Category Archives: gaffers tape
Sad Day For The Sports Page
I’ve never been a big sports fan, but I began to follow some major sports when we had a chance to supply some very high profile events like the Super Bowl, NFL Playoffs, and The Kentucky Derby, etc. Knowing that … Continue reading
Who Goes First
I have written a number of times about the recent retiring of the Permacel brand name for gaffers tape. It has caused a minor upheaval in our marketing and shipping departments, but most customers seem willing to accept the change. … Continue reading
Why I Buy Gasoline In The Afternoon
There is a new gas station down the road from us that has one of the cleverest pricing schemes I have ever seen. The highway this station is on has recently been widened and a median added so southbond traffic … Continue reading
Just One of 147,000,000
I periodically analyze something called a “web log,” which gives us information about how many visitors we have to our sites and how they arrive there. One of my primary interests is in the analysis of search terms, as this … Continue reading
Putting First Things First
We’ve made some changes here recently that have meant that I now have additional web developer responsibilities. It is work that I enjoy, but it can be complicated. The learning curve is steep. One of the new tasks that has … Continue reading
Shurtape 665
We continue to suffer fallout from the retiring of Permacel as the brand name for 665 gaffers tape. While customers who have agreed to be shipped the Shurtape version of this product seem satisfied, the long range prospects for this … Continue reading
I Wish I Had Known This 15 Years Ago
I periodically review both good podcasts and random pieces of interesting audio equipment. This posting is about both, or neither, depending on your point of view. The podcast is GearMediaTech, one of the many podcast enterprises run by Leo Laporte … Continue reading
Duct Tape Revisits the War of the Roses
It seems that Portland Oregon, the home of the Rose Festival Parade is ready to go to war over duct tape. For years local tradition has allowed parade attendees to mark out and reserve prime parade viewing locations with duct … Continue reading
On The Trail of A Good Floor Marking Tape
For several years we offered our customers a tape called SafeOff for use in temporary layout of gym floors. Lots of school and college gyms have to accommodate a lot of sports and you can only paint so many courts … Continue reading
Take It Out of One Box-Put It In Another Box
We are breaking in a new customer service person today, and I always have to stop when we have a new employee to marvel at how a business like ours can exist at all. We don’t actually make anything and … Continue reading