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Post Tornadic Humpday Triviola

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Post Tornadic Humpday Triviola

We had 14 twisters in the area the other night. All is well now so thr trivia must march on....

Flys can be useful for completing a piece of furniture. How so?

Tommy

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Steven Antonucci

levitate the piece for finishing?

but you need an awful lot of flies...

Steve

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I would imagine this technique could not be seen from a distance.

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Dale Lenz

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I speculate to know. Say�what end of the fly does that stuff come out anyway????

Thanks for the ?

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Hint

The hessians are involved.

Tommy

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Re: Hint

I need to sit and ponder on this, I wonder if I have any extra material to study to see if I can find an answer. I can't lie I had to google for what I think might be the right answer.

glc

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;-)

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Re: Hint

Farmers call this by a different name.

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Answer

Flys is an upholstery term:

FLYS Pieces of hessian or any old material sewn on to the inside edges of the cover material to save material and give added strength for pulling cover into position. Known as `Pullthroughs' in U.S.A.

Tommy

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