On 24/04/2010 09:48, T i m wrote:
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:58:27 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:


We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember T i saying
something like:



Not resealable unless you intend to gas weld it, but none of them
are.

TIG no good for that then? ;-)

Actually, just this evening I was impressed with the fit of a can top
onto the can body. Mostly they fit back reasonably well, but this
particular can had a deeper edge to it and the re-fit was very good
indeed.

Angle grinder? ;-)

She's getting on ok with the Kenwood opener (not had much chance to
use it as yet though) but is a bit 'ham fisted' and mechanical things
don't seem as obvious to her as they do me.

So I've had to explain that she should 'bring the can up to the opener
vertically' (she was offering it up at quite an angle) 'and make sure
the drive wheel is central to the can' (there didn't seem to be any
effort to ensure things were actually aligned etc).

I predict one of us will lift the handle but not be holding onto the
can. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

I'm glad she's getting on OK with the Kenwood , I'm always a little
worried after recommending something so thanks for the feedback.
I was in the pub with our H&S officer one evening when he picked up a
newly served pint of bitter, it slipped straight through and made a
wonderful crash as it hit the tiled floor. We concocted another
paragraph to the Works H&S rules. "When picking up a pint of bitter make
sure your little finger is bent at right angles to your hand and located
under the glass" I guess the same thing could apply when opening a tin? :-)

Cheers
Don