[149897] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: time sink 42
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Thu Feb 16 17:28:52 2012
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From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
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On 16/02/2012 21:14, George Herbert wrote:
> Brothers' are fine; buy the tapes that have the split-down-the-middle
> backing on them.
>
> It reduces the unpeeling problem from
> more-time-than-the-label-took-to-type-in to about 2 seconds. You just
> grab the edges at an end and bend it, so the backing bulges outwards,
> and off it starts to come.
Well, that's the theory anyway. The reality is that the split doesn't
quite split, and because the tape is so small, you need a child's fingers
to open it out. If you're doing all the labelling after a long day's work,
you might have worked up a sweat, in which case your hands will be covered
with salt - and we all know how well labels stick after being pawed at with
a salty fingernail.
Nick
