wrote:

all _very_ inexpensive. Keep in mind that this solution is not as rugged as
thick-wall PVC or similar - it won't stand up to a mule's ass or undertipped
porters using Bwana Hemingwannabe's tube to play stickball with boulders, for
example - but in certain circumstances, it'll do.

That's pretty funny, in an unintentional kind of way, coming from
someone who desperately strives to write gonzo-style Hunter S.
Thompson-esque prose and continually comes up short.

BTW, when a mule skinner (i.e., a service professional :-) ) lies about
what happened to break a rod, and only confesses when confronted with
the evidence, his tip is toast.

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