On Sun, 10 May 2009 09:44:19 -0700, Mack A. Damia
> wrote:

> I created a fuss with my friend a few years ago by searching heaven
> and earth for one of the old-style can openers with a point. You
> stuck it in around the rim and did a wrist boogie around the can.
>
> I kept saying that they disappeared because they worked too well!
>
> No fuss...no electric....just a simple tool that worked!
>
> And it disappeared. A curse on mankind.
>
> I actually found one in the boxes of stuff that I have accumulated
> over the decades, but it was old and rusty - not too good.

Last I had one was from a camping shop. I've also seen them on
flashier pen or utility knives.

Matthew
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