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July 15, 2006
2-Second Tent
From England comes this remarkable piece of kit.
Sets up in two seconds flat.
Equally impressive is the nice price: $69.
Flutist-approved.
[via Ben Willmore and whereisben.com]
July 15, 2006 at 01:01 PM | Permalink
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This is not a new idea. I had one of these types of tents like 20 years ago. I, of course, was all the envy of my back packing buds when it came time to set up the tent. It takes more than 2 seconds. You do have to pound in 4 stakes to secure the corners. Clean up was just as easy. You had to give the metal hoop a double twist and stuff it into a pouch and you were done. Loved the tent but the metal hoop eventually busted and then I got married and my camping days wained (she is of jewish decent and always says 'my people camped for 40 years. that was enough' hah)
Posted by: kurt | Jul 17, 2006 4:15:27 AM
Did you ever read Scrooge McDuck comics when you were a kid? Let's assume the whole world has. Remember how when Scrooge would get overexcited he would jump about five feet off the ground, his top hat and walking stick would fly up in the air, his eyeballs would be out on stalks, his mouth (beak?) would be opened impossibly wide, and the cartoon balloon would have him saying "Quaaaaaack!!" or "Waaaaaaahhhh!!" or "Aaaaarrrrggghhh!!" or something like that? I'm not going to do that. No, I'm not going to take the bait. Because, see, the thing is, I need a tent. In fact, in the next several months we might all be needing tents. A friend of mine is building a get-away-from-it-all house in the mountains and if life throws me a serious curve sometime I might just get my bedroll and a bottle of Night Train and camp out in her back yard. (She doesn't know about my idea yet, unless she reads this.) Anyway, I might just order one of these tents and see just how it performs up close and personal. I got a loan repaid that would just about cover the 100+ it would take, including shipping and that mysterious handling fee. (What is that? I don't want just anybody handling my tents, if you know what I mean.) Yes. I might just get one of these and see if I really do approve it. I might wind up being crazy about it, and never spend another night in my house again.
I am calm, yes I am. No eyes out on stalks here.
Posted by: Flutist | Jul 15, 2006 11:52:41 PM
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