"Winston" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:21:43 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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Funny how the mind works.
I use that bow knot twice a day and never thought to
apply it to anything else. Someday I will discover
a secure version; then I will only have to use it
once a day.
--Winston

Tie a third layer of the knot with the loops.

In a classic psych experiment (that I didn't find with Google, so this
is from remote memory) the students are tasked to empty a cistern of
dirty water. On a table visible to them is a clean pitcher of water
and some drinking glasses, but otherwise they have no utensils.
Typically they use their hands instead of dirtying the glassware. When
asked why not afterwards they don't have good answers, it just wasn't
"right".

jsw