Too obvious, Gerald.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott (feeling more like an idiot than usual)

On 6/14/2007 10:49 AM Gerald Masar wrote:

> How about a super-long bungee cord or series of them looped around the table top?
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> From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:25 AM
> Subject: [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic table
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>> Mrs Squirrel pretty much refuses to use the picnic tables in campgrounds
>> unless we first put down a tablecloth. I pack one of those Coghlan's
>> white/red plaid vinyl numbers that can be found in any Walmart or
>> equivalent. They come with clamps which are fairly useless in my
>> experience because they are intended for tables no thicker than 1 inch
>> or so, while the picnic tables in every campground I've ever visited
>> (limited to west of Rockies, admittedly) are usually more like 2-1/2 to
>> 3-1/2 inches thick. So I end up scouring the campground for clean rocks
>> to put on the corners for when the wind gusts. Mrs Squirrel finds this
>> unsatisfactory because we're pretty much putting rocks (which are
>> "dirty" in her estimation)atop the tablecloth, which is meant to cover
>> up dirt and stuff, so it's sort of defeating the whole idea.
>>
>> Anyone know of a simple clamp that can be used with these thicker tabletops?
>>
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