Goomba wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> the aluminum beer can
>
> oh lordie.. I'm showing my memory (precocious infant that I was!) but I
> recall my father using a "church key" to open beers with, making two
> cuts on opposite sides of the can. Then came those pull off tabs that
> could slice you fingers so well.
>
> Was there any other type before the current model? I can't recall that...?
>
> I can just imagine the trash these days if the tabs weren't attached to
> the cans these days. Slackers would have 2 pieces of aluminum to litter
> with instead of just one.
No aluminum litter around here, always two or three people out on bikes
or on foot, getting exercise and making a buck or two picking up
aluminum cans.