In a message dated 12/15/00 5:35:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << I just have one simple question for someone. How do you stack (nest) 5 gallon buckets together without them permanently wedging inside each other?. Maybe there is an easy way to do this. I hope so... >> On the farm of my grandparents, 5 gallon buckets were very common. Grandad would take some folded newspaper and fold over the lip, then put in the next bucket. This kept them from forming a seal that only Arnold Schwartzenegger could hope to pull apart. Hope this is useful. Tim Morris