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Fritz Briggs
 
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Default looking for a hard-to-describe towel-widget

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> I used to have a wonderful little under-the-counter-lip clamp for kitchen
> wipes. One end was a small eyelet with a screw that threaded into the
> underneath of the counter lip; hanging from the eyelet was the business end
> of the contraption: two sort of scalloped circles that would clamp together
> to hold a kitchen wipe. You tightened the clamp by sliding a, uhhhm,
> slider down the little arms that terminated in the clamp. Boy, this is hard
> to describe (for me.) Anyway, if you've seen one these you'll probably know
> what I'm talking about. I want some.
>
> --
> Regards,
> David
> War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
> -Ambrose Bierce, writer (1842-1914)
> "What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?"
> -Rev. Sydney Smith, letter to young lady, 22 July 1835
>
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> David Auerbach

> Department of Philosophy & Religion
> NCSU
> Box 8103
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I've heard these called "towel clamps"; the animal you need to talk to
is a bartender. He'll point you to an equipment supplier or perhaps
the owner, assuming you haven't already found it at Lowe's or Home
Depot. Good luck! Fritz