On Saturday, October 25, 2014 11:28:24 AM UTC-10, notbob wrote:
> A little trick I learned after running out of Bounty paper towels in
> half-sheets (Select-A-Size). Take a regular Bounty full sheet, turn
> it 90 degrees, then tear in half. Do this very accurately and quickly
> and you will get half sheets. Not exact matching sheets, but close
> enough. Make sure you are tearing exactly in the middle of the whole
> sheet. The faster you tear, the better.
>
> nb

Oddly enough paper towels, and most paper in general, has a grain running in one direction. Paper will tear easier along the grain. If you tear across the grain you get a much more ragged edge.