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**Ed Ely** · 06-06-2008, 04:56 PM

All these years I've been using this wrap,
I didn't know this.

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 warp roll has
jumped out when I was trying to cover something
up.

Ed

monkeystomach · 06-06-2008, 05:05 PM

Thanks Ed. I'll let my girlfriend know they are there.

Joeywhat · 06-06-2008, 05:06 PM

ROFL, that probably made your day, eh?

**PackerfanXD** · 06-06-2008, 05:23 PM

Ha, I just learned that a few months ago.

cypress · 06-06-2008, 05:29 PM

I never even needed such a feature until my wife recently started buying this stuff called Press and Seal. The serrated knife edge was plastic and worthless. I have thrown the whole roll across the room on more than one occasion. On the last roll she brought home, I noticed there is a metal edge now and a plastic mandrel at each end of the roll to hold it in. I still refuse to use it.

**Fennellco** · 06-06-2008, 05:34 PM

Hey Ed, my Wife thanks you very much. Now she doesn't have to listen to ME griping about the dang roll going all over.

Gravel · 06-06-2008, 05:41 PM

I just hope I remember this long enough to tell my wife when I get home from work... That first beer usually displaces everything that happens between 8 and 5.....

Yuppicide · 06-06-2008, 06:07 PM

Damn!!
I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but:

It's a little scary to me, that so many people here don't even know how to use a roll of Aluminium Foil.......but own a GUN!!!!

WTF?

GuardPost2 · 06-06-2008, 06:10 PM

WOW, I had to run into the kitchen to check this out for myself. I thought you were making this so called tab thingy up (there is no way in all my years in the kitchen with my heightened sense of awareness, something so monumentally important could have ever gone unnoticed

) yea so... um... there they are!!

Sirius1963 · 06-06-2008, 06:19 PM

Welcome to the '90s, Ed!

Next you'll be telling us about this really cool new phone that lets you talk from your car!

06-06-2008, 04:56 PM	#1
Ed Ely XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 37.65N -84.76W (Elev. 932 ft) Posts: 7,833 Blog Entries: 1	Reynolds Wrap... All these years I've been using this wrap, I didn't know this. 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 warp roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up. Ed

06-06-2008, 05:06 PM	#3
Joeywhat XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dearborn Heights, MI Posts: 2,550	ROFL, that probably made your day, eh? __________________ XD45 Compact GLOCK 20 RRA AR 15 - Build in progress Stag AR 15 - Build in progress Mosin Nagant M44

06-06-2008, 05:23 PM	#4
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06-06-2008, 05:29 PM	#5
cypress XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 468	I never even needed such a feature until my wife recently started buying this stuff called Press and Seal. The serrated knife edge was plastic and worthless. I have thrown the whole roll across the room on more than one occasion. On the last roll she brought home, I noticed there is a metal edge now and a plastic mandrel at each end of the roll to hold it in. I still refuse to use it. __________________ This aggression will not stand, man. Quit Smokeless Network

06-06-2008, 05:34 PM	#6
Fennellco XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 471	Hey Ed, my Wife thanks you very much. Now she doesn't have to listen to ME griping about the dang roll going all over. __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - Henry Lewis Mencken, 1880 - 1956

06-06-2008, 05:05 PM	#2
monkeystomach XDTalk Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 54	Thanks Ed. I'll let my girlfriend know they are there.

06-06-2008, 05:41 PM	#7
Gravel XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bellingham Washington Posts: 2,270	I just hope I remember this long enough to tell my wife when I get home from work... That first beer usually displaces everything that happens between 8 and 5..... __________________ Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

06-06-2008, 06:07 PM	#8
Yuppicide XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Get outta my way! Can't you see I'm from East Bay? -NOFX Posts: 2,174	Damn!! I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but: It's a little scary to me, that so many people here don't even know how to use a roll of Aluminium Foil.......but own a GUN!!!! WTF? __________________ . "I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter....."

06-06-2008, 06:10 PM	#9
GuardPost2 XDTalk Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Downeast Maine Posts: 49	WOW, I had to run into the kitchen to check this out for myself. I thought you were making this so called tab thingy up (there is no way in all my years in the kitchen with my heightened sense of awareness, something so monumentally important could have ever gone unnoticed) yea so... um... there they are!! __________________ XD45 Compact 4" Bersa Thunder .380 Assorted rifles/shotguns "TO BE PREPARED FOR WAR IS THE MOST EFFECTUAL MEANS OF PRESERVING PEACE" -George Washington

06-06-2008, 06:19 PM	#10
Sirius1963 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pacific NorthWET (Seattle) Posts: 1,168	Welcome to the '90s, Ed! Next you'll be telling us about this really cool new phone that lets you talk from your car! __________________ You don’t win anything in a gunfight, you just get to keep what you have. The loudest sound in the world is a “click” when you need a “bang.” The second loudest sound in the world is a “bang” when you were expecting a “click.”

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