MrWorldwide Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 OK - I broke my shoulder in 3 places some months back, but I've still managed to get the lids off bottles of coke and other common foodstuffs - fast forward to this morning and I swear I've got two bottles that will need an oxy rig to separate the top from the bottle. Managed to get the lid off everything else in the fridge, leaving me wondering if anyone else has had trouble recently ? I know they dont want people tampering with their products, but this is ridiculous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I tried to open a vacuum blister-pack of sun-dried salted broad beans from 7/11; first with my hands, then a knife, followed by a chain-saw and finally run over by a tuk-tuk. Mission Impossible...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom21 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 no change, some hard some easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I have one particular item that I get regularly that is like that. I use the dull side of a butter knife and hit along the edges of the lid a few times and opens easily. Sometimes I can hear the vacuum breaking knowing for sure it will open with no effort. Occasionally I will have something with a cap on it and after so much straining dig out my pliers and give it a twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsycat Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Run hot water on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWorldwide Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks guys - I fear I'm at the point where a pair of pliers is my new must-have accessory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 It's because it's cold. Run it under the tap.. bingo it'll open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I tried to open a vacuum blister-pack of sun-dried salted broad beans from 7/11; first with my hands, then a knife, followed by a chain-saw and finally run over by a tuk-tuk. Mission Impossible...... I hope you had a license for the. Chainsaw :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Ever since I left home, 50 years ago, I have been aggravated, annoyed and sometimes had my intelligence insulted by, the packaging industry. At least you could still buy stuff wrapped up in paper in those days. Yes, we have a pair of pliers in the kitchen alongside the lid remover. What annoys me these days is that beer cans have suddenly become difficult to open, if you drink out of the can you risk getting a piece of ragged aluminium up your nose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 It's because it's cold. Run it under the tap.. bingo it'll open! If the tap water is warmer than the ambient temperature you are not in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 It's because it's cold. Run it under the tap.. bingo it'll open!If the tap water is warmer than the ambient temperature you are not in Thailand. Huh.. he said he got it out of the fridge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Try one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAR-OPENER-METAL-JAR-OPENER-LID-OPENER-BOTTLE-CAP-OPENER-MULTI-PURPOSE-EASY-NEW-/261635427448 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Get your self one of these bad boys,, they sell them in most of the 20baht shops,, problem solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 For jars, use the "wrong end" of a spoon if its thick and lever under the edge until it pops. No vacuum means easy to open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 A bit of training might help you pussies.. look at my guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWorldwide Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) Very impressive robblok - I'll bet you're hung like a giraffe down there too. All in all, a very proud young man Edited December 24, 2014 by MrWorldwide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Very impressive robblok - I'll bet you're hung like a giraffe down there too. All in all, a very proud young man I put giraffe's to shame there is not enough web space here to post that. Plus I don't want to give all you guys an inferiority complex. My big guns already done that probably so i leave it at this. I like the object that Welsh posted.. sometimes its just hard to get grip on lids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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