"Pete Zahut" wrote in message
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would this work http://www.wimp.com/wineshoe

It's a video of someone removing a cork from a wine bottle using a shoe.
The cork comes out of the bottle but I don't see how - although I'm not
the world's greatest physicist, of course :-) IMHO the cork, if it
moves at all, should go inside the bottle because (and this is the bit
that justifies it being in a DIY group) it would seem to be the same
principle as putting a hammer head on a shaft, ie, shaft and head
travelling downwards, shaft stops, head carries on downwards and fits
snugly on shaft. Wine bottle and cork travelling in same direction, bottle
stops, cork should continue same way as the bottle, not go in the opposite
direction - shouldn't it?

I was shown this some time ago, but using a towel rather than a shoe. I
rather think that I learnt about the technique from a Greek whilst on a
company course. Possibly the only thing that I now remember from the
course.


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Michael Chare