Well I'll be damned!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2008, 02:08 AM

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Who ever looks at the end of your aluminum foil box? What a fantastic idea. Now, if someone would just make plastic wrap that didn’t stick to itself.

I’ve been using aluminum foil for more years than I care to remember. Great stuff, but sometimes it can be a pain. You know, like when you are in the middle of doing something and you try to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box. Then you have to put the roll b! ack in the box and start over. The darn roll always comes out at the wrong time.

Well, I would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, Press here to lock end. Right there on the end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place. How long has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a generic brand of aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a box of Saran wrap and it had one too! I can’t count the number of times the Saran warp roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up.

I have a very old roll of Reynolds Aluminum Foil that doesn't have it, but all the newer boxes of plastic and aluminum do. Even store brands do.

Sundae · 05-25-2008, 06:45 AM

I'm going to look as soon as I get home. Damn!

Cloud · 05-25-2008, 09:43 AM

huh. it's true! you may be damned, but I'll be dipped in shit. (Being from Texas and all).

wow. Useful Tidbit of the Day. Where did you find this little gem, Bruce?

Undertoad · 05-25-2008, 09:49 AM

It's the little things, where you've turned your brain off after years and years of doing something the same way...

At age 40, I realized that my method of drying off after a shower was wrong. I had been drying myself bottom-up and wondering why I was still wet. It turns out, if you dry your hair before the rest of your body, it will not continue to drip water onto the rest of your body.

Cloud · 05-25-2008, 09:50 AM

LOL @ UT dripping all over his bathroom!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2008, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Where did you find this little gem, Bruce?

Why the intarweb, of course.

Cloud · 05-25-2008, 01:29 PM

in-tar . . . web? (doubtfully)

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2008, 01:36 PM

Sure, haven't you seen those La Brea spiders, that write household hints, in tar webs?

Cloud · 05-25-2008, 01:40 PM

Giant Tar Spiders!

eeeeeeeeeeeek!

DanaC · 05-25-2008, 02:04 PM

*blinks*

I guess I must be getting Doctor Who withdrawals....I could have sworn you just said Giant Tar Spiders....

Cicero · 05-25-2008, 02:17 PM

That happened to me yesterday wrapping up veggies for the grill.

The foil came straight out of the box and I thought, "why every time"?!? This shouldn't be such a tough negotiation, as I was avoiding cutting myself on the sharp edges, it came straight out of the box, again!

Thank god for this new invention! I am going to go fix it and lock it in place right now! Thanks Bruce!!!

Cloud · 05-25-2008, 02:23 PM

yep, that's what I said. Blame it on Bruce!

Sundae · 05-25-2008, 02:29 PM

Just checked.

NOPE!

Doesn't happen here.
I blame the gay mafia.

Cicero · 05-25-2008, 02:30 PM

Update: If you have already had the glue come apart and the side of your box is already opened at the edges (which is common when wrestling with this particular item), this will not work for you.

One side is locked and loaded, and the other side well, not so much.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2008, 02:43 PM

Scotch tape the bad end shut after you push the tab in?

05-25-2008, 06:45 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'm going to look as soon as I get home. Damn! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-25-2008, 09:43 AM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	huh. it's true! you may be damned, but I'll be dipped in shit. (Being from Texas and all). wow. Useful Tidbit of the Day. Where did you find this little gem, Bruce? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 05-25-2008 at 09:49 AM.

05-25-2008, 09:50 AM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	LOL @ UT dripping all over his bathroom! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-25-2008, 01:29 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	in-tar . . . web? (doubtfully) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-25-2008, 01:36 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sure, haven't you seen those La Brea spiders, that write household hints, in tar webs? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-25-2008, 09:49 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's the little things, where you've turned your brain off after years and years of doing something the same way... At age 40, I realized that my method of drying off after a shower was wrong. I had been drying myself bottom-up and wondering why I was still wet. It turns out, if you dry your hair before the rest of your body, it will not continue to drip water onto the rest of your body.

05-25-2008, 01:40 PM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Giant Tar Spiders! eeeeeeeeeeeek! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-25-2008, 02:04 PM	#10
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	blinks I guess I must be getting Doctor Who withdrawals....I could have sworn you just said Giant Tar Spiders....

05-25-2008, 02:17 PM	#11
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	That happened to me yesterday wrapping up veggies for the grill. The foil came straight out of the box and I thought, "why every time"?!? This shouldn't be such a tough negotiation, as I was avoiding cutting myself on the sharp edges, it came straight out of the box, again! Thank god for this new invention! I am going to go fix it and lock it in place right now! Thanks Bruce!!! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

05-25-2008, 02:23 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yep, that's what I said. Blame it on Bruce! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 05-25-2008 at 02:23 PM. Reason: Nevermind, she already read it

05-25-2008, 02:29 PM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Just checked. NOPE! Doesn't happen here. I blame the gay mafia. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-25-2008, 02:30 PM	#14
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Update: If you have already had the glue come apart and the side of your box is already opened at the edges (which is common when wrestling with this particular item), this will not work for you. One side is locked and loaded, and the other side well, not so much. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

05-25-2008, 02:43 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Scotch tape the bad end shut after you push the tab in? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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