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Post by gato on Jan 10, 2021 8:57:08 GMT -5
I had been putting it off since Christmas morning, but finally opened one of my gifts that was cocooned in that shell of flexible plastic, that resists scissors, screwdrivers and razor blades. In my opinion, the Pentagon should study using this stuff to "up-armor" their tanks and personnel carriers.
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krrf
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Post by krrf on Jan 10, 2021 9:36:18 GMT -5
I just went through this struggle last night trying to get a CR2032 battery out of a "child safe" package. Hell, it was adult safe. Also, batteries of that type now have a bitter taste added to the outside to keep kids from eating it? What happened to learning about batteries by sticking your tongue on both terminals of a 9V!
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Post by ninworks on Jan 10, 2021 10:15:37 GMT -5
2 words....tin snips! That's what I use for the things packaged with indestructible plastic containers.
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Post by gato on Jan 10, 2021 10:35:39 GMT -5
2 words....tin snips! That's what I use for the things packaged with indestructible plastic containers. I'm one of "those people" who tend to use whatever tool is at hand to accomplish a task. For instance, I have a metal letter opener on the table of my breakfast nook, that gets pressed into service for just about everything: popping batteries out of remotes, prying open electronic devices, as a replacement quarter to turn those wide notched screws, scraping that battery crust that winds up in devices when the AA's are left in place long after they're dead .... Ironically, I have specialized tools for just about everything. But at the moment of need, I go for whatever is within arm's reach to get the job done, even while the logic center of my brain is smacking itself in the forehead. |
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Post by roly on Jan 10, 2021 16:20:02 GMT -5
+1 for tin snips. I use them on my toenails too.
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Post by HeavyDuty on Jan 10, 2021 16:26:11 GMT -5
Trauma shears are your friend.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 10, 2021 17:00:51 GMT -5
My Leatherman Wingman has a tool designed to puncture and slit open hard plastic packaging. It works great.
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Post by K4 on Jan 10, 2021 18:56:18 GMT -5
Try getting a Barbie doll out of it's package. Especially if it comes with accessories.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 10, 2021 18:58:41 GMT -5
Try getting a Barbie doll out of it's package. Especially if it comes with accessories. Agreed. Some of those toys they package as if they will explode if any part of them comes loose. How about the ones that have an actual screw through the cardboard packaging into the toy?? I do not miss the days of unpacking those things. |
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Post by LTB on Jan 12, 2021 17:26:12 GMT -5
Try getting a Barbie doll out of it's package. Especially if it comes with accessories. Agreed. Some of those toys they package as if they will explode if any part of them comes loose. How about the ones that have an actual screw through the cardboard packaging into the toy?? I do not miss the days of unpacking those things. Me neither Mike! 😂 |
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dlxrev
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Post by dlxrev on Jan 12, 2021 18:09:13 GMT -5
Not to derail the thread but the worst pain known to man is stepping on a Barbie doll high heel shoe while barefoot in the middle of the night. That or slicing your hand open with a razor while trying to open the aforementioned packaging.
I have done the former and fortunately not the latter.
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Post by thumbpicker on Jan 14, 2021 21:41:49 GMT -5
I do a lot of the cooking here and I enjoy it. But it seems like not only the packaging on durable goods is bulletproof. A lot of the food we buy is ridiculous to try and open. I keep a good set of kitchen shears around to open stuff up. Bacon Packages,Mylar potato chip bags and the like are crazy. I particularly love the multi use packs that say tear here. You can't possibly tear them and when you do they stretch to the point they will not close as designed. Heavy shears. That's the only answer. Batteries and parts in blister packs are hell too. Soda plastic bottles held together with plastic stringers are annoying. By the time you hand wrestle a candy bar into submission it looks like someone has already eaten it. And the plastic lids that actually seal products into a bottle etc. have to be cut off or punctured with a chisel. It is good packaging but If you buy a knife you had better have another one to help you get to the one you bought.
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