Rubber bands are really usable. I use them to keep boxes shut - so they don't spill. I give a bag to the mail person so she can bundle our mail. This helps you to get your mail quickly and the wind doesn't blow it away. I also use rubber bands for my hair around tickets and to shoot them across the room as a game.
Excellent stretchability and pull. Best use is plinking flies at 5-10 feet as those useless germ-laden multi-optical scourges on our lives attempt to ruin patio dining. #64 Staples Rubber Bands offer the best value and highest quality product for a quiet afternoon of fly hunting. BTW... the #64 also makes short order of spiders wasps and yellow-jackets too. But if you miss the wasps and yellow-jackets you better be prepared to run. They tend to be allergic to rubber products.