Hey Squirrel,
  Go to Harbor Freight and get one of these:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92874

You'll find plenty of uses.  After the kids hands get tired of trying to
open the big ones, you can put the little clamps on their lips and see who
can leave it there the longest.

Yeah, I said it.  Go ahead, take your best shot.

TJ

87 Syncro
87 Wolfie

Date:    Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:25:05 -0700
From:    "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic table

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?

--

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
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