Also, you can open any jar with two rubber bands.
You can open any jar by banging it (lid down) on the ground, three times.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
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Topic!Cindy - May 04, 2005 8:48:10 am PDT #1243 of 10001
What is even happening?
§ ita § - May 04, 2005 8:48:42 am PDT #1244 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wasn't able to follow those directions exactly (I didn't have a corner hanging down), but I may have achieved the same end. The sheet is really nice and flat and stuff. Shame it was wrinkled when I started, but still.
The pillowcase method of sorting is no good to me, since I mix and match the sets at the time of bedmaking.
Topic!Cindy - May 04, 2005 8:49:53 am PDT #1245 of 10001
What is even happening?
Sheets are pretty thin. I wonder if you could half-arsed iron them, once they're folded like that--not that I ever will iron sheets.
sarameg - May 04, 2005 8:52:21 am PDT #1246 of 10001
I use zippered bags rather than pillowcases (damned cats) but that's for the spare sheets. I don't fold the ones I use on my bed. They go from dryer to bed.
Nutty - May 04, 2005 8:53:26 am PDT #1247 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
You can open any jar by banging it (lid down) on the ground, three times.
Truly recalcitrant jars get the awl treatment from me -- pierce the jar top, break the vacuum, and the jar opens easily. (Then put tape on the hole.)
Scrappy - May 04, 2005 8:54:42 am PDT #1248 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We have one set of sheets (boring old white flannel) which get washed and go straight back to the bed. We have a spare set, but it's made out of mismatching sheets from old sets. We have a set of guest sheets as well.
§ ita § - May 04, 2005 8:54:51 am PDT #1249 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't open jars for shit. My palms are both soft and tender -- so I have to exert a lot of force to obtain traction, and often end up slicing the skin (especially on plastic ridged caps). It's very pathetic.
Jesse - May 04, 2005 8:55:23 am PDT #1250 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Truly recalcitrant jars get the awl treatment from me -- pierce the jar top, break the vacuum, and the jar opens easily.
Easier than that, just use a bottle opener on the edge of the top. No hole, same vacuum-breakage.
Connie Neil - May 04, 2005 8:56:00 am PDT #1251 of 10001
brillig
You can open any jar by banging it (lid down) on the ground, three times.
"Three shall the count be. Not two, unless thou proceedest directly to three. Four shalt thee not count. Five is right out."
beekaytee - May 04, 2005 8:57:55 am PDT #1252 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Stabbing.
I like that. Also, the rapping the lid on a ledge. Or spanking the bottom with a few hard whaps to break the seal.
Violence in the kitchen? Yes!
Still, putting a rubber band on the jar and one on the lid makes for just the extra traction I need. I leave the bands on, especially for pasta sauce and jam jars that tend to sieze up again after the initial opening.
::rooting around in toolbox, looking for an awl.::