soon it will render that frozen concoction that helps me hang on.
I feel so dirty
Dig it! Engineer guy shows brilliant design of aluminum cans
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I feel so dirty
Acadiafall
Kiss Me Hardy
I remember seeing something about Coca Cola bottles years ago. About how incredibly strong they were. Much much MUCH, stronger than would ever be needed to contain a fizzy drink. Im talking about the old fashioned shape
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
It is the Borg, it will assimilate you.soon it will render that frozen concoction that helps me hang on.
I feel so dirty
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
Don't think I ever drank from a can with a pull tab. Was the rim of the opening really sharp too? Or similar to today's cans?
Nice cans.
Nice cans.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
Depended. Some were a little sharp. Most were similar to today, though I seem to remember that the cans tended to seem just a bit thicker in terms width of the material. Not all pull tabs were created equally.
Bob411
thrumming with potential
Needing a can opener was before my time. At least for beer anyways. Hershey's syrup still came in a can that you had to poke holes in. Still needed an oil can spout too. Thinking back on the oil cans, versus the plastic bottles they come in now, the oil can was ridiculous.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
I remember my dad teaching me to open those so I could be beertender at his printing club meeting. One big hole to drink out of, one little one on the other side to vent.
I remember the giant cans of Hi-C (and other pseudo-juice sugar and dye cocktails) like that back when I was a kid. Those were still on the shelves not tooooo long ago.
Steverino
black sheep
We used to break the tab loose from the ring, then wedge the ring into the tab in such a way that, with some practice, you could shoot that ring a considerable distance, maybe 15-20 feet. Ah, those were the days
I also had an entire curtain made of those pull tabs in my bedroom.
shoeless
Riffin'
I had totally forgotten about that, but we did that too as kids. Pull the flexible aluminum part off of the ring, and insert it into the little slot on the ring. The natural spring of the aluminum piece made for a good launcher, and those rings flew like mini frisbees. Good times...We used to break the tab loose from the ring, then wedge the ring into the tab in such a way that, with some practice, you could shoot that ring a considerable distance, maybe 15-20 feet. Ah, those were the days
Flatspotter
What?
I used to do that, too!We used to break the tab loose from the ring, then wedge the ring into the tab in such a way that, with some practice, you could shoot that ring a considerable distance, maybe 15-20 feet. Ah, those were the days
I also had an entire curtain made of those pull tabs in my bedroom.
Elias Graves
Common misfit
I remember seeing something about Coca Cola bottles years ago. About how incredibly strong they were. Much much MUCH, stronger than would ever be needed to contain a fizzy drink. Im talking about the old fashioned shape
Yes, but those bottles were re-used again and again. I remember taking them back to the supermarket for credit. They were cleaned, sterilized and used over and over again.
I remember these from Coors. The first generation of "tabless" cans. You had to push the dots down with your finger.
shoeless
Riffin'
Yep, we used to scavenge construction sites on the way home from school for discarded bottles, then take them to 7-11 and get enough change to buy a candy bar and a drink. The ultimate in green recycling.
I remember those Coors cans too. They had just started selling Coors in Texas when those came out ('75-ish?).
I bottle my homebrew in old returnable coke bottles. I've got a couple of dozen of them.