http://bradaptation.com/2009/02/21/mucilage-and-white-glue/ Welcome to Brad's online memory archives. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://bradaptation.com/2009/02/21/mucilage-and-white-glue/comment-page-1/#comment-303266 Carol Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:49:19 +0000 http://bradaptation.com/?p=1410#comment-303266 Back in the previous century, when my mother worked as a secretary, mucilage was all I ever saw her use to make sure important envelopes were sealed really well, etc. The crack in the red tip from where the adhesive came used to get a crusty build-up on it - sort of resembling one's nostrils after a chronically runny nose. I think I used to enjoy peeling that off, but it never did anything cool like bounce around...just made boring flakes everywhere. Those were the days. Never knew Elmer and his bovine friends even still <i>made</i> the stuff. Leave it to Brad to always have some on hand - literally. Back in the previous century, when my mother worked as a secretary, mucilage was all I ever saw her use to make sure important envelopes were sealed really well, etc. The crack in the red tip from where the adhesive came used to get a crusty build-up on it – sort of resembling one’s nostrils after a chronically runny nose. I think I used to enjoy peeling that off, but it never did anything cool like bounce around…just made boring flakes everywhere. Those were the days. Never knew Elmer and his bovine friends even still made the stuff. Leave it to Brad to always have some on hand – literally.

]]>