Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site codas.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!akguc!codas!mikel From: mikel@codas.UUCP (Mikel Manitius) Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: Re: opening bottles ! Message-ID: <344@codas.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 14:09:30 EST Article-I.D.: codas.344 Posted: Mon Oct 28 14:09:30 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 05:40:40 EST References: <1048@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems (SDSS) - Orlando Lines: 11 >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 Another method is to tap the lid of the jar with the handle of a metal hammer, all around the lid, then it will unscrew easily. -- Mikel Manitius @ AT&T-IS Altamonte Springs, FL ...{ihnp4|akguc|attmail|indra!koura}!codas!mikel