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Old 03-26-2023, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Pairadocs View Post
Have you measured the width of your toilet tissue lately ? A roll "used" to just fit into any standard T.P. holder, rather wood, metal, ceramic, etc. all were a standard width to accommodate a roll. You put in a new roll, it filled the holder, side to side, sometimes even a little difficult to pull off a length from a new roll due to the tight fit. Kept shrinking over the years by just 1/4 of an inch at a time, then by a full 1/2", has gradually been reduced to about 4 inch width by some brands. Nice to be retired, we have time to notice weights, widths, and volumes. Check out a HALF GALLON of ice cream these days, and the newest one I noticed, a "half gallon" of bleach is no longer a "half gallon", the math books really need to be "updated". How many ounces in a pound can of coffee now ? 14 ounces ? 12 ? 10 ?
Toilet paper is shrinking because more and more people are tightarses or anal retentive. They don’t need the wider paper.