A random thread for small things that don't really warrant a thread of their own

[T42]

Or if in your own kitchen, run the lid under a tap, the lid expands quicker than the jar and makes it easier.  The sauerkraut I regularly buy is a particular case in point

I've got one of those Boa Constrictor openers at home 
(At least I think I have, I leant it to my brother when he broke his arm, can't remember if I got it back or not)

So have I.

I gave a mini-Boa Constrictor to a newly-widowed friend once and she was most grateful.

One for the lid and one for the jar works well.

[Mrs Pingu]

We had a pot luck lunch today. Myself and a sort of new colleague were trying and failing to open a jar of dip. We were both going "I refuse to ask a man". Probably not because we have any particular problem with that, but because present was an odious example of the worst sort of male chauvinist pig. The man is a complete arse.
Anyway, after some scuttering about I found a tin opener with a bottle opener end which allowed me to release the vacuum and we were in. All happy

Tip of the day: when struggling to open a vacuum sealed jar, upend the object and rap the lid firmly and squarely on a flat surface. Turn it back the right way and be surprised.

I tried this out this morning and it worked 
Science isn't dull.

[Basil]

There is a constant stream of Santas running past the house.

[Basil]

We're down to just the puffed walking Santas now.

[citoyen]

But which one is the real Santa?

[Kim]

But which one is the real Santa?

The one stuck up the chimney.

[Cudzoziemiec]

We had a pot luck lunch today. Myself and a sort of new colleague were trying and failing to open a jar of dip. We were both going "I refuse to ask a man". Probably not because we have any particular problem with that, but because present was an odious example of the worst sort of male chauvinist pig. The man is a complete arse.
Anyway, after some scuttering about I found a tin opener with a bottle opener end which allowed me to release the vacuum and we were in. All happy

Tip of the day: when struggling to open a vacuum sealed jar, upend the object and rap the lid firmly and squarely on a flat surface. Turn it back the right way and be surprised.

I tried this out this morning and it worked 
Science isn't dull.

So did I. 

[ElyDave]

Didn't work on the sauerkraut this evening, but the hot tap did the job.

[Giraffe]

Warm up a ring on the cooker - lowest setting should do - put jar upside down for a little while - only for metal tops!
My favourite ploy is to let everybody else have a go; this manipulates the top and warms it. I have quite big hands, so a 2lb. jar is OK and, once 'per-conditioned', is usually within my grasp.

[rafletcher]

Didn't work on the sauerkraut this evening, but the hot tap did the job.

I always turn the jar upside down and smack the bottom a couple of times, as opposed to banging bthe lid on a hard surface. Same principle tho. Then if that fails it's the hot tap, or even some boiled water.

[Tim Hall]

I go for the Superman method - get Lois Lane to open it.

[Legs]

This way is very reliable...

[spesh]

+1

That, or a spoon to lever the lip of the lid out enough to break the seal.

[Cudzoziemiec]

It was all go in the Co-op today. There was a long que for the machines that go bleep so I joined the faster-moving qeu for the humans. This proved to be a good move because at the head of the quu was a large tin of Quuuuality Street with a note informing customers they were welcome to tuck in by way of apology for the seasonal quees. I'm not a huge fan of Quaality Street but hey, never look a gift sweet in the wrapper and all that.

But that was only the beginning of the excitement! As I got to the head of the qeuu, I caught a snippet of shop talk:
Shop assistant one: Where is he now?
Shop assistant two: He's out the back. They're arresting him.
Shop assistant one: They think he did it in the shop.
And sure enough, when I exited the emporium of gaudily wrapped sweeties, there was a young chap in black being bundled in a most uncomfortable way into one of Her Majesty's Taxi Cabs by another young chap in black. Presumably a shoplifter (the first young chap in black, I mean) though the last line of shop talk seems to imply it was a crime that might also be committed elsewhere.

And the quuuuuuu wasn't really that long either.

[Mrs Pingu]

Gaah! Now I want to scoop out my eyes with sporks!

[ElyDave]

Gaah! Now I want to scoop out my eyes with sporks!

Sporks would be an appropriate tool, stabby and scoopy 

[Ham]

I wonder if Kim or Tim were technical consultants.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo

[Steph]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-46608795

Whatever is being poured in that picture does NOT qualify as 'tea', whether Yorkshire or otherwise.

[Tim Hall]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-46608795

Whatever is being poured in that picture does NOT qualify as 'tea', whether Yorkshire or otherwise.

I think even my friend Frank, who drinks Olympian quantities of tea and whose motto is "There's no such thing as a bad cup of tea. There are good cups of tea and better cups of tea" might shy away from that homeopathic brew.

[Butterfly]

This way is very reliable...

I stick the knife under the lid to release the seal. Works perfectly and I'm less likely to drop the jar on the floor.

[Ham]

Seen on facebook

[T42]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-46608795

Whatever is being poured in that picture does NOT qualify as 'tea', whether Yorkshire or otherwise.

MrsT refers to the various herbal concoctions she buys as tea, and gets quite narked when I ask for a cup of real tea, which she wants to call 'black' tea. Some of her tisanes are almost palatable, but they've SFA to do with C. sinensis. Most of them make me want to puke.

[Cudzoziemiec]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-46608795

Whatever is being poured in that picture does NOT qualify as 'tea', whether Yorkshire or otherwise.

MrsT refers to the various herbal concoctions she buys as tea, and gets quite narked when I ask for a cup of real tea, which she wants to call 'black' tea. Some of her tisanes are almost palatable, but they've SFA to do with C. sinensis. Most of them make me want to puke.

This to the max. Well not quite the puking, though some of them are disgustingly sweet. Some others are quite decent though – fennel, mint and nettle are all okay. But they're not tea.

[Beardy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-46608795

Whatever is being poured in that picture does NOT qualify as 'tea', whether Yorkshire or otherwise.

As my dear departed maternal grandfather was wont to say when presented with such a brew; ‘I do hope they’ve shot the poor horse!’

[ElyDave]

You know why you can never get a decent cup of tea at a labour party meeting?



Get ready for it!




Because all proper tea is theft



It's the red fleece on the peg over there.