At 18:56 4/12/2000, Dan Fleming wrote:
>Or better yet, does anyone have reassuring tales of how to glue or
>otherwise repair the seam that splits at the bottom?

It's some variety of polyethylene -- pretty much nothing on earth will
stick to it.  In theory you might be able to weld it, but it's a very
specialized skill.  None of my attempts have ever worked.  If you were
desperate, you could get some of that sticky RV weatherseal goo that comes
as a strip rolled up with paper -- stick some on the bottom, then reinforce
with duct tape or similar.  That should at least slow it down, prolly stop
it for quite a while.

david

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