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Old 11-08-2009, 07:42 PM
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Pool noodles are just foam plastic (closed cell) tubes similar to pipe insulation. Kids play with them in the pool-- I think to hit each other or such. I don't know of any brand name but they're probably all made in China or wherever the cheapest labor source of the week happens to be. You can get them at any Walmart, at least during the summer, for about $4 each. They're about 4' long, 3" in diameter, and have about a 3/4" hole running lengthwise thru them, like pipe insulation but without the slit.
You could attach them to the ball by cutting them to the appropriate length then running rope thru them, tying them to the top and bottom of the mooring ball, like longitude lines. You could weave others in-and-out like latitude lines between the longitudinal ones, or just tie them where they cross-- wire ties might work well. I'm just imagining this, don't know if it would work in real life.
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