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Default OT, sort of - help opeming food tab cans

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> On 11 Jun 2018 17:58:20 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> On 11 Jun 2018 13:48:54 GMT, KenK wrote:
>>>
>>>> Looking for something to hold a food can upright when I use a tab can
>>>> opener. Problem is, as I move to "J" shaped opener to lift the lid
>>>> the can tilts because I can't hold it firmly with my arthritic other
>>>> hand. Searching Amazon now - not a lot of hope. Something that I can
>>>> put the can in on the counter that will hold it firmly. Anyone make
>>>> such a device?
>>>
>>> Other than SPAM, Chefboyardee, and potted meat, just buy traditional
>>> cans without pull tabs and use an electric can opener. All your
>>> problems are solved!
>>>
>>> -sw

>>
>> I'll have to look more carefully. Seems like most foods come in tab cans
>> with rimless bottoms. I'll evidently have to look closer.

>
> Any can opener will work on the tab top, just don't pull the tab
> first. I use my Swing-A-Way on some pet food cans that have a tab top
> because the opener cuts closer to the can side and leaves no rim so
> it's easier to remove the pet food more neatly. I've no idea why some
> pull tab cans don't remove the *entire* lid and leave about a 1/16"
> rim... nasty engineering. I've had a lot of experience with MEs, most
> are too dumb to tie their own shoes... just because someone has a
> mechanical engineering degree doesn't mean they have any practical
> experience... most can't hammer a nail without smashing their thumb...
> I've met plenty who have trouble with thumbtacks. Never allow an ME
> to sharpen your knife, it will ALWAYS end up duller. I've actually
> met MEs who can't butter their bread, they literally need their
> mommyto do it. You know all those space contraptions at NASA, they're
> designed and built by toolmakers. In all my years I've yet to meet an
> ME who can single point a thread, let's not tell them about single
> pointing L H internal threads.
> Any engineer who can't make what they doodle on paper needs firing,
> and that would be 98%
>


Nice rant Popeye. Yoose is smarter than anyone on the planet.