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Thank you, Jerry! I was wondering when there would be some input of the male
variety. I'm glad to hear that Joe Namath wasn't really the Lone Ranger!

Sandy

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:17:41 -0500, "Jerry W. Shepperd" wrote:

> 
> Soldiers in Iraq use pantyhose to keep sand out of the barrels and 
> firing mechanisms of rifles, a practice that was started in Desert 
> Storm.  It is also rumored that some soldiers wear pantyhose as 
> protection against sand fleas.
> 
> Jerry Shepperd
> 
> 
> At 05:28 PM 7/13/2006, you wrote:
> 
> 
> >Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:
> >
> > > I've seen them used (by men, yet) for all kinds of things,
> > >
> > >
> > > My Indiana grandma's all used sections of pantyhose to hold soap and
> > > tied it in a loop to hang on the tub faucet handles.
> > >
> >
> >Speaking of soap, you can use panty hose to 'polish' fresh soap if you
> >make it yourself, and I have used it to polish away the mold lines of
> >homemade candles, too.
> >You can use them to tie up tomatoes and other plants, for staking trees,
> >etc.  You can fill them with onions or other bulbs to hang for winter
> >storage.  I've also used them on the top of sprouting jars...lol..I
> >think the most unusual thing I have ever done with panty hose was to use
> >them in place of vet wrap to apply pressure to a goat's head where he
> >had been dehorned after a botched disbud left a wicked ugly scur.  We
> >got home from the vet, and the wound opened up with an nasty arterial
> >spurting bleed.  I grabbed a Kotex out of the first aid kit and some
> >panty hose out of the greenhouse and made it work.  Poor Stormy...what a
> >sight he was!
> >
> >Bev
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> >erthnsky AT bellsouth.net  BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm      NW Georgia USDA 
> >Zone 7
> >34.498N 85.076W
> >
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