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Makes me feel better already..........
1 posted on 10/27/2010 8:11:41 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

The first question that needs to be asked is what is the reason for the tube in the first place?

Then its a short hop to spotting the potential problem.


2 posted on 10/27/2010 8:14:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Sub-Driver

Now kids will never the joys of taping two tubes together and making “binoculars?” How sad.


3 posted on 10/27/2010 8:14:45 AM PDT by McKayopectate
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Pretty soon, it ain't gonna be fun to be a kid anymore.
I made many a (not so) high-flying rocket from TP and PT tubes back in my younger years.
4 posted on 10/27/2010 8:15:21 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
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To: Sub-Driver

Next up on the greenies wish list - reusable toilet paper.


5 posted on 10/27/2010 8:15:27 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Today, Congress. Tomorrow, the White House!)
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To: Sub-Driver
Makes you wonder how much more this feature, or lack of will cost us?
6 posted on 10/27/2010 8:16:06 AM PDT by Big Mack (I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat VEGETABLES!)
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This is the kind of innovation I can get behind!


7 posted on 10/27/2010 8:16:06 AM PDT by brownsfan (D - swift death of the republic, R - lingering death for the republic.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Will never work.


8 posted on 10/27/2010 8:17:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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They will remove the tube and double the price of the toilet paper. It’s now a green product.


9 posted on 10/27/2010 8:17:24 AM PDT by Patrioticdale (" I regret that I have only one life to give for my country" ---- Nathan Hale)
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To: Sub-Driver

Next up: paper towels.


10 posted on 10/27/2010 8:18:59 AM PDT by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: Sub-Driver

Honestly, the phrase reduce waste shouldn’t follow toilet paper.


11 posted on 10/27/2010 8:18:59 AM PDT by sayuncledave (A cruce salus)
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Nearly 17 billion toilet paper tubes are produced annually in the US alone, according to to Kimberly-Clark with most consumers throwing out used tubes.

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Say that again?

I'm drawing a blank here. Just exactly what can you do with a used toilet paper tube? Why save them?

12 posted on 10/27/2010 8:19:43 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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Well, green ain't the color your fingers will be when you try to use it.

I would imagine - like Haynes T-shirts getting rid of their shirt labels - that dumping (no pun intended) the "tube" will result in a considerable savings to KC, which equates to higher profits, which - in the end (another no pun intended) is what the green movement (still, no pun intended) is all about.
13 posted on 10/27/2010 8:19:49 AM PDT by FrankR (November 2nd is NOT an election - it's a RESTRAINING ORDER.....VOTE!)
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...with most consumers throwing out used tubes

Is this a surprise? I can't imagine that the list of things to do with used toilet paper tubes is very long...
15 posted on 10/27/2010 8:21:10 AM PDT by BWDog
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Oh, no! What will my cats play with?


16 posted on 10/27/2010 8:22:11 AM PDT by pabianice
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lol, I have been tossing those roll cores into the recycle forever already. it is like a cardboard box or the core from wrapping paper or paper towels


19 posted on 10/27/2010 8:22:44 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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They have been using these in europe for years. The one thing I observed is the rolls flatten easily, especially when getting near the end of the roll. And then there is the tissue quality which is a half-step up from sandpaper.


20 posted on 10/27/2010 8:23:37 AM PDT by rawhide
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No more Kitty toys? What are they thinking?


21 posted on 10/27/2010 8:24:15 AM PDT by listenhillary (A very simple fix to our dilemma - We need to reward the makers instead of the takers)
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How about chip bags. There is nothing in 3/4 of the bag. I know stuff like that settles but not that much.Some of the chip companies came out with a bag that breaks down quicker. Heard the company received complaints because the bag makes too much noise when handled and they won’t be making it any more. Ugh... wear ear plugs. There are somethings we can do to be more eco friendly but a tube of tp is biodegrdable..


23 posted on 10/27/2010 8:24:59 AM PDT by bellfleur
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Bleh, envirowimps. They need to go real hard core, how bout a washrag?


29 posted on 10/27/2010 8:28:15 AM PDT by Paradox (Democrats new Motto: Vini, Vidi, Lewinski!)
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...and the new tubeless roll will still sit upon the holder!

Who has time to put the TP on the roller anyway?

31 posted on 10/27/2010 8:30:09 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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