On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:43:40 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> >
> > I only see twist ties on dollar store
> > items these days. I don't know what they use now is called, but think
> > of those plastic "hand cuffs" you see the police cuff detainees with
> > on TV and it's a smaller version of that. I have to use kitchen
> > scissors to remove them. It takes both hands to close the scissors
> > and it's hard to cut anyway. I always worry that I'm creating a dull
> > spot on them when I do it.
>
> Cable ties. They come out of the electronics industry where they were
> invented to hold cable bundles together.

That's it, thanks Doug!

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