Hrmph.
My Terribly Useful Collection of Assorted and Divers Rubber Bands Of Various Sizes and Colours has completely disintegrated.
This is what happens when one tries to implement vague new year's resolution type thingies.
In all those years, I don't think I used a single one of those rubber bands. Who knew.
On the other hand, it turned out I had a backup stash of Assorted and Divers Paper Clips.
Handy that.
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