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In the Boston Museum of Science just yesterday I saw a small exhibit depicting a burr stuck to a patch of bear fur sitting next to some velcro*, with electron microscopic photos comparing their respective structures and a short blurb about Claude's neighbor M. de Mestral. Then, on the way home from the museum, I was annoying my girlfriend by making rrrrripping noises with the velcro pocket fasteners on my cargo shorts. I confess, albeit unrepentently... (It was revenge for her making me carry all the keys and tickets, just because I was the one "with all those pockets".) I take another approach with my pedalboards: I cover the entire board with polypropylene automotive carpet (held down with spray adhesive and heavy-duty staples) and attach the *hook* part of the 2" velcro to my pedals. That way I can move them around to any point on the board without having to stay on the little patches. As far as cat hair and other detritus, I occasionally take all the pedals out and vacuum the boards; the carpet doesn't hold debris any more than a regular rug would, and the velcro sticks to it tenaciously. And, yes, the velcro grips better than the adhesive. I can also position velcro-ed stuff on top of my carpeted road cases without having to worry about fragile, expensive gear crashing to the stage. [Sorry, Zoe, I didn't mean to trigger any flashbacks or anything... ;^O ] -t- * Oh, by the way, according to Velcro's US Corporate HQ (which is about 4 miles from me) we are all guilty of misusing the word 'velcro'... Read this: <http://www.velcro.com/ABOUT/know.html> --- mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> wrote: >>I saw that on tv. Well, then it MUST be true. ;) ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs