Elastic straps.....whatdaya call 'em????
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 15:59
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Member - Roachie (SA)
You know,......... those common elastic straps with a hook on each end.
I used to ride touring bikes many years ago and we strapped luggage and sleeping bag onto the bike's rack with an "OCCY" strap (short for "octapus" I reckon).
I know other blokes who refer to them as "JOCKY" straps and now, in the post about water storage in a GU with 2 fridges in the back, there is a bloke who refers to them as "HOCKY" straps.
What's right and has anybody got any other names for them (aside from the obvious one that you call it about 3 seconds after it's slipped out of your hands under full tension and has just ripped your left eye out!!!!)
Reply By: Tim HJ61 (WA) - Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:08
Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:08
Ocky straps - short for Octopus, is what I'd call them if I ever used them. Pretty wary myself.
Young shopping trolley collector in
Karratha I think either died or lost an eye a few years back exactly the way you describe. Now you notice the trolley collectors use webbing straps not Ocky Straps.
But language evolves Roachie, maybe it's just another thing for us to get confused and bewildered about..... :-)
Tim
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Follow Up By: Member - Mike DID - Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 18:26
Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 18:26
. . . like the spelling of "voila" you see in many posts :-)
Mike
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Reply By: Lone Wolf - Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:31
Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:31
Now, there are some shops, which have neon on the front windows, with the letters...XXX. I don't know if these are proper camping supply shops, but I have seen a few campers in them. These straps come in all shapes and sizes, but I've never heard the words that have been suggested in the above threads, oh no...
They even have other clippy things on the ends instead of the hooks as
well. I think from memory, you can buy snatch straps from here, as
well as those things you blow up.... I think they are for lifting out of sand or something.
Cheers
Wolfie
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Follow Up By: Patrolman Pat - Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:36
Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:36
I'll be sure to
check these shops out sometime Wolfie.
Which one do you recommend?
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Follow Up By: Joe King - Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 19:23
Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 19:23
Yeah, I think I know the ones, lots & lots of instuction manuals & video's, plugs for various uses & usually a very
well educated, extremely
well informed upstanding pillar of the community behind the counter, is that the place????
("Snatch strap" LMFAO!!!!)
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Reply By: Jimbo - Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 22:13
Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 22:13
In Victoria,
we call shock absorbers shockers, not shockies (shockies sounds a bit soft).
We call rubber straps Ocker Straps, Not Occy Straps (sounds a bit Homo).
Occy, pussy, shockie, wankie, softy. Not for us LOL.
That's just the way we are here.
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 07:42
Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 07:42
typical...you lot have to be different dont you....
bloody vics hehehe
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:16
Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:16
Guys,
Get with it!
Those old "Occy" straps are history.
If you want something that is much safer and more practical, you need ROK Straps.
These straps, available from most camping and the larger hardware stores are "flat" with hooks that don't come off. The stretch is limited and based on the length of the strap.
They are available in two different widths and a few different lengths.
There is also an adjustable type, of which I use two to secure the Engel to the fridge slide, while at the same time allowing a "bit of play".
Bloody good they are and safe as
well.
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:44
Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:44
Sand Man,
Agree. I've been using the ROK straps for several years now without a problem. Binned all the old Occy straps. Available at Big W etc as
well.
Regards
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