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[Kathleen]

Hello cubagirl.

Breaking the airtight seal is the trick as ariadne says. To do this I tap all the way around the lid with the handle of a knife to create indentations which then breaks the seal and loosens the lid.

Take care ladies.

K.

[dahliagirl]

my mother in law used to swear by a device she got out of one of those homeware catalogues that come through the door - it was like a rubber fairy cake case.

For jars, I stab them with an old fashioned manual tin opener of the type used for camping in the 1970s - saved specially for the purpose.  That usually works. 

[CLKD]

Crisp packets have become more difficult to open, I think it's the Fat Police  .  I tried to open a packet of GO! biscuits in the car recently when I had a sudden dip when travelling, we almost had to stop so that Himself could do it 4 me  .  Found a nail-file eventually !

[cubagirl]

  see what desperation does to us.

Managed to open wine tonight. Must have been really desperate! 

[cubagirl]

Found some contraption in my kitchen drawer. Must have bought, thinking I'd need it.  Worked a treat on wine bottle. Now to try on more sensible containers.  Hubby looked on in shock that I'd opened wine bottle. 

[cubagirl]

 

[CLKD]

>hands over glass< 

I had difficulty getting a bun out of an already opened packet earlier   

[dahliagirl]

I have some very grippy nut crackers that are good at opening wine bottles.  No good at nuts, of course.

[babyjane]

chopping is the same, we both have trouble with it, especially onions - slippery little blighters.  Today we have ordered a nice little electric chopper for onions, garlic, chillies, nuts, things like that.  We reckon in the year we are both 60 we deserve it and I will slice my fingers a lot less often now 

[CLKD]

Babyjane - that reminds me of a conversation I heard in the last couple of days about a contestant in a cookery programme who managed to  the top almost off his finger 

It was so frustrating earlier that it almost went into the bin, 3 buns and the bag !

[CLKD]

LOL!  I bet had I dropped the already opened packet the 3 buns left inside would have fallen onto the floor 

What's been fighting back today? for me it was my walking boots, trying to put them un-successfully on earlier, eventually I looked down and they were the wrong way ...... left trying to get into a right boot doesn't work 

[cubagirl]

Oh CLKD! 

[nearly50]

LOL!  I bet had I dropped the already opened packet the 3 buns left inside would have fallen onto the floor 

What's been fighting back today? for me it was my walking boots, trying to put them un-successfully on earlier, eventually I looked down and they were the wrong way ...... left trying to get into a right boot doesn't work 

I got my jacket completely stuck to my basket in Morrisons and one of the women had to help me. Felt like primary school all over again!

[CLKD]

Trey suggests:


https://smile.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Jar-Opener/dp/B002DWA6KM/ref=sr_1_4's=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1483817051&sr=1-4&keywords=Jar+opener

I need someone to agree to empty my commode on a regular basis when push comes to shove 

[cubagirl]

Added to my list.