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Old 03-03-2009, 10:25 AM   #1
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Was this something you were supposed to learn from your Mom????
I can't believe it's been there all the time.

I had to go into the kitchen & check this out for myself. Whoever looks at the end of your aluminum foil box? You know when you try to pull some foil out & the roll comes out of the box.

Then you have to put the roll back in the box & start over. The darn roll always comes out at the wrong time. Well, I'd like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box & for some reason I turned it, & looked at the end of the box.

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 litttle locking tab been there?

I then looked at a generic brand of aluminum foil & it had one too! I can't count the number of times the Saran Wrap roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up.

I'm sharing this with my friends & hope I'm not the only person that didn't know about this.

I know you're going to go & check your boxes, so go ahead!!

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Old 03-03-2009, 10:36 AM   #2
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It was news to me. Now I have to go look. Thanks

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Old 03-03-2009, 10:54 AM   #3
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Who says you don't learn something new everyday. Thanks for the tip. My Mom didn't know this either lol.
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Old 03-03-2009, 11:01 AM   #4
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WOW! I had no idea! And, yes, I just went and checked mine and sure enough, they have the tabs. It does seem like something Momma should have taught me!

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I'll have to check when I get up from here...just used aluminum foil tonight and the roll came out of the box. Obviously if the box as a tab it is not deployed YET.
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Old 03-03-2009, 04:42 PM   #7
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You mean I don't have to chase it across the floor anymore. Now the cat's not going to have any fun at all.
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I ran down.. ok, walked kinda fast.. and checked ours.. sure enough TABS but ours were already pushed in.. so I asked my daughter-in-law and she said she's always known.. learned it from her mom, so the tabs have been around for awhile.
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I decided to report back...ancient Safeway brand aluminum foil I have doesn't have tabs.
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Old 03-03-2009, 05:43 PM   #10
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It only took me 48 years to figure it out...I guess mom figured her son had enough education to figure it out long ago. Sorry mom.
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Thanks for the info, I'll pass it along to the chief cook and bottle washer.

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Ok you smart guys are making some of us look dumb.

But I have to ask, if theses tabs are so important to keep that roll in the box, why does the factory provide the tabs and NOT deploy them for us...why should I have to do it?
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Flytyer, the tabs aren't factory deployed because the cat wouldn't have the roll to chase across the room when it falls out of the box.

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