Friday, October 24, 2008

Packing Tape or Duct Tape?

Is packing tape the local equivalent of duct tape? I can't say that I've run into duct tape here. Yet somehow, I have packing tape hanging off of the would-be headboard of my bed. I've been attempting to use it in the same way as I would duct tape, read: for everything, but have been failing.

First thing I noticed: packing tape does not work as well as push-pins when used to hang up CD wallpaper on concrete walls. Four of my ten sheets fell. They all happened to be near my head. I'm afraid that some of the old ID cards and received postcards fell out in the process, and are now somewhere between my bed and the wall. I will have to go on a mission to dig them out before moving out a year and a half from now. I don't want to lose them to this monster room, but it's such a pain to get them out.

I guess what I'm saying is that packing tape isn't as versatile as duct tape. Maybe that's why the office gave it to us all for free.

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