Just got some pictures from Turtle Haste who has been traveling on a teaching related study grant to the Black Sea about some Duct Tape travels.

What you see here is duct tape that has been made into a turtle shape by some NOAA folks traveling aboard the Oceanos at the Equator doing some ocean research. Word has it that like Flat Stanley the Turtle is making the rounds. Who knows where it will show up next?

Looking forward to getting the word out about the Duct Tape collection and the blog at this years 2015 OM World Finals to be held May 20-24 at East Lansing, MI

New rolls from Algeria and Belgium

The black roll #56 is from Annaba, Algeria and came from Leila Belakhdar who is a special education teacher at Leopold elementary school in Madison, WI. Leila and my daughter Mindy, work together there. The tape was bought in Algiers. Leila has been in the U.S. for 33 years and said she had trouble getting people to understand what she was looking for when she asked for Duct Tape. One of her friends suggested they try asking in French, chatter ten and this is what they got. Leila's husband is also from Annaba. He owns the Mediterranean Cafe on State street in downtown Madison and we had a nice visit with them about the tape and Algeria.

The roll on the right is from Belgium and was purchased in Brussels by Rick Finley. Rick grew up in Darlington, WI and was contacted by Don Osterday whom I taught with at Darlington High School for many years. Rick now lives in Wakeforest, North Carolina and was in Belgium this summer visiting his daughter. I will be sending Rick a couple of micro-rolls of key chain Duct Tape for his help in adding to the collection.

Keep checking the blog to see more about past and future rolls in the collection. If you want to help add a roll check the blog post index and click on the updated list of rolls post I now have in the collection.