glue well! After breaking mine in an accident last Sunday, a >> dribble of Superglue worked wonders! > >Yes, superglue is quite commonly used in place of stitches in surgical >procedures, so slicing the ear and gluing it up would also work. >However, I prefer my suggestion :-) She wouldn't have to slit her ear-lobes. She could glue the ends of the cut bands directly to them. -- Dave... Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain |
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15-12.-2004, 08:13 AM
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Re: Livestrong, again
In article <bmdur0hant3lr7kvhb6hgu251ko7pok517@4ax.com>, dkahn400
@yahoo.co.uk says... > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:59:44 +0900, James Annan > <still_the_same_me@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >MSA wrote: > > >> They glue well! After breaking mine in an accident last Sunday, a > >> dribble of Superglue worked wonders! > > > >Yes, superglue is quite commonly used in place of stitches in surgical > >procedures, so slicing the ear and gluing it up would also work. > >However, I prefer my suggestion :-) > > She wouldn't have to slit her ear-lobes. She could glue the ends of > the cut bands directly to them. > > Definitely some 'out of the box' thinking going on in this thread :-) -- Mark (MSA) ______________________________________________ Remember, half the people you know are below average |
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16-12.-2004, 09:45 PM
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Re: Livestrong, again
James Annan <still_the_same_me@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Yes, superglue is quite commonly used in place of stitches in surgical >procedures, so slicing the ear and gluing it up would also work. >However, I prefer my suggestion :-) Talking of Livestrong and hospitals, watch out when visiting the US, apparently some hospitals use similar yellow bands to mean "do not resuscitate".... http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/7290.0.html Pete. |
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