05-09-2008, 19:40
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Check the ends of the box
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 back 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 wrap roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up.
I'm sharing this with my friends who did not know this. I hope I'm not the only person that didn't know about this.
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05-10-2008, 12:08
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Ye Gods! I feel so unobservant. 
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05-11-2008, 08:04
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BMT
IAnd written on the end it said, "Press here to lock end".
I'm sharing this with my friends who did not know this. I hope I'm not the only person that didn't know about this.
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NOW you tell me...although I lack your long, illustrious history with kitchen wraps....but I checked the roll of wax paper (Reynolds/Cutrite) and there was no way to lock the end... 
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05-11-2008, 18:27
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You Know why I love this site. Do a little reading and you learn something new. I just checked the 3 different ones in the kitchen and they all have them. I have fought the rolls for years and Now you tell me that it was because I did not see the tabs.
Thanks!!!!
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05-11-2008, 18:46
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NOW you tell me...although I lack your long, illustrious history with kitchen wraps....but I checked the roll of wax paper (Reynolds/Cutrite) and there was no way to lock the end... |
My waxed paper roll does not have tabs either.
Hell I am embarrassed to admit I never knew about the end tabs...thanks BMT!
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05-11-2008, 18:53
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GYPSY, I can also boil water and not burn it!!!
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05-11-2008, 21:03
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GYPSY, I can also boil water and not burn it!!!
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Would you share your recipie? 
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05-11-2008, 22:06
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Would you share your recipie? |
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05-12-2008, 13:38
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HUH!?! Learn something new everyday! I truly had no idea either. Thanks.
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05-12-2008, 15:29
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Check the ends of the box
I always have considered myself mechanically inclined and I never noticed this until it was pointed out in this thread. You really do learn something every day! Thanks for the tip! I'm embarassed that I never noticed it before.
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05-12-2008, 15:36
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We're humoring each other. 
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05-12-2008, 15:43
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We're humoring each other. |
I wanted to see if his recipie is better than mine
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05-12-2008, 15:51
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If I don't pick on Gypsy no one else will !!
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05-12-2008, 17:06
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This is an SF Board don't hog her. We all should get to pick on her and anyone else....
Thanks for the info I would have never found the tabs. I now have all my rolls secured.
Last edited by SF_BHT; 05-12-2008 at 20:10.
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05-12-2008, 18:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SF_BHT
I wanted to see if his recipie is better than mine
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I see he's not sharing with us. 
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If I don't pick on Gypsy no one else will !!
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Thank you BMT, I feel the love!
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