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.

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.::

Guess what we were supposed to do with the overstock.

Tear off the front cover and toss 'em.

Hundreds and hundreds and maybe even thousands of brand new books. It was kind of depressing.

Yeah, it's always sad when we have to strip books. (I work at a Barnes & Noble.) If I see something I like, I grab it so it doesn't go to waste. Unfortunately, most paperbacks are stripped instead of being sent back to the publisher.