At 12:52 PM 20/12/2001 +1300, you wrote:
>Hi fellow Zuiks,
>
>That marvellous duct tape site made me reflect a bit.
>
>New Zealanders joke about themselves that they can fix everything and
>anything with No 8 wire. The New Zealand landscape is delineated with post
>and wire fences. No. 8 wire and derivatives are everywhere. It is amazing
>what you can do with it.
>
>Clearly, duct tape is the urban tradesman equivalent - and in its way,
>probably more versatile.
And then there's the saying amongst those of us who make our living building
Internet sites and related stuff:
"Perl is the duct tape of the Internet."
Garth
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