Room 101

Blister packs of medicines, not only can they not be recycled, but tablets ping out of them and end up in the middle of a dust bunny in some inaccessbile place, like down the side of the fridge. Then when you're short of a few tablets you can't get a repeat prescription until the right date, because the system takes not real account of genuine losses.

I agree. I usually seal bags bags with clips, but last year I bought a bag of rice that had a resealable sticker on the bag and I decided to use it. Big mistake because it didn’t remain sealed. The bag tipped over spilling rice on the cupboard shelf.

My mother first put me on to Lakeland Clippits donkeys decades ago and I have been using them ever since because they are extremely effective. The largest size seals the rice bag if you fold the edges down. There are also these newer clamp type things which work very well. 

I normally cut the entire top off resealable bags containing food and select an appropriate closure. 

These can be purchased online or in store from Lakeland, or from Amazon. There are brands other than Lakeland’s but I have never tried them. 

I bought a couple of large cereal containers for keeping rice and pasta in, just because of that problem of bags splitting. I also tend to buy large bags of rice and pasta, 3kg for pasta and 10kg for rice, it would be very difficult to lug these to the cooker and pour in enough for two people without the bag splitting or it all gong whoosh inot the pan.

The best thing is to keep your dog on a lead until you have trained her not to jump up. Dogs often jump up on people because they are excited and want to be closer to your face. If you want to allow people to pat your dog, it is best to ask them to keep their hands low to the ground as this discourages the dog from jumping up until it is trained. Never reward a dog that jumps up, but don’t tell it off. When training, offer treats only when the dog has all four paws on the ground. 

Ha! My post originally began with

”Dogs that jump…”, but I realised it looked like I was blaming the dog rather than the owner who hadn’t bothered to train and control their dog. I was horrified at the thought of all those poor dogs being dumped in Room 101 and quickly edited it without checking how it read.

On the other hand, I’ve also had the odd owner putting their mucky paws on me.

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By "try to stop her" do you mean you kept her on a lead, or you chased after her shouting, "Fenton! Fenton!"? 

My old dog used to do that to people she was crazy. We did try to stop her though 

ArchaeC said:

Owners of dogs who jump up on me with their dirty paws.

And it's not just the owners who have dirty paws, the dogs often do, too!

The last time this happened to me, it was one hour after I had just put on a fresh pair of jeans. Needless to say, I had a Little Moment.

Of the three options, paperclips, clothes pegs and bag clips, I find that the bag clips make the best stim toys. (Others in the room vociferously disagree.)

I fold over the top and use a large paperclip on the re-sealable bags of ground coffee I use and the powdered energy drink I try to take every day (to increase calorie intake and try to not lose weight) I fold over the top and use a clothes peg.

With you on those rice (or pasta) stickers. Depending on the brand, it can also be impossible to pull open the packet without tearing it. One has to remove the sticker before using scissors and then spend five minutes trying to get the sticker to stick again (which it does for a few more minutes before trying to make a run for it).

The solution to all your packet-of-rice woes are bag clips (such as these from IKEA). When all else in the world has been confined to Room 101, I will still be clutching a handful of these. They're even on my holiday packing list: "Bag clips (about 15)".

I certainly agree with this. What would people think if strange humans came up and touched them?

Food packaging. It infuriates me how it’s supposed to be resealable, easy to open, less mess, less waste. What a load of crap. It’s making me furious even thinking about why the resealable sticker on a packet of rice never sticks and ends up on the floor. 

Nigel Farage 

Owners of dogs who jump up on me with their dirty paws.

I am a dog lover, but I do not like it when I go for a walk and other people’s dogs jump up on me, covering me with mucky paw prints.

I have a right to enjoy a walk without having  interference from people or their dogs. I have lost count of the number of times people say, “he’s only being friendly”. Friendliness or not, I don’t want to be covered in muck, yet people look at me as if I have two heads!

I have also heard some dog owners saying “people shouldn’t come out dressed in good clothes along this path” (Because it’s a country trail). If people want to walk on a public path dressed in white silk, that is up to them—it is not for others to decide what they should wear.

Now when I choose to allow my dogs to jump up on me, that is a different matter, and a behaviour that I sometimes permit, but I have always trained my dogs not to jump on other people. I wish irresponsible dog owners would do the same. 

Lots of this has already made it to Room 100½ with the smoking bans. Best thing ever.

We're gonna need a bigger Room 101 imo

Cigars and cigarettes! No offence to anyone who smokes it’s just I get super unwell with the smell of them 

People who talk to me when I concentrating on something, like writing an email or a post, I ask not to be disturbed, but they still do it anyway. It's especially bad when I'm reading and they keep making random comments and I end up reading the same paragraph over and over again.

I'd be interested to see how well that works.