The inspiration for Velcro

[J-sews]

Whilst hiking in the swamp today, I picked up a few hitchhikers:












I hope the fellow who invented Velcro didn't claim it was an "original" idea of his

[David]

        We have several different varieties around here that like to do that. Cockelburrs being one of the main culprits

[Beerplumber]

we call them burdocks where I'm from, but those things look bigger! Fun to throw at your friends when they're not looking! J-sews do you have the back-roads or trail maps on your garmin?


Stay multi my friends

[MultiMat]

Bob were you Geocaching 

[Chako]

That reminded me of the joys of picking them off the dog when I was a kid. 

[powernoodle]

This is why nudist hiking is one of the world's most dangerous adventures.

[nuphoria]

I thought the Vulcans brought velcro the Earth in the 50's?

[enki_ck]

I thought the Vulcans brought velcro the Earth in the 50's?

Shhh. That was a secret. (And why do I know that episode )

[J-sews]

we call them burdocks where I'm from, but those things look bigger! Fun to throw at your friends when they're not looking! J-sews do you have the back-roads or trail maps on your garmin?

Stay multi my friends

We just call them burrs, but I'm sure that isn't the scientific name for them.   My Garmin is a 60CS model, new in 2004. Of the maps available back then, their Roads & Highways set was the only one that showed all of the backroads and two-tracks in my area, so that's what I installed.

Bob were you Geocaching 

No Mat And if I was, I probably would have needed to call your wife to help me sort out the next clue!

That reminded me of the joys of picking them off the dog when I was a kid. 

Yeah, that can be a pain. We had beagles growing up, which weren't so bad with their short hair, but my friend's golden retriever Man I have never seen a dog collect so many burrs, and 90% of them right in the crotch area

[tattoosteve99]

I thought the Vulcans brought velcro the Earth in the 50's?

smurf I was going to say that :p

[Gareth]

Man, that reminds me of having to "de-burr" horses and ponies tail's.

[Grant Lamontagne]

That is a good GPS you have there- I love mine!



As for the burrs, well you haven't lived until you have tried to pull thenm out from a husky's super dense undercoat!

Def

[J-sews]

A CSx model, nice! I think Kenneth (Medic) has that same one too. My CS model is going on 8 years old now, which is prehistoric by sophisticated electronics standards, but it still feels pretty damn current with the other GPS units available today

[David]

Those are good GPS`s. I've got an Garmin etrex Legend. I`ve had it for years. It does what I need but its really seems like a dinosaur these days.

[J-sews]

The newest ones do have an aerial photo map layer, which is really tempting me to upgrade