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  1. 08-21-2016 00:10 #1

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    Default Thumbtacks?!

    Yeah, thumbtacks!



    Steel thumbtacks, not brass ones . . . given a bit of extra camber on the edges . . .



    poked into a small hole on the bottom of a plane (DC-3 Racer!)



    Attach to the magnet end of a telescoping rod . . .



    And we can round those pylons with the best of them!

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  2. 08-21-2016 08:57 #2

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    Clever, smooth, functional and hardly noticeable!
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    Simply astounding
    And simple too
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    Very clever idea!
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    Last time I saw thumbtacks used as a gaming aid, it was to hold the tractor and trailer counters of a _Car Wars_ semi together (punch a hole through the dot showing where the kingpin and fifth-wheel are; snip the pointy bit off the tack; push through). The really celver folk had three different colors of tacks, to represent the three types of kingpin (standard; explosive; quick-release).
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    I've some thumb tacks with the point chopped off which I pop on a magnetic stand and use as parachute markers.

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    Great idea!
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    They tax your thumbs these days? Whatever will they thinks of next.......................

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    Quote Originally Posted by Albert Ross View Post
    They tax your thumbs these days? Whatever will they thinks of next.......................

    I'll get my coat
    well with everything going digital, its hardly surprising................................
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    "Spread these tacks upon the Royal Tea."

    "But, those are *carpet* tacks!"

    "WELL, THEY'RE TEA TACKS NOW! HO HO HO, HO HO HO, HO HO HO!"

    [Can't remember which Looney Tunes cartoon that came from.]
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