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From: lizv@tektools.UUCP (Liz Vaughan)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Diaper service vs disposals. Which is better?
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 17:58:37 EST
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Reply-To: lizv@tektools.UUCP (Liz Vaughan)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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>We found that diaper pins do not stay very sharp though, and sticking
>dull ones through many layers is not easy: use a whetstone to hone
>up the point and you save buying new ones all the time.

One trick that tailors etc have always used to keep pins sharp is to store
them  sticking into a bar of soap - apparently it keeps them from getting dull
as fast. Anybody know why this works?

An added benefit: you don't have to fumble with opening the pin while holding
a squirming baby.