We frequently buy bird seed in 20 to 50 pound bags. They are invariably easy to open--just rip the top strip open--regardless of brand. I've yet to find a single brand of charcoal or lump that I can routinely and easily open without using my pocket knife, and then the opened bag is often ripped toward the bottom, making it hard to pour. WHAT GIVES?
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Mayhaps, it might make me a "Candy-Arse", but, fer th most part, I jus usually take a box cutter to em.
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....betchya can't tie yer shoelaces without snappin em though....
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Panhead John Been window peeping at your neighbors again?
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It's all things or one thing, but it's always something. I can buy a dozen eggs and the box will pop open if you just look at it wrong. I bought some new drill bits the other day that were in a bubble pac so tough I used my tin snips to open them. All bags challenge me, bird feed, corn for the deer, salt for the water softener, charcoal, and lawn fertilizer, I've been cutting them open with my old Case pocket knife for years.
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We had some items in the local outdoor store that were sealed in that really hard plastic that scissors could barely cut open. One day we find one of those packages empty, stored in an empty boot slot and COVERED IN BLOOD. Seems the person was able to rip it open, along with some rather sharp edges.
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