Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-sprite!osman From: osman@sprite.DEC (Eric, DIGITAL, Burlington Ma. 617 273-7484) Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: opening bottles ! Message-ID: <1048@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 08:44:46 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.1048 Posted: Fri Oct 25 08:44:46 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:20:23 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 14 >Or if you must stick to the household for examples, a trick to get the lids >off of jars if they are stuck is to run scalding hot water over the tops. If >you twist quickly after that, they are easier to free. >-- : > : > -------------------------------- Path: ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy I was recently showed an amazing method of getting a hard-to-open bottle open. Hold bottle on its side. Give it a WHACK on the *bottom* with the heel of your hand. Then turn the cover ! All I can guess is that a shock wave gets sent to the cover, momentarily deforming it enough to let the pressure equalize. /Eric