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earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:37 am

You get 50 lbs of "steer manure" in a plastic bag -- dang thing is so fragile you poke a finger through it just trying to pull it out of the trunk of the wife's car. Flimmzeee!

You get 10 oz bag of potato chips -- you better have a good sharp knife or you're not breaking into it right away. You could make functional guns -- barrel and all -- out of the plastic they use for potato chip bags. Double Tough!

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handirifle · Post by **handirifle** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:43 am

Good, I thought it was just me gettn old and weak. Trying to open chips or evev some cereal bags are a real PITA.

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:52 am

I keep scissors in the kitchen. Lots of people have impaled their hands trying to open packages with butcher knives.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:59 am

handirifle wrote:Good, I thought it was just me gettn old and weak. Trying to open chips or evev some cereal bags are a real PITA.

Me too

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:05 am

you have to shoot through a stick of crackers if you want one

JB · Post by JB » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:22 am

earlmck wrote:You get 50 lbs of "steer manure" in a plastic bag -- dang thing is so fragile you poke a finger through it just trying to pull it out of the trunk of the wife's car. Flimmzeee!

You get 10 oz bag of potato chips -- you better have a good sharp knife or you're not breaking into it right away. You could make functional guns -- barrel and all -- out of the plastic they use for potato chip bags. Double Tough!

That's true, but I find the chips taste better, so they're worth the extra work.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:40 am

Ya know the saying, Couldn`t fight his way into a paper bag.

Ya can slap it between your hands and blow the top open and make a big bang, can`t promise you`ll have many chips left though.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:44 am

The OI cynical (but true) answer?

Nobody wants to put toxins into/tamper with a manure bag.

If Frito Lay could get away with a thin bag, they would.

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:02 am

JB wrote:
earlmck wrote:You get 50 lbs of "steer manure" in a plastic bag -- dang thing is so fragile you poke a finger through it just trying to pull it out of the trunk of the wife's car. Flimmzeee!

You get 10 oz bag of potato chips -- you better have a good sharp knife or you're not breaking into it right away. You could make functional guns -- barrel and all -- out of the plastic they use for potato chip bags. Double Tough!
That's true, but I find the chips taste better, so they're worth the extra work.

I'm gonna stick to crackers.

pwl44m · Post by **pwl44m** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:23 am

Earl !! there are things in Life that Caint be answered. And if You will notice, the more U want that Chip- the harder the bag is to open.
Yea I tried Pitchy's trick - the bottom Seal was the weaker one.

Perry

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:36 am

Yea I tried Pitchy's trick - the bottom Seal was the weaker one.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:08 am

JB wrote:That's true, but I find the chips taste better, so they're worth the extra work.

That depends - I've gotten some 'hot, spicy' chips over the years that must have really come from buffalos...

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:33 pm

Eat the bag first.

It's probably better for you anyway.

Post by **Hobie** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:47 pm

Just peel the two halves of the bag apart (at the top). Works much easier than trying to tear the bag open. Don't eat 'em immediately after opening the manure bags...

pwl44m · Post by **pwl44m** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:52 pm

If the Seal is Broken ! do Not consume contents. !
Perry

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:32 pm

Which bag are you talking about?

Of course, I get big Blue and Red Bags of the Stuff delivered on an hourly basis...

I'm not sure Farmers around here will have to buy any for a few years...

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:33 pm

handirifle wrote:Good, I thought it was just me gettn old and weak. Trying to open chips or evev some cereal bags are a real PITA.

Chips no problem. But, those darned cereal bags... Remember the old waxed paper bags you just peeled open? Ahh for the good old days.

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:49 pm

JB wrote:
earlmck wrote:You get 50 lbs of "steer manure" in a plastic bag -- dang thing is so fragile you poke a finger through it just trying to pull it out of the trunk of the wife's car. Flimmzeee!

You get 10 oz bag of potato chips -- you better have a good sharp knife or you're not breaking into it right away. You could make functional guns -- barrel and all -- out of the plastic they use for potato chip bags. Double Tough!
That's true, but I find the chips taste better, so they're worth the extra work. :D

sometimes i wonder about that highly processed food...just saying... :)

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:20 pm

Hmm...

I think it's because nobody walks up and down the aisles at Home Depot popping open random 50lb bags of BS looking for a free snack.

Making packaging difficult to open keeps the riff-raff ay bay.

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:37 pm

Wonderful to be able to bring such a vital subject to the attention of this crew and get such sage observations. But on a serious note, I'm worried that "potato chip bag plastic" may be such a vital national resource and we are just squandering it. Here's this marvelous substance -- could be used as lightweight armor for the personnel carriers carrying our troops into IED alley. And we use it to protect potato chips. It could be used to protect space probes against cosmic debris. And we use it to protect potato chips.

14 years ago I got tired of having my saw files dull themselves riding in my fanny pack while I cut trees. Made file scabbards out of potato chip bag wrapped around the file with some duct tape to hold the shape. I finally replaced one of the little scabbards -- the duct tape had been reinforced too many times and I was getting a mess; the plastic bag portion was in perfect condition after 14 years of protecting whole generations of saw files. And we use it to protect potato chips for a few days. Waste, fellows. Sheer unconscionable waste!

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:45 am

Think "tamper resistant", and remind yourself that these are making you "safer".

But, on a "on topic" note; I somethimes haul those potatoe chips from the Columbia River Valley in OR to TX. One of the stipulations is that I, "Do NOT drive above 6,000 feet". I always ask the shipper, "name that route"! They can't. Sherman Pass in WY is one of the highest I have to cross... a little over 8,000ft, them little bags GOTTA be tough to handle the pressure inside, lack of it outside and not burst!

A friend of mine always buys a bag to sit on the seat next to him as he drives, as he sez, "when IT pops, I know I'm in trouble!" I get the munchies... and usually have it eaten before the first high pass... which is before you even leave OR!

Old Time Hunter · Post by **Old Time Hunter** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:52 am

Griff wrote:Think "tamper resistant", and remind yourself that these are making you "safer".

But, on a "on topic" note; I somethimes haul those potatoe chips from the Columbia River Valley in OR to TX. One of the stipulations is that I, "Do NOT drive above 6,000 feet". I always ask the shipper, "name that route"! They can't. Sherman Pass in WY is one of the highest I have to cross... a little over 8,000ft, them little bags GOTTA be tough to handle the pressure inside, lack of it outside and not burst!

A friend of mine always buys a bag to sit on the seat next to him as he drives, as he sez, "when IT pops, I know I'm in trouble!" I get the munchies... and usually have it eaten before the first high pass... which is before you even leave OR!

Sounds like RediWip....

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:52 am

Griff, that's interesting about elevation and bags of tater chips. Had no idea.
Now, Earl, if you want to get me fired up, lets talk about those hard plastic clamshells that lots of stuff come in these days.

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