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.
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

On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:00:33 -0700, 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.
> 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|

You'll purchase a 2qt pot. Older people eat less anyway.

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 07:04:26 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:00:33 -0700, 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.
>> 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|
>
>You'll purchase a 2qt pot. Older people eat less anyway.

That doesn't follow - I have that huge pot of chili in the freezer, I
managed to get it in there and I'm sure I will manage to retrieve it,
with difficulty maybe, but it will be done.

On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 18:36:47 -0400, wrote:

>On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 07:04:26 +1100, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:00:33 -0700, 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.
>>> 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|
>>
>>You'll purchase a 2qt pot. Older people eat less anyway.
>
>That doesn't follow - I have that huge pot of chili in the freezer, I
>managed to get it in there and I'm sure I will manage to retrieve it,
>with difficulty maybe, but it will be done.

If you can get it in, you can get it out. But the OP was talking about
when he won't be able to lift it anymore.

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:16:44 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 18:36:47 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 07:04:26 +1100, Bruce >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:00:33 -0700, 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.
>>>> 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|
>>>
>>>You'll purchase a 2qt pot. Older people eat less anyway.
>>
>>That doesn't follow - I have that huge pot of chili in the freezer, I
>>managed to get it in there and I'm sure I will manage to retrieve it,
>>with difficulty maybe, but it will be done.
>
>If you can get it in, you can get it out. But the OP was talking about
>when he won't be able to lift it anymore.

I think of my grandmother, she always said 'where there's a will,
there's a way' and also 'needs must when the devil drives' - I am not
being unkind to nb, merely saying it all works out.

On 2018-12-16, > wrote:

> there's a way' and also 'needs must when the devil drives' - I am not
> being unkind to nb, merely saying it all works out.

No offense taken.

Yer right. I'll figure it out.

nb

"notbob" wrote in message ...

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.
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

==

Oh heck. Join the club. Fortunately my husband can manage all that LOL

I reckon you need a muscular wife <g>

On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 3:28:46 PM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "notbob" wrote in message ...
>
> 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.
> 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
>
> ==
>
> Oh heck. Join the club. Fortunately my husband can manage all that LOL
>
> I reckon you need a muscular wife <g>

That's what my husband did. <g>

Cindy Hamilton

On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:00:33 -0700, 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.
> 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
Don't get fussed about it, I can tell you, from experience, if you
have any brain at all you will invent or contrive ways to overcome

On 2018-12-15 5:35 p.m., wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:00:33 -0700, 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.
>> 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
> Don't get fussed about it, I can tell you, from experience, if you
> have any brain at all you will invent or contrive ways to overcome
>


How do you manage?

On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 18:14:15 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-12-15 5:35 p.m., wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:00:33 -0700, 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.
>>> 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
>> Don't get fussed about it, I can tell you, from experience, if you
>> have any brain at all you will invent or contrive ways to overcome
>>
>
>
>How do you manage?

Sometimes with difficulty but there is always a solution. One was
moving a fermentor between kitchen and closet where I make the wine
with 21 litres of water in it. So 4 pieces of wood with two beneath,
maybe 12" x 12" with a set of four casters under it and now it is a
breeze. That miniature dolly is great for many other things as well,
couldn't do without it.

On 12/15/2018 3:00 PM, notbob wrote:
> Yes, it's finally happened.Â* 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.Â* 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?Â* 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

On 12/15/2018 5:02 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> That gives you leverage but still needs strength.Â* Once you break the
> seal, it is easy to open.Â* Use this
> http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/p...=2,40733,40734

I'm not a big Lee Valley fan.

I've bought from them in the past and will probably buy from them, in
the future, but I'm quite aware of a lot of their goods. Their
Christmas catalog was mostly over-priced plastic junk. LIke this:

http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/p...733,40734&ap=2

AT least yers is metal.

Besides, how does that gizmo work? Will it take off "screw-on caps" as
small as 1-1/4"? I ask, cuz hey, I may need it one day.

nb

On 12/15/2018 7:53 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 12/15/2018 5:02 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> That gives you leverage but still needs strength.Â* Once you break the
>> seal, it is easy to open.Â* Use this
>> http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/p...=2,40733,40734
>
> I'm not a big Lee Valley fan.
>
> I've bought from them in the past and will probably buy from them, in
> the future, but I'm quite aware of a lot of their goods.Â* Their
> Christmas catalog was mostly over-priced plastic junk.Â* LIke this:
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/p...733,40734&ap=2
>
> AT least yers is metal.
>
> Besides, how does that gizmo work?Â* Will it take off "screw-on caps" as
> small as 1-1/4"?Â* I ask, cuz hey, I may need it one day.Â*
>
> nb
Anything with a lip that can be pried to pop the vacuum/

notbob wrote:
> On 12/15/2018 5:02 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> 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'm not a big Lee Valley fan.
>
> I've bought from them in the past and will probably buy from them, in
> the future, but I'm quite aware of a lot of their goods. Their
> Christmas catalog was mostly over-priced plastic junk. LIke this:
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/p...733,40734&ap=2
>
>
> AT least yers is metal.
>
> Besides, how does that gizmo work? Will it take off "screw-on caps"
> as small as 1-1/4"? I ask, cuz hey, I may need it one day.
>
> nb

You need one of these...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

"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...127c:rk:1:pf:0

Cheri

"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...127c:rk:1:pf:0

Cheri

==

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

On 16 Dec 2018, Ophelia wrote
(in article >):

>
> "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
>
> ==
>
> 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

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.

"Fruitiest of Fruitcakes" wrote in message
news.com...

On 16 Dec 2018, Ophelia wrote
(in article >):

>
> "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
>
> ==
>
> 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

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.

==

I might give that a try, although it wouldn't help much with the wee bottle
of vanilla

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "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...127c:rk:1:pf:0
>
> Cheri
>
> ==
>
> 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



Pliers!

Cheri

"Cheri" wrote in message news
"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "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...127c:rk:1:pf:0
>
> Cheri
>
> ==
>
> 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



Pliers!

Cheri

==

As I said, the vanilla bottle was so tiny, but yhe Oyster sauce bottle ...
wow!! I think he nearly went for the pliers! He did manage to twist if off
though .... eventually)

On 12/16/2018 1:27 AM, Cheri wrote:

> I have this one, I love it.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Swing-A-Way...127c:rk:1:pf:0
>
I have that, too. It works really well, even on little bottle tops.

On 12/15/2018 11:27 PM, Cheri wrote:

> I have this one, I love it.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Swing-A-Way...127c:rk:1:pf:0

If you have an old "Swing-A-Way", keep it. The new ones are made in
China and are junk. I know. I've bought 3 and tossed 'em all fer
"non-functionability".

BTW, thanks for the link, but I have an older OXO lid removal tool.

Also, the suggestion one "bangs jar on wooden table" is similar to what
I would do if a lid becomes "impossible". Strike the lid with glancing
blows, with the back of a butter knife, in the direction of "lid
removal". I've done the same with a cold chisel and hammer on a
hard-to-remove nut. Works every time!

nb

"notbob" wrote in message ...

On 12/15/2018 11:27 PM, Cheri wrote:

> I have this one, I love it.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Swing-A-Way...127c:rk:1:pf:0

If you have an old "Swing-A-Way", keep it. The new ones are made in
China and are junk. I know. I've bought 3 and tossed 'em all fer
"non-functionability".

BTW, thanks for the link, but I have an older OXO lid removal tool.

Also, the suggestion one "bangs jar on wooden table" is similar to what
I would do if a lid becomes "impossible". Strike the lid with glancing
blows, with the back of a butter knife, in the direction of "lid
removal". I've done the same with a cold chisel and hammer on a
hard-to-remove nut. Works every time!

nb

==

What I have done with a jar lid when I didn't have any help <;p) was hit all
around the lid with the back of a knife. That has worked in the past.

It was the wee bottle of vanilla that was the real problem. That lid is
really tiny.

On 12/16/2018 7:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:

> It was the wee bottle of vanilla that was the real problem. That lid is
> really tiny.

Been there, played that game.

A small bottle of McCormick's Imitation Vanilla, right?

I'd be reaching for the Sears channel-locks, which I keep in the bottom
drawer.

nb

On Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 9:27:31 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "notbob" wrote in message ...
>
> On 12/15/2018 11:27 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> > I have this one, I love it.
> >
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Swing-A-Way...127c:rk:1:pf:0
>
> If you have an old "Swing-A-Way", keep it. The new ones are made in
> China and are junk. I know. I've bought 3 and tossed 'em all fer
> "non-functionability".
>
> BTW, thanks for the link, but I have an older OXO lid removal tool.
>
> Also, the suggestion one "bangs jar on wooden table" is similar to what
> I would do if a lid becomes "impossible". Strike the lid with glancing
> blows, with the back of a butter knife, in the direction of "lid
> removal". I've done the same with a cold chisel and hammer on a
> hard-to-remove nut. Works every time!
>
> nb
>
> ==
>
> What I have done with a jar lid when I didn't have any help <;p) was hit all
> around the lid with the back of a knife. That has worked in the past.
>
> It was the wee bottle of vanilla that was the real problem. That lid is
> really tiny.

Slip-joint pliers:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_joint_pliers>

Cindy Hamilton

On Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 7:48:34 AM UTC-6, notbob wrote:
> On 12/15/2018 11:27 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> > I have this one, I love it.
> >
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Swing-A-Way...127c:rk:1:pf:0
>
> If you have an old "Swing-A-Way", keep it. The new ones are made in
> China and are junk. I know. I've bought 3 and tossed 'em all fer
> "non-functionability".
>
> BTW, thanks for the link, but I have an older OXO lid removal tool.
>
> Also, the suggestion one "bangs jar on wooden table" is similar to what
> I would do if a lid becomes "impossible". Strike the lid with glancing
> blows, with the back of a butter knife, in the direction of "lid
> removal". I've done the same with a cold chisel and hammer on a
> hard-to-remove nut. Works every time!
>
> nb

And if you have an oxyacetylene torch, if you heat up a lower shock mount on an a old aircooled VW to cherry red, I have never found a nut that won't wrench right OFF!

John Kuthe...

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.
> 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|

a lot of jars have a lip under the twist on lid
that if you can get a wide screwdriver or knife in
there you can pry it to break the seal which often
makes getting the lid off much easier. not 100%
foolproof but worth a shot.


songbird

I don't see how most woman can open a G of milk.

wrote:
>
> I don't see how most woman can open a G of milk.

You wuss! ;-D

All I do is whack around the edge of the lid with the handle of a heavy stainless table knife, and
then give it a good thump right in the center, and it is easily opened...or at least easy enough
for my strength (which is lessening). It doesn't interfere with any leak-proof abilities of the lid.

Or you can whack the lid's edge on a sturdy countertop, turning the jar as you go. That
works, too. No need to buy any kind of device.

N.

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 05:49:18 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> wrote:

>All I do is whack around the edge of the lid with the handle of a heavy stainless table knife, and
>then give it a good thump right in the center, and it is easily opened...or at least easy enough
>for my strength (which is lessening). It doesn't interfere with any leak-proof abilities of the lid.
>
>Or you can whack the lid's edge on a sturdy countertop, turning the jar as you go. That
>works, too. No need to buy any kind of device.
>
>N.

For me with the occasional obstinate jar lid a rubber glove
works first time every time, don't even need to put it on your hand,
lay it over the cap to give a non slip grip.

On Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 4:28:21 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 05:49:18 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
> >All I do is whack around the edge of the lid with the handle of a heavy stainless table knife, and
> >then give it a good thump right in the center, and it is easily opened...or at least easy enough
> >for my strength (which is lessening). It doesn't interfere with any leak-proof abilities of the lid.
> >
> >Or you can whack the lid's edge on a sturdy countertop, turning the jar as you go. That
> >works, too. No need to buy any kind of device.
> >
> >N.
>
> For me with the occasional obstinate jar lid a rubber glove
> works first time every time, don't even need to put it on your hand,
> lay it over the cap to give a non slip grip.

I used to have a Ping Pong Paddle's rubber bumpy paddle surface pad and it worked OUTSTANDINGLY to remove jar lids! Just grip and TWIST OFF!

John Kuthe...

On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:58:41 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> wrote:

>On Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 4:28:21 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 05:49:18 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >All I do is whack around the edge of the lid with the handle of a heavy stainless table knife, and
>> >then give it a good thump right in the center, and it is easily opened...or at least easy enough
>> >for my strength (which is lessening). It doesn't interfere with any leak-proof abilities of the lid.
>> >
>> >Or you can whack the lid's edge on a sturdy countertop, turning the jar as you go. That
>> >works, too. No need to buy any kind of device.
>> >
>> >N.
>>
>> For me with the occasional obstinate jar lid a rubber glove
>> works first time every time, don't even need to put it on your hand,
>> lay it over the cap to give a non slip grip.
>
>I used to have a Ping Pong Paddle's rubber bumpy paddle surface pad and it worked OUTSTANDINGLY to remove jar lids! Just grip and TWIST OFF!
>
>John Kuthe...

Simply don a surgeon's glove, certainly you can glom a few.... just
omit the K-Y. I'd think by now you'd be giving your prospective
tenants vaginal exams. I go once a year to my Urologist, Doctor Linda
gives me great prostate exams... with her rack I'd go weekly. She
enjoys massaging my prostate too, I can tell that by how long she
takes and how she enjoys the results more than I do... her talented
finger never fails to get a major positive reaction. Dr Linda has
been examining my prostate for ten years. She loves how I always get
her to laugh, I tell her that I think we're more intimate than married
couples. She blushes.

wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:58:41 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 4:28:21 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
>>> On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 05:49:18 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> All I do is whack around the edge of the lid with the handle of a heavy stainless table knife, and
>>>> then give it a good thump right in the center, and it is easily opened...or at least easy enough
>>>> for my strength (which is lessening). It doesn't interfere with any leak-proof abilities of the lid.
>>>>
>>>> Or you can whack the lid's edge on a sturdy countertop, turning the jar as you go. That
>>>> works, too. No need to buy any kind of device.
>>>>
>>>> N.
>>>
>>> For me with the occasional obstinate jar lid a rubber glove
>>> works first time every time, don't even need to put it on your hand,
>>> lay it over the cap to give a non slip grip.
>>
>> I used to have a Ping Pong Paddle's rubber bumpy paddle surface pad and it worked OUTSTANDINGLY to remove jar lids! Just grip and TWIST OFF!
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
> Simply don a surgeon's glove, certainly you can glom a few.... just
> omit the K-Y. I'd think by now you'd be giving your prospective
> tenants vaginal exams. I go once a year to my Urologist, Doctor Linda
> gives me great prostate exams... with her rack I'd go weekly. She
> enjoys massaging my prostate too, I can tell that by how long she
> takes and how she enjoys the results more than I do... her talented
> finger never fails to get a major positive reaction. Dr Linda has
> been examining my prostate for ten years. She loves how I always get
> her to laugh, I tell her that I think we're more intimate than married
> couples. She blushes.
>

Popeye, yoose should get a room at Kunthe's flop house.

On Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 11:08:28 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
>
> Simply don a surgeon's glove, certainly you can glom a few.... just
> omit the K-Y. I'd think by now you'd be giving your prospective
> tenants vaginal exams. I go once a year to my Urologist, Doctor Linda
> gives me great prostate exams... with her rack I'd go weekly. She
> enjoys massaging my prostate too, I can tell that by how long she
> takes and how she enjoys the results more than I do... her talented
> finger never fails to get a major positive reaction. Dr Linda has
> been examining my prostate for ten years. She loves how I always get
> her to laugh, I tell her that I think we're more intimate than married
> couples. She blushes.

That's an interesting tale. The idea of a yearly manual prostate exam is nice twist. Near as I can tell, Dr. Linda is either an old country doc from the 50's or a hooker.

On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 12:00:41 PM UTC-8, 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.
> 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

I bought one of these. Mounts under the kitchen cabinet, out of the way and not noticeable.
Works on every size from a screw cap on a bottle to big wide mouth pickle jars, etc. One of the most useful things I've ever purchased.

https://www.amazon.com/EZ-Off-Opener...net+jar+opener

notbob > wrote in news:g7l4r4F6n2jU1
@mid.individual.net:

> 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.
> 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
>

I'm rapidly finding out the same things. Soon you'll start dropping
things too. Enjoy old age!




--
I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

"KenK" > wrote in message
...
> notbob > wrote in news:g7l4r4F6n2jU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> 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.
>> 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
>>
>
> I'm rapidly finding out the same things. Soon you'll start dropping
> things too. Enjoy old age!

Don't leave out forgetting why you needed them in the first place after
dropping them. ;-)

Cheri

On 2018-12-17, KenK > wrote:

> Enjoy old age!

What's the old saying, "Growing old is not fer wimps"?

Turns out I'm also suffering from peripheral neuropathy (look it up).
I go in fer an MRI on the 28th, three days after Christmas. Heck, I
jes thought I wuz gettin' old.

nb