Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for November 03, 2021

Love you too Dear

I bet he follows her from room to room, turning off the lights she’s left on.

And because there’s no room in the fridge she has to buy meat every day instead of a huge slab at Costco.

Oh come on, How much can one rubber tak—,.ops;;never mine.

I’ve never bought rubber bands; I get enough on produce. Asparagus always has nice thick ones.

Watch out! She’s about to snap!

The funniest one I’ve read today! ;=)

Thanks dear. I know how you love to stretch our budget.

If you put one an your wrist, it may help remind you where they are at.

I didn’t think it would make much difference in how long rubber bands lasted… but I found this answer on Quora by someone who had been seriously looking in to it:

The natural rubber that is used to make rubber bands crystallizes over time, giving us what is commonly called “dry rot”, where the bands are “dry”, crumbly and no longer elastic. This process shows an unusual temperature dependency – it occurs fastest at room temperature.

Putting the rubber bands in a cooler condition slows down that conversion as there is less energy inside the rubber to help it align itself for crystallization. But (and this is what S. Blumenkranz missed out on) the conversion also decreases as the temperature increase beyond room temperature. At higher temperatures, the internal energy is so high that the rubber spends less time aligning itself to crystallize.

A fridge is more common to have around than a 50 C oven is, and the higher temperatures also increase the oxidation rate, which also contributes to the rubber failing, so the fridge is the preferred option.

I will try! Every time I need a rubber band, it fails due to age.

Fresh air, warmth, and sunshine destroy everything. We need to live in a plastic bag in a dark freezer.

I would think the cold and dryness would make them brittle.

They used to say this about batteries too…

I love the wording in her second speech balloon.

I have some very old rubber bands. I guess because I live in a damp climate.