BRATTLEBORO — I have some things around the house that I would be happy to contribute to Vermont Yankee to be used in their maintenance/repair program.
Here's a partial list:
• Most of a roll of duct tape, in pretty good shape;
• Half a roll of electricians' tape;
• A partial can of contact cement (sorry, no epoxy);
• A can of mostly straight #8 nails (brights);
• Some leftover scraps of wood I got from ReNew that I pulled the above nails out of.
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