"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 12/19/2018 1:43 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "jmcquown" wrote in message ...
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> On 12/16/2018 5:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Fruitiest of Fruitcakes" wrote in message
>> news.com...
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>> On 16 Dec 2018, Ophelia wrote
>> (in article >):
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>>> "Cheri" wrote in message news >>>
>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > On 12/15/2018 3:00 PM, notbob wrote:
>>> > > Yes, it's finally happened. I'm old enough, now, to have been
>>> cursed
>>> > > with a case of "Gimpy Grip".
>>> > >
>>> > > Yep, I can no longer open a difficult jar/bottle without some
>>> kinda > > aid.
>>> > > Â I got beer bottles and the like covered (church key), but jars and
>>> > > twist-top bottles are a bother. I am beginning to use my mom's
>>> old > > OXO
>>> > > Good Grip jar opener:
>>> > >
>>> > > https://www.oxo.com/jar-opener-with-base-pad-438.html
>>> > >
>>> > > ----similar, but older-----
>>> > >
>>> > > Geez, what am I gonna do when I can no longer lift/pour a 4qt
>>> pot? 8|
>>> > >
>>> > > nb
>>> >
>>> > That gives you leverage but still needs strength. Once you break the
>>> > seal, it is easy to open. Use this
>>> > http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/p...=2,40733,40734
>>>
>>> I have this one, I love it.
>>>
>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Swing-A-Way...er/39182402009
>>> 2?hash=item5b3a88127c:rk:1f:0
>>>
>>> Cheri
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>>> The other day I couldn't get the tops off a bottle of oyster sauce and a
>>> very
>>> small bottle of vanilla. Even D. had to exert himself hard to get them
>>> off.
>>> So given that, I didn't have a hope
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>> I just bash the lids on the side of a wooden table. That always seems to
>> work
>> as the vacuum vanishes and pressures are equalised.
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>> I might give that a try, although it wouldn't help much with the wee
>> bottle of vanilla
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> With my luck I'd not only break the pressure seal on the bottle cap but
> also the bottle itself!
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> Jill
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> That is what I was concerned about)
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If the small bottle of extract had been used before I'd run it under
some hot water. Some extracts are bound to be sticky and the cap might
need to be loosened. I sure wouldn't bash a bottle of vanilla extract
against a wooden table.

Jill

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Yes, that I am used to, but the cap on that new bottle ...

Anyway, he got it off ok