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[cubagirl]

Ok ladies I'm not going mad, so far as I am aware.    However, these days I cannot unscrew screw tops from anything more than a toothpaste tube.  I need hubby to unscrew a bottle of wine  Ok, maybe not the most essential of items.  Once the seals are broken, no problem, but I do wonder what the heck is going to happen if he isn't able to help, which may well happen.  I cannot grip things hard enough without causing a great deal of pain to wrist &/or fingers.  I'm only 60.  I even bought a special gadget to help me, was as useless as a chocolate teapot!

Do any of you have any tips for me?

[Ju Ju]

A chocolate teapot sounds rather delicious!  I have to get help opening a lot of jars. Even DH struggles and has resorted to piecing. Neither of us have joint problems, though over 60. How do much older people cope?

[Annie0710]

I've only just hit 50 with no hand/finger problems and I've been struggling a few years, there's no hope for me then ! X

[Jenna]

Ladies - if you want to open a glass jar with a metal lid, just pour boiling water over the lid first. It should then unscrew easily. I hope that helps!

[cubagirl]

Useful tip, thanks Jenna.  I do have a useful gadget for ring pulls, which are also becoming harder to pull.  This old age malarkey is no fun at all.   

[nearly50]

Ladies - if you want to open a glass jar with a metal lid, just pour boiling water over the lid first. It should then unscrew easily. I hope that helps!

You can pierce the lid with a sharp knife too which helps.

[CLKD]

Go to a mobility shop!!!! or look on line:  do NOT use knives - A&E are busy and self-inflicted wounds are so not appreciated right now!

AgeUK have brochures about what might be required as we age  We have a metal thingy that undoes other thingies ........

[Megamind]

Tap the lid against a hard surface a few times and it's meant to loosen the lid.

[CLKD]

A large, thick elastic band wrapped round the lid gives a firmer grip?

[cubagirl]

Megamind, broke jar doing that once, so not anxious to repeat, but thanks.

Tried rubber too.  Bought a rubber mat thingy to use, but no luck.

[ariadne]

You need to break the seal. Look round the rim for the bits with notches, then just twist a knife upwards under them. You'll hear a pop and the lid will unscrew easily then😊

Ariadne xx

[Ju Ju]

Tap the lid against a hard surface a few times and it's meant to loosen the lid.

If it's on a glass jar, I'd probably break the glass, knowing my clumsiness!

[babyjane]

I find putting on dry rubber gloves helps with the gripping of a slippery jar, failing that, manpower 

[cubagirl]

Just got to figure out the wine bottles, of course I could just buy posh stuff with corks! 

I've tried many of these ideas, thanks ladies. Think my grip is the main problem.  Hubby thinks I'm putting it on. 

[cubagirl]

Every sympathy sparkle! It's pants isn't it!