On 8/26/2014 11:06 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 8/26/2014 10:58 AM, Becca EmaNymton wrote:
>
>> You know, I am easy going and not very much flusters me, but I am
>> beginning to get angry and bottles that I can not open, even water
>> bottles. In the kitchen, I keep my nutcracker on hand and it opens
>> bottles perfectly. Somebody needs to come up with a way that normal
>> people can open bottles by hand. What do I look like, a weight lifter?
>
> You can have a lot of hand strength and those bottle tops can
> still tear up your fingers. I have a device that I used to
> open seltzer bottles.
>
> I find that some caps, if I wrap it with a rubber band, I
> can get a grip and open it.
>
> nancy
>
Twist-off beer bottles are the worst. They are hard to recognize and I
have actually cut myself trying to turn an old-fashioned crown cap and
thus I tend to reach for the opener without checking unless I am away
from home.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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