"geoff" wrote in message
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In message , Alan J. Wylie
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On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:09:16 +0000, Simon C. . said:

Need to create a long drinking straw for a disabled friend, 3 feet or
so. He's currently using a tube from a piece of medical equipment, but
it's not designed for drinking thru, and has a strong plastic taste -
probably all sorts of nasty chemicals leeching into the water.

Its only for cold water, but needs to be flexible. A decent length
that we can snip 3ft pieces off would be ideal.

Anyone know of any sources? TIA.

At work we use silicone tubing a lot. It's inert and flexible. We
normally buy from http://www.sciglass.co.uk/, but a quick google
suggests that aquarium suppliers sell it too.

Yeah, that's what I was going to suggest

which reminds me - anyone know a good source for 2.5 or 3mm diameter nylon
cord ?

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geoff

Para cord from any outdoors shop

e.g.
http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/sh...-a-524329.html

Tony