Originally Posted by
WarrenP
Mike,
You can also use a small rubber o'ring which can be purchased just about anywhere for less than a dollar. The advantage of the o'ring is that it will expand as it goes over the material at the hook eye which would eliminate the need for different size straws.
In this school of thought, those little orthodontic rubber bands for braces are perfect, too, and even cheaper (if you don't count the thousands you spent on braces for the kids...)
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