Re: Bread bag closer things
Hactar
Opus the Penguin <opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What do you call them? There are two kinds. One I don't have a name
> for at all. The other, I have a couple of names for, but don't know
> if they're in common use.
>
> 1. The short wire with a thin strip of plastic or paper that you
> twist around to close it. The family of a friend called them "tie
> ties" and I picked that up from him. My family knows the term too.
> But if I were trying to communicate with an outsider, I'd call them
> "twist ties" or maybe "twisty ties".
TIE fighters?
I say "twist ties" for those things, but do others say "twisties"?
> Bonus Question: Which way do you twist them to tighten,
Whichever way feels right.
> which way to loosen?
The way it's not twisted when I start.
> Do you ever encounter it done the opposite of what you're
> expecting and you end up tightening it more when you thought you were
> loosening it?
I guess that happens every now and then. I try to examine it before I
twist, or at the very least turn it a little bit and look for a slight
loosening. Some are born into left-handedness, some choose it, and some of
us have it thrust upon us. So my sense of "which way is correct" is
screwy.
> 2. The little plastic clip. What's it called?
I'd call it a "plastic clip", but that's not very specific. That could
refer to a Chip Clip, or a plastic clothesline pin.
> Bonus Question: Is it true that someone owns a patent on that and is
> fabulously wealthy because of the invention? I'd Google it myself if
> I knew what to call the things.
Good luck with that.
There's also that ziptie-looking thing, but that may only be for garbage
bags.
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Hactar
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> Greg Goss:
> > I'm not sure if that rant is Bob's or a quote from his cite. Either
> > way, you must consider the third choice. Instead of twist tie versus
> > clip, think of the bread bags tape-tied together. These cannot be
> > opened without ruining the bag and then the bread goes stale. When
> > living in Toronto, half the brands seemed to use these impossible tape
> > ties.
>
> Odd; I don't remember when's the last time I saw one. Greg and I must
> have shopped at different supermarkets.
>
> > I haven't seen twist ties in the wild for a very long time, other
> > than holding wires together in new consumer electronics.
That's where I see them most, but then again very few bread bags pass
through my hands.
Cat #1 goes apeshit for them.
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Hactar
QueBarbara <que.barb...@go-awaygmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:53:27 -0800, Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:39:52 -0500, "Charles Wm. Dimmick"
> ><cdim...@snet.net> wrote:
> >>Hieronymus Agricola wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:25:52 -0700, Opus the Penguin wrote
> >>> (in article <Xns9CBCC550D6111op...@127.0.0.1>):
> >
> >>>> What do you call them? There are two kinds. One I don't have a name
> >>>> for at all. The other, I have a couple of names for, but don't know
> >>>> if they're in common use.
> >
> >>> of bread. After removing the first two slices, there is enough
> slack to fold
> >>> over and let the weight of the loaf keep it closed.
> >
> >>But the twist ties are handy for any number of things, such as fastening
> >>the raspberry and blackberry canes to the support wires. Ditto for grape
> >>vines. See also:
> >>http://www.ehow.com/how_2107764_recycle-twist-ties.html
> >
> >I use twist-ties as closures for plastic garbage bags.
> >
> I use them to tidy up extra cords on electronic gadgets.
I use them to hold lights on my wheels. 20 ties/lights per strand * 2
strands/wheel * 2 wheels = 80 ties, plus some gaffer tape for the
batteries.
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> In article <Xns9CBDA5831265Fmo...@130.133.1.4>,
> Dover Beach <moon.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You're a rolling Christmas tree!
>
> Last year:
>
> http://royalty.mine.nu:81/decorations.jpg
>
With your cat in the foreground that's really a cute shot.
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Cute? It's had me scratching my head and given me flashbacks for the
last twenty minutes!
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you have a twin?
Hactar
Identical. Same configuration. We call him "Canon Gimp".
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