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Wife just asked me to buy a can opener a couple of days ago. Now she will be proud of me for not having to buy one. Psst, psst, forgot to get one!

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That's actually kind of clever.
And now the cats know about it.

We are doomed.

Eustace

and guess vhat? cats gonna survive too.

pretty cool trick for the coming zombie apocalypse.

I can see blood in that guy's future.

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and guess vhat? cats gonna survive too.

pretty cool trick for the coming zombie apocalypse.

We are just not ready for the upcoming zombie apocatlypse.



Eustace

OK, so the survivalists are stocked with tuna, and AK rounds. Good plan.

Oh, and my cat is now eying my chili and baked bean cans. He likes beans, and I guess he will now serve himself.

And to go with your tuna...

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Paul

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I think I will just put an OUT OF ORDER
sticker on my head and call it a day.

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One needs to register to see the info.

You don't say which one is giving you a problem, if it was my post then here is a direct link to the YouTube video.

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I can see blood in that guy's future.

I can see no wife in kap's future.

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And to go with your tuna...

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Paul

Thanks - great shoe trick! This will come in handy some day.

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That can opening trick will also provide your daily requirement of steel and concrete trace minerals. You can spice it up by using a variety of local rocks and boulders too.

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That can opening trick will also provide your daily requirement of steel and concrete trace minerals. You can spice it up by using a variety of local rocks and boulders too.

If I'm starving, and have no can opener, and a bunch of canned food, a bit of filings and dirt isn't going to bother me terribly.

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That can opening trick will also provide your daily requirement of steel and concrete trace minerals.

If I'm starving, and have no can opener, and a bunch of canned food, a bit of filings and dirt isn't going to bother me terribly.

And if done carefully then no iron or rock will get in to the food.

Paul

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That can opening trick will also provide your daily requirement of steel and concrete trace minerals. You can spice it up by using a variety of local rocks and boulders too.

If I'm starving, and have no can opener, and a bunch of canned food, a bit of filings and dirt isn't going to bother me terribly.

Am Speechless and commentless I.

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Am Speechless and commentless I.

Totally away from the topic, apologies, but the link in your signature comes up with:
"The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. "

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I thought that was going to be about the virtues of having an AK handy.

So they're grinding through the top of the lid?

Maybe that could be done on a less abrasive surface and just heat up the glue enough to squeeze the lid off.

Hm. Maybe it's not glue but some sealant.

Anyway, keep your P-38 handy.

(Hint: not your Walther or Lightning.)

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all who would be called good
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Everybody matters or nobody matters.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

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by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

-An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

Mister, that's a ten-gallon hat on a twenty-gallon head.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

Here in NYC, we used this 'hack' when we were kids in the 60's, and I'm sure we weren't the first.

Back then the cans had identical caps on both ends, and we would grind them off on the sidewalk so there were no sharp edges.

The hollow can tube was now the perfect device for directing the water from an open fire hydrant at whomever you wanted to soak. This was before the city mandated spray caps to save water. Killjoys.

This clip from 'Do The Right Thing' is the perfect illustration:

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Here in NYC, we used this 'hack' when we were kids in the 60's, and I'm sure we weren't the first.

Back then the cans had identical caps on both ends, and we would grind them off on the sidewalk so there were no sharp edges.

The hollow can tube was now the perfect device for directing the water from an open fire hydrant at whomever you wanted to soak. This was before the city mandated spray caps to save water. Killjoys.

This clip from 'Do The Right Thing' is the perfect illustration:

[www.youtube.com]

Staten Island here, 1958 to 1966.
We used Tennis Ball cans; they were freely available from the Walker Park clubhouse.


We lived on Davis Avenue, just a couple of houses up from the park. I went to find a silly photo, and found this most extraordinary recent image instead:


There were a lot of stories told about our neighborhood when we were there, and some of the stories revolved around the old, and very respectable, Black families who claimed to have lived there since the Civil War.
As to why they ended up there:


Back to Tennis Ball cans. Yes, you had to use a can opener on one end back then; they were real cans, pressurized because Tennis Balls back then had limited life once exposed to Air. There was a key to be used to tear the metal strip that secured the other end on, at least in theory.

Many a tennis ball started out the game with mysterious red spots.

Now a lot of interesting things could be done with such an empty tube, with one dangerously sharp lip.
One thing involved Horse Chestnuts. Find a soft bark tree, and jam/twist the sharp edge in.
Stand some distance away, and toss Horse Chestnuts at the open end. Rules may be made up on the spot, and conveniently forgotten the next day.


You could also poke a small hole near the sharp edge of the can, jam/twist it into the ground, (Angle if you like.), spray the inside with some stolen Aqua-Net, then drop a Tennis Ball in, while holding a lit Kitchen Match up to the hole.

(Scene from "Glory".)


Eustace

With all of the things we used to do, it's a miracle any of us made it to adulthood.

Though, admittedly, some of us are still waiting to arrive.

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I thought that was going to be about the virtues of having an AK handy.

So they're grinding through the top of the lid?

Maybe that could be done on a less abrasive surface and just heat up the glue enough to squeeze the lid off.

Hm. Maybe it's not glue but some sealant.

Anyway, keep your P-38 handy.

(Hint: not your Walther or Lightning.)

I'm a manly man. I have a P-51.

I'm an arguably manlier man.
I prefer Slazenger, myself.
Plenty of heft, accurate at close range.



Eustace



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Am Speechless and commentless I.

Totally away from the topic, apologies, but the link in your signature comes up with:
"The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. "

Paul

Thanks, guess I haven't listened to it in a while.

It is was just sing 5 from disc 3 of this fleetwood mac disc set
I don't see it anywhere on utube right now

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I'm a manly man. I have a P-51.

LOL, some have to compensate and need the leverage.

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all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

Everybody matters or nobody matters.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

-An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

Mister, that's a ten-gallon hat on a twenty-gallon head.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

Or try opening a #10 can with a dinky P-38. I saw a civilian model with a spork as the handle.