Silly string for the troops, not a bad idea actually.

[Bzzliteyr]

Read the reason why:

http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_334011318.html

To detect trap wires. Go figure..

The families say they're sending them in the mail.. I would assume here that Canada Post would not allow it...

 

[Yeoman]

huh I wonder if they do?!?
just one more weird thing that I can shove into the care packages for the room mate out there right now. I'm sure he appreciated the phone book, and all the half torn up baggies I sent him so far
Greg

 

[tomahawk6]

It works and the company has donated silly string to the troops in the past.

 

[Thompson_JM]

Talking to some of the guys on Roto 3 its accually nothing new! apparently the Engineers were doing it in bosnia.

Clever Idea though.

 

[medicineman]

First time I saw that used was when I was on the TAT to Kabul - there was a rumour of some tunnels under Camp J we had to go looking for and the troop warrant for the engineers did his first sweep through this "tunnel" (it was a basement  :) with a can of flourescent orange silly string.  I doubt the manufacturers had this in mind as an intended use, but hey, works for me.

MM

 

[Dissident]

Just had an civie ask me about engineeres using sillystring to check for tripwires/booby traps in Iraq/Aghanistan.

Some Americans apparently requested the stuff for their care package, as it was great to shoot the stuff in rooms to see if it got caught on a trip wire somewhere.

Is that something we do also? Would it work? Or is this just an urban legend?

 

[George Wallace]

Been on a hiatus, have you?

That was covered here a few weeks ago.  Perhaps a SEARCH for "silly string" will turn up something like this: Silly string for the troops, not a bad idea actually.

 

[Kat Stevens]

If it looks stupid but it works, it ain't stupid.

 

[Dissident]

Been on a hiatus, have you?

That was covered here a few weeks ago.  Perhaps a SEARCH for "silly string" will turn up something like this: Silly string for the troops, not a bad idea actually.

incommunicado in Gagetown  actually.

But there is no excuse for not using the power of the search function.

 

[old fart]

Just had an civie ask me about engineeres using sillystring to check for tripwires/booby traps in Iraq/Aghanistan.

Some Americans apparently requested the stuff for their care package, as it was great to shoot the stuff in rooms to see if it got caught on a trip wire somewhere.

Is that something we do also? Would it work? Or is this just an urban legend?

Been used for donkies...like at least 25 years or so.  Inception probably dates back to when they first managed to stuff the balls of string so compactly into a can so it comes out without tangling up when you press the nozzle!!!!!  First used for detecting in places with minimal light and if you used a flashlight you would probably be .....pink mist.

"what goes around, comes around", not news to many a Sapper....

 

[Franko]

It's been in use for a few years now.

Most Sappers I've talked to have had some in their C/C on tour for just such a reason.

Regards

 

[Scratch_043]

You know, I had never heard of it, but it does make a lot of sense.

Maybe I'll bring some with me when I do my training in Gagetown (kidding)