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AAARRRGGH @#£$ ZIPS Just finshed a traingin session. I'm finally on form again (and kicking bottom) and I have a tourney on Sunday. Suggestion on zip fixing (aside from the expected quips re replacing the zip).
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Fencing Expert
Array 
WinAmp's zip seems to work fine, although it can't handle large numbers of files (maybe maxes out at 58K, unless you get the paid version).
Gnu's zip, gzip is always a good bet for zipping things. There's also bzip (ends with the bz suffix), but the zip/unzip utility is difficult to find on the web.
I suggest you tar things instead.
The Mac OS X has a really cool package maker, if you get the developers tools.
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Fencing Expert
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 I think that was his pant's or jacket's zipper that Gav was talking about - Epee is the Louis Vuitton bag of fencing: only the best can get it, and the rest of the masses must content themselves with cheap knockoffs (sabre, foil)
- To not recognize the power of the French grip is to be in denial
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Gav, can you be more specific? Did the zipper loose teeth? Did the pull come off? I might be able to help If I know whats wrong. CAUTION: The heart is a fragile thing. Handle with care.
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Gotta go with edew on the OS X pkg system.
As for the closing thing zips, I am the ultimate zipper assassin, I destroy these things like mad, I don't even know how. I have hosts of bags with nylon coil zippers with the partial engagement problem, part of the zipper will mesh teeth, while another part won't or will easily pull open (which tends to pull all of it open). I think it's a reflection on the state of world zipper manufacture, this never happened on the good old YKK(tm) #4 metal zippers. As far as I can tell, it's unfixable.
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Curmudgeon Emeritus
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Perhaps you need to lose some weight, Fred...  Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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Just get a few kilt pin fasteners. That should do the trick....... "Kill the men, save the women, and by the gods, do not spill the wine"
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For the record , I hate plastic zippers. They suck the sweat off a dead man's#%$@%$.Go to a tailor, yes there are men who still know what they are( they just don't live in Cleveland) have him or her replace the plastic with metal. It ain't cheap but it's good and long lasting like a german tip.
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We replace or fix zipper at NAC.
But want wrong with it maybe there is a easy fix for it.
Tim  People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell
www.yeoldearmourer.com
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Sorry Tim, but Gav being in Scotland isn't likely to show up to a NAC.
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Sorry guys but I meant the zip on my breeches. I meant this topic in a light hearted what to do if... kind of vein.
The breeches are old Allsatr FIE's. They have a metal zip with plastic teeth. The zip tore out when I was pulling it up during a practice bout and the teeth came with it. The breeches can be salvaged I just won't be able to manage it for the weekend. SIGH.
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Originally posted by Gav:
<STRONG>Sorry guys but I meant the zip on my breeches. I meant this topic in a light hearted what to do if... kind of vein.
The breeches are old Allsatr FIE's. They have a metal zip with plastic teeth. The zip tore out when I was pulling it up during a practice bout and the teeth came with it. The breeches can be salvaged I just won't be able to manage it for the weekend. SIGH.</STRONG>
Gav,
Quickly sew some velcro into them to seal the zipper opening. It's a lot easier and faster than installing a zipper properly.
Paolo "He is a man of splendid abilities but utterly corrupt. He shines and stinks like rotten mackerel by moonlight." "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."
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Check your local cloth/sewing supply or craft store. They've got some quick and handy solutions like the velcro someone mentioned. Stores around here even sell them on a reel and you can cut them to desired length.
You could also look into just putting some hook and eye latches into strategic locations to reinforce the velcro etc. or add snaps on to it.
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Duct Tape! The man's answer for everything.
I think he should just leave it alone. He can get out of his breeches faster that way..... CAUTION: The heart is a fragile thing. Handle with care.
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Duct tape is the man's answer for most things. Whats wrong with that?
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Gav
Pink jacket and breeches AND no zip on your breeches. Almost makes me wish that I was fencing on the Sunday instead of the Saturday (still my epee fencing stinks - if the other person knows what they are doing - so maybe not...)
Boo Smarter than the Average Bear!!!
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Oh, let us sing the praises of duct tape! Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together."
-McGyver Nothing is more frightening than ignorance in action.
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I ended up holding myself together with safety pins (not for the faint hearted!). That was largely successful except when I lunged - nearly took someone's eye when a 'pin pinged off. I think I need to lose some weight...
[ 11-07-2001: Message edited by: Gav ]
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