When I finish typing and running off the Sunday Bulletins (with several inserts) I need to stack them and use a strong rubber band to hold them together until they are distributed on Sunday morning.
I've used these rubber bands for years (not too thin and not too wide) and find that they are very versatile. They are great for securing my Daily Minder or for keeping a group of 4 X 6 notebooks in one neat package. I can slip pencils or pens beneath the rubber band to keep them handy.
The rubber bands were for my oder brother in California. He uses up lots of rubber bands and he's always looking around for more of them so I thought he might enjoy getting a large bag of rubber bands. I know he received them but he's made no comment about whether he likes the rubber bands I gave him or not. It was kind of a joke present and he may not have commented as he may be embarassed about receiving rubber bands. Hopefully my present of rubber bands didn't embarass him. If it did I may need to apologize. Or perhaps he didn't comment as they were so insignificant to him.
I make a nut cracker for shelling all types of nuts specially pecans since I have about 30 pecan trees in my yard. This year we had a lot of rain during the summer and I have pecans every where by the thousands. These rubber bands are used like springs on the pecan cracker. If I need more power I just add more rubber bands. This particular rubber band is just right for this purpose. I can crack and shell a pint of shelled nuts in about 30 minutes using these rubber bands. They seem to hold their elasticity over a long period of time and do not seem to go bad over a short period of time like some rubber bands I have tried in the past.