Article: The Baltimore Sun Kevin Cowherd column: 'X' marks spot for opening blister packs.

Byline: Kevin Cowherd

May 22--Regular readers know what we do best in this space is whine, whining being the default mode of most newspaper columnists. But today we offer real help - not that this is anything you should expect on a regular basis. Today we follow up on a column from two weeks ago about the difficulty in opening blister packs, the clear plastic packaging that seems to encase just about every product these days.

In that column, I whined about having to hack these stupid blister packs open with a scissors or kitchen knife, and how you could slash your fingers and have blood spurting all over prying the jagged edges apart. It was ...

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