Frank wonders:
And where's Tom "Boomerang Tube" Littleton when you need him.

.....present, and more or less accounted for......what Mr. Reid is referring to
is a kind of cheap-ass plastic rod tube which once contained my T and T 5
weight. Left said tube(sans rod, luckily) in the back of a hatchback for 3 days
in PA summer sun.
The damn thing developed a very serious case of the bends and instantly became
a Clave Raffle prize.
Tom