I reached for a can of lemon-lime soda that had been out in the garage for
at least a year, probably more. It was empty. Still completely sealed, the
pull-tab never touched. I can only think that the liquid evaporated
through some teeny-tiny hole too small to see.

On 4/11/2011 9:19 AM, Michael L Kankiewicz wrote:
>
> I reached for a can of lemon-lime soda that had been out in the garage
> for at least a year, probably more. It was empty. Still completely
> sealed, the pull-tab never touched. I can only think that the liquid
> evaporated through some teeny-tiny hole too small to see.

Unless you've got a Science Fiction space warp in your garage, a small
hole's got to be it :-) However, a year's temperature swings in an
uncooled and unheated garage could easily mess up the seal on the pull tab.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm "not"

On 11/04/2011 9:19 AM, Michael L Kankiewicz wrote:
>
> I reached for a can of lemon-lime soda that had been out in the garage
> for at least a year, probably more. It was empty. Still completely
> sealed, the pull-tab never touched. I can only think that the liquid
> evaporated through some teeny-tiny hole too small to see.


When I did a major basement cleaning last year I came across a stash of
about a dozen cans of Brio (an Italian Canadian soft drink) that had
been there for more than a decade. None of them was more than half full.
Several of them were empty. There were no signs of them having
leaked..... other than being empty.

On 4/11/2011 9:19 AM, Michael L Kankiewicz wrote:
>
> I reached for a can of lemon-lime soda that had been out in the garage
> for at least a year, probably more. It was empty. Still completely
> sealed, the pull-tab never touched. I can only think that the liquid
> evaporated through some teeny-tiny hole too small to see.

Recently I found a 12 pack of soda in a downstairs storage that I don't
drink often, and there was a solid form of the soda under it. There was
still liquid in the cans that got thrown out. I don't know how they leaked.