all the rage

Sat Nov 15 20:45:04 UTC 2008

On Nov 15, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:

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> Poster:       Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
> Subject:      all the rage
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> "wrap rage" made the front page of the NYT today, in a story about
> those annoying "clamshell packages".
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"Wrap rage": I love it!  Even though I always carry a pocketknife, I
am infuriated again & again by these intractable sarcophagi.  While
there are books on tape & other diversions to damp down road rage,
what works against clamshell pkgs?

Grrr.
AM

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