Ian Hoare wrote:
> Salut/Hi Steve,
>
> le/on Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:25:20 GMT, tu disais/you said:-
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>
>>A friend of mine is convinced that keeping a silver spoon in a part used
>>bottle helps it keep its fizz.
>>
>>Is this true? If so how does it work?
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>
> Urban myth. No truth in it whatsoever.
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>

I saw a somewhat ad hoc experiment done with this. The control condition
was no spoon, cork etc at all.

No spoon had pretty much the same effect as putting the spoon in.

I think re-corking went ok. Vacuum sealing better. As you would
logically expect I guess.