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packman

(16,296 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 12:53 PM Jan 2015

Reaching breaking point-

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I can put up with a lot - and have over the past few decades. I could tolerate Acid Rock, near beer, bell-bottom pants, Republicans, and even the new coke. But, I have reached the end of my tolerance and feel life is just slapping me around now.

"If it feels as if you're running through toilet paper rolls faster than ever before, that's because you are. But it might not be your fault.

Slowly but surely, toilet paper rolls have been shrinking.

Toilet paper squares, the individual sheets that connect to make each roll, were once 4.5 inches wide and 4.5 inches long. That standard, however, has shifted, or at the very least loosened its grip on the industry, to a point where companies are selling sheets that are a half-inch shorter or thinner, or both."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/26/youre-going-to-have-to-spare-more-than-a-square-toilet-paper-is-shrinking/

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Reaching breaking point- (Original Post) packman Jan 2015 OP
"Spare a square?" panader0 Jan 2015 #1
Remember pay-toilets? Pay by the TP-square is next. In_The_Wind Jan 2015 #2
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