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(Charles Bishop) wrote:
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> The article number seems to run into the address. How come?
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>>Bottle Openers for Bartenders
>>Professional grade bottle openers for less at [snip], the
>>Internet's original bar supply superstore.
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> I only need bottle openers any more if I buy a soda at one of
> the latino stores in SF's Mission district and forget to have
> the clerk open the bottle for me. Even then, I can get my
> linesman's pliers from the truck and use that. Boys are
> impressed if you put the lip of the bottle cap on a hard edge
> and whack the bottle with your hand, driving the cap off, though
> there is a risk of breaking the bottle[1].
Another trick is using a cigarette lighter to open a beer bottle.
Hold the neck of the bottle in your left hand with the cap
protruding a little from the ring formed by forefinger and thumb,
and pry the cap off using the lighter as a lever and your
forefinger as the fulcrum. Some people think it's impressive, but
it's really quite easy.
I prefer Bics for this because the plastic is both soft and trong
enough to grab tha cap and not shatter. Tends to chew up the edge
of the lighter, though.
> I remember the bottle openers that were attached to the soft
> drink coolers,
Yeah, I remember them, too, because they're still in use around
here.
> the "church key" types that could also be used to
> punch a hole in a can and the roughly triangular shaped ones on
> the ends of cork screws.
Or one end as bottle opener and the other end with the triangular
puncher. They're not made any more? I still have several of them
around somewhere.
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