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Which way to fold the label (was: Re: time sink 42)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:28:22 -0500 (EST)
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From: "Karl Auer" <kauer () biplane com au>
On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 17:17 -0500, Jay Ashworth wrote:Fold one of the corners of the label, just a tiny corner, back towards the backing paper, then forward.It matters which way you bend, because of the relative stiffness of the paper and the plastic; you have to bend *towards* the paper, which will stay folded, away from the plastic.What?!? Forward instead of backward? KILL THE UNBELIEVER! KILL! KILL!
Way to misquote me, Karl. :-)
The alternative approach, to which ALL right-thinking persons subscribe, is to avoid, as much as possible, folding the label. Because, indeed and as you say, it will remain folded. If the label does have to be bent, it should be left bent down, not up. Bending it towards the backing may work on it's own, subjecting the backing paper to the more acute deformation, and the label may even thereafter return to the flat position uncreased, leaving the backing paper separated. The more destructive bend upwards may also leave a corner of the label bent up and away from the surface the label will be on.
It isn't necessary to bend it so sharply that the crease will stay in the plastic, no. And no, I didn't say the "label would stay folded". I said the "backing would stay folded". GET IT RIGHT!!!!!1111!!!!ONE!!!!ELEVENTYONE!
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Current thread:
- RE: time sink 42, (continued)
- RE: time sink 42 Dixon, Justin (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 16)
- RE: time sink 42 Dixon, Justin (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Jay Ashworth (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Mark Keymer (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Karl Auer (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Jay Ashworth (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Karl Auer (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Jerry Jones (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Sven Olaf Kamphuis (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Aled Morris (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Jay Ashworth (Feb 16)
- Which way to fold the label (was: Re: time sink 42) Jay Ashworth (Feb 17)
- Re: Which way to fold the label (was: Re: time sink 42) Karl Auer (Feb 17)
- Re: time sink 42 Owen DeLong (Feb 16)
- RE: time sink 42 Nathan Eisenberg (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Leo Bicknell (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 harold barker (Feb 16)
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