In message <oQLc0TCJfGeIFAeM@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan 
 writes
>In message , Nick Odell 
><gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> writes
>>On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:01:50 GMT, Chris J Dixon 
>>wrote:
>>
>>>J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>>>
>>>>Surely it still _does_ matter - maybe not quite as much, but still
>>>>having to coax substance up from the far end of a plastic "tube" must
>>>>still be tedious?
>>>
>>>With metal tubes, because they can be squashed completely flat
>>>(using, for instance, the toothbrush handle) it seems possible to
>>>get out pretty much all of the contents.
>>>
>>>Plastic tubes fight back, and it seems impossible to get the last
>>>bits out.  <Yorkshire>At this point I cut across the tube, and
>>>get the rest more directly.</Yorkshire>
>>
>>I am an adopted Yorkshireman; a soft southern jessie who claimed
>>refugee status ten years ago. I get all the toothpaste out of plastic
>>tubes and I don't cut anything.
>>
>>First I exclude all the air from the tube. This is best done by not
>>letting any in, in the first place, by replacing the top immediately
>>after use. We do all replace the top after use don't we? Don't we?
>>
>>When the tube appears nearly empty, I flatten it firmly from the tail
>>towards the top. The tube now appears still quarter-full and
>>atmospheric pressure keeps the flattened part flat provided the top is
>>replaced immediately after use. We do all replace the top after use
>>don't we? Don't we?
>>
>>I now continue to use the remaining quarter tube, right up to, and
>>including, the contents of the shoulders. This is not difficult
>>provided the top is replaced immediately after use.  We do all replace
>>the top after use don't we? Don't we?
>>
>>I get the last bit out by dabbing the toothbrush bristles into the
>>neck. I then _replace_ _the_ _cap_ for the final time - so that the
>>waste tube takes up less space in the bin - and throw the _empty_ tube
>>away.
>>
>>I brush my teeth a minimum of at least night and morning. I use the
>>dentally-recommended pea-size (petit pois, not marrowfat) amount, not
>>the advertiser-recommended full-length-of-the-bristles amount and a
>>100g tube lasts me about six months.
>>
>>Living on my own there's no argument about where to squeeze the tube
>>but I might be slightly obsessive about replacing the cap. Erme - you
>>don't suppose this is why I live on my own, do you?
>>
>>Nick O
>
>Nick, you do replace the top, don't you?

Growl.  Who's daft idea was it to invent a toothpaste top which isn't 
screw on but push on, and which no matter how hard I try gets gunged up 
without even trying.  And the pump type definitely fight back: usually 
by refusing to work at all.

But I shouldn't be so churlish: Toodles was given a whole lot of samples 
(full sized but samples none the less) some years ago when he was doing 
something that involved children and a local school and toothpaste 
manufacturers.  I'm still using the samples x years later.  It was a lot 
of samples and I got a bit fed up at one point and went off and used 
other types of paste.

Yes, McT has been involved in some interesting projects over the years 
thanks to waving either a camera or a microphone around.

Sincerely Chris


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