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The Big Bandana

• To avoid getting shot! (Display of 100 square inches of such color is now required to be worn by hunters in some states.) A blaze orange hat will suffice.
• Wear one or more as a headband,
• Use it as a neckerchief,
• Use it as a belt to hold up your pants, etc.
• Use it to measure the thickness of vegetation! Pin this bandanna on the back of a hunter or bird watcher and send them off through the woods and brush counting their paces or dragging a tape measure. When the bandanna can no longer be seen, yell at them and get the distance they have walked. The thicker the vegetation, the less far they will have walked. Plotting the distance over the years can help explain the ups and downs in wild animal populations. A computer program is available to do some elementary analyses of the data collected from several areas or over several years.
• Useful for dressing like Axl Rose or another 80's metal star (submitted by Lacey Lamons, P.O.Box 1089, Hammonton NJ)
• Use it to apply WD-40 (Imagine your company's information like that following here in this space.)

  The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a water displacement compound. They were successful with the fortieth formulation, thus WD-40.

  The Corvair Company bought it in bulk to protect their Atlas missile parts. The workers were so pleased with the product they began smuggling (also known as shrinkage or stealing) it out to use at home. The executives decided there might be a consumer market for it and put it in aerosol cans. The rest is history.

  It is a carefully guarded recipe known only to four people. One of them is the brewmaster. There are about 2.5 million gallons of the stuff manufactured each year. It gets its distinctive smell from a fragrance that is added to the brew. Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you.

  Here are some of the uses:
  
  ~Protects silver from tarnishing
  ~Cleans and lubricates guitar strings
  ~Gets oil spots off concrete driveways
  ~Gives floors that 'just-waxed' sheen without making it them slippery
  ~Keeps flies off cows
  ~Restores and cleans chalkboards
  ~Removes lipstick stains
  ~Loosens stubborn zippers
  ~Untangles jewelry chains
  ~Removes stains from stainless steel sinks
  ~Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill
  ~Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing
  ~Removes tomato stains from clothing
  ~Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots
  ~Camouflages scratches in ceramic and marble floors
  ~Keeps scissors working smoothly
  ~Lubricates noisy door hinges on vehicles and doors in homes
  ~Gives a children's play gym slide a shine for a super fast slide
  ~Lubricates gear shift and mower deck lever for ease of handling on riding mowers
  ~Rids rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises
  ~Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to open
  ~Makes it easier to open and close an umbrella stem
  ~Restores and cleans padded leather dashboards and vinyl bumpers
  ~Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles
  ~Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans
  ~Lubricates wheel sprockets on tricycles, wagons and bicycles for easy handling
  ~Lubricates fan belts on washers and dryers and keeps them running smoothly
  ~Keeps rust from forming on saws and saw blades, and other tools
  ~Removes splattered grease on stove
  ~Keeps bathroom mirror from fogging
  ~Lubricates prosthetic limbs
  ~Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell)
  ~Removes all traces of duct tape
  ~Some people spray it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve arthritis pain.
  ~Florida's favorite use was "cleans and removes love bugs from grills and bumpers" Bug guts will eat away the finish on your car if not removed quickly.
  ~The favorite use in the state of New York -- WD-40 protects the Statue of Liberty from the elements.
  ~WD-40 attracts fish. Spray a LITTLE on live bait or lures and you will be catching the big one in no time. It's a lot cheaper than the chemical attractants that are made for just that purpose. Keep in mind though, using some chemical laced baits or lures for fishing are not allowed in some states.
  ~Use it for fire ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately, and stops the itch.
  ~Remove crayon from walls. Spray on the mark and wipe with a clean rag.
  ~If your teenage daughter has washed and dried a tube of lipstick with a load of laundry, saturate the lipstick spots with WD-40 and rewash. Presto! Lipstick is gone!
  ~If you sprayed WD-40 on the distributor cap, it would displace the moisture and allow the car to start.
  ~WD-40, long known for its ability to remove leftover tape mung (sticky label tape), is also a lovely perfume and air freshener! Sprayed liberally on every hinge in the house, it leaves that distinctive clean fresh scent for up to two days!
  ~Seriously though, it removes nasty tar and black scuff marks from the kitchen floor! It doesn't seem to harm the finish and you won't have to scrub nearly as hard to get them off. Just remember to open some windows if you have a lot of marks.

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• Buy a Bandana, then Email us a strange or interesting use (with your bandanna number) for a Big Bandanna, one that we have not listed before on our Big Bandanna web site, and we will send you a free bandanna. No sex, violence, or vulgarisms, please. If you have a brief bandanna story or poem, we'll consider adding it as your contribution to the web site.

Leave one as a gift after you make the next marketing call.

Use them as awards for winning scores for people who play the Lasting Forests Wildlife Knowledge game at our web site.

We'll imprint your name, special meeting name and date, or logo in one corner at low cost.

88 percent of all sale profits goes into building Rural System.

Send us an order for 1 or 1000. You'll be very glad to have these wonderful, useful, soft bandannas. They last for many years with reasonable use. (Also send us your stories ofunreasonable use.)

Enjoy our website and your Big Bandanna.

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Last revision January 17, 2000.