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[MoonieBaby]

Spot on! Yet you buy a carton of eggs and need a rubber band at check out!!!!!!

[eddyandme]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

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@eddyandme wrote:

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Yes, I've got the whole medley of things too.  The tiny bottles. e.g. hot sauce, which have a tiny neck always have a silver 'paper' over the opening that must be peeled off.  Only problem is there's no tab to pull that tiny thing off and it's like glued onto the bottle.

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@eddyandme  Use a toothpick & poke in the middle of the silver paper.  From the middle you can now peel off all around the opening.

You can also use the sharpest thinner point on a pair of small scissors, a small knife w/a pointed tip to puncture the cellophane/silver paper.

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Thanx @Mz iMac - toothpick makes sense!!!

[shoekitty]

@Mz iMac  well that's good advice  in most cases. I do poke that silver thing and try to peel off, but many times it's glued on, you can't budge it.   Just yesterday, what  a mess. Poked a hole in the silver seal, tab wouldn't even budge.  Couldnt  lift the silver edge to pull off,  got a knife. We couldn't even scape it off. It's glued tight to rim edge!!  And not with like that rubber cement type glue that peels off. It was like melted into plastic. This has happened before. Makes a mess to pour contents out

[Desertdi]

I save all "regular" jar and bottle tops. 

You can actually use them on those "child proof" things that you need to squeeze here and press there to get open.

[AngelPuppy1]

Yes!  I realize for safety reasons they put all this plastic stuff around bottles, etc., but my goodness, it's really difficult to get some of this stuff off!  I buy a good bit of things at drugstores and it's really hard to get the plastic removed.  

[CalminHeart]

I'm glad products are tightly sealed. I don't trust people and want to know my no one tampered with the products. Yes, I have issues opening them too but a scissors blade does the trick.

[goldensrbest]

Yes,i do on certain items,for boxes use a box cutter.

[Judaline]

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@CalminHeart wrote:

I'm glad products are tightly sealed. I don't trust people and want to know my no one tampered with the products. Yes, I have issues opening them too but a scissors blade does the trick.

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I think the Tylenol Killer started all of this. While I'm trying to open something I yell out (to nobody) Darn Tylenol Killer!!!!!!

[Judaline]

A razor blade is your friend.

[Patriot3]

I swear Super Glue is being kept in business by these packaging people!!