>> Perhaps I need to actually unwind the tape from the spool. That'll take a 
>> seriously long time though; IIRC, there's about 8 km of tape in there! o_O
> 
>      Ah, I see. I've never seen one of these tapes so thought it was either 
> like a camera film or something more solid like a plastic disc. I would 
> imagine that if you unravel it, it would dissolve far quicker.

An individual strand of tape is very weak. However, get a few of them, 
and it rapidly becomes *absurdly* strong. Scissors simply won't cut it - 
and I have fairly meaty scissors.

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