Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!osmigo From: osmigo@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (osmigo) Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops Subject: Re: leaky basketballs Message-ID: <2529@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 21:58:00 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.2529 Posted: Thu Oct 24 21:58:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 04:09:39 EST References: <2516@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> <1480@teddy.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 23 I was recently given some information by a Univ. of Texas player and one of the users here regarding a product which is applicable to the "leaky ball" situation, so I'll post about it here. Maybe other users will have experience with it to post, and when I try it, I'll post the results! It's some kind of stuff in a small tube; you reportedly deflate the ball, inject the "stuff" into the airhole, inflate the ball and bounce it a few times, and viola!, it's fixed. It apparently works just like the goo you put in your tires to stop leaks (and that your local flat-tire-fixer will HATE you for). As I posted, the leak apparently occurred when the ball rolled off the court into some grass, and picked up a "goathead," or "sticker." Normally, these shouldn't hurt a good ball, but the thing to remember is, when your ball rolls off-court into grass or whatever, CHECK IT FOR STICKERS before you bounce it! In my case, the friend I was playing with retrieved the ball, ran back onto the court and immediately started dribbling. This drove the sticker deep into the cover. The sticker was almost 9mm long. ...Ron Morgan ...osmigo@ut-ngp.UTEXAS(osmigo) *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***