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CloudWatcher

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25. over-under!

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:11 PM

Oct 2021

The over-under technique is absolutely the way to go! Seems silly, but it keeps the damn things from getting tangled. Wish I'd learned this a lot sooner!

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I'm sorry to report that I have diagnosed myself with a newly discovered form of stupidity. [View all] LuckyCharms Oct 2021 OP

It's just knot your thing. underpants Oct 2021 #1

. LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #2

Ohhh now I get it! LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #3

Strings knots ropes tangles underpants Oct 2021 #5

When I didn't have my hair short LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #8

That's why they inveted scissors... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #23

Actually knots are a good way to organize some cables Shermann Oct 2021 #4

I can't do stuff like that. LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #6

OMG I AM HOWLING because I do the SAME FUCKING THING! CurtEastPoint Oct 2021 #7

My wife... LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #10

I feel for you I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #17

omg my poor cats... they are like WTF when I yell "GD IT" or "F..." 10 times a day! CurtEastPoint Oct 2021 #19

My first job was at a nursery/garden center happybird Oct 2021 #9

Well, my LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #11

... happybird Oct 2021 #12

My hubby can untangle a bird's nest of fishing line. Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #13

Great. Now I feel LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #14

Don't feel bad, Lucky. Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author dweller Oct 2021 #16

It is nice to find a fellow sufferer in this. Everything is an ordeal with me Walleye Oct 2021 #18

The perversity of inanimate objects never ceases to amaze me. lastlib Oct 2021 #20

When I worked construction years ago... LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #27

It's all in the wrist. n/t Harker Oct 2021 #21

Truer words were never spoken. LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #26

Try Crest toothpaste. n/t Harker Oct 2021 #22

my OCD loves stuff like that. malthaussen Oct 2021 #24

over-under! CloudWatcher Oct 2021 #25