[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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