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"Dave Bell" > wrote in message
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> Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> Can someone explain the trick to opening the string of a sack of
>> flour? The right way just takes one yank. The wrong way and you'll be
>> working out the tangle with a scissors for 20 minutes.

>
> Most likely, you're starting at the wrong end! (Not that it's marked or
> anything...) I gently pull one loose end; if it doesn't start to unstitch,
> I switch to the other end of the seam. By the way, if you don't want to
> open it all the way (I wa using 25 pound sacks), you can pull out the
> chain stitch as far as you want, then thread the loose end back through
> the last un-pulled loop; pull tight, and cut off all but an inch or so.
>
> Dave

First, you start with a magic wand...
lucy