emergency travel paper

[Susan Kline]

>I wanted a roll of the old thin gummed kraft paper tape for traveling, 
>because I like the thin stuff. I went to an ancient stationery store in a 
>forgotten part of town, where a 90-year old geezer took me into a hidden 
>shelf at the back of the musty basement, and sold me his last roll.
>
>Or you can order veneer tape from anywhere. Same stuff. 3/4" x 650 feet 
>for a few bucks. Just make sure it is gummed kraft paper.
>
>Bob Davis

But if you order the veneer tape, you won't give the old geezer the 
satisfaction of proving (at last) that it really was practical to keep that 
old roll of kraft paper in stock for 65 years.

Susan