[PLUG] Tagging small items { was Re: Wireless keyboards}
Richard Owlett
rowlett at cloud85.net
Wed Mar 21 14:39:02 UTC 2018
On 03/21/2018 08:23 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 03/21/2018 07:40 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Mar 2018, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>>> Some questions:
>>> 1. If my local Staples doesn't carry them, where might I look in a
>>> small city in very rural S.W. Missouri?
>>> 2. Pulling the ziptie tight enough to stay on will create an awkwardly
>>> shaped/size glob making storage problems. Any suggestions? I was
>>> wondering about permanently attaching something with a ring for
>>> loosely attaching the tie.
>>> 3. Any other ideas?
>>
>> Richard,
>>
>> I think that I bought a bag of 100 through eBay.
>
> For OT reasons I'm essentially a brick-n-mortar person ;/
>
>> Cutting off the tail helps.
>
> I was already assuming that. I'm aiming for something which lie flat in
> a tray. Or preferably that would stand upright in something similar to a
> typical rectangular food storage container such that I could flip thru
> the tags to find suitable device. One side of the tag would have color
> coded stripes indicating size, formatting, general function. The other
> side would have text details.
I went back to the Staples website to get their part number.
Landed on a related page which said "Not available in stores" :<
*HOWEVER* it had a better picture giving me an idea of how to attach it
using a second tiewrap or two. Visible pictures help ;/
>
>> Also, for flash drives I use masking tape or a piece cut from a file
>> folder label to mark them.
>
> <chuckle> That's what I want to replace :}
>
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