Sardine cans: when did they go from

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam? Can't
remember but often the metal strip broke off, leaving me to have to attempt
the can opener on an odd shaped can.

John Kuthe

2014-06-09 12:00:24 UTC

On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam? Can't
remember but often the metal strip broke off, leaving me to have to attempt
the can opener on an odd shaped can.

Yeah, that was always the point of failure with the key opening
system. Still, I can remember opening the sardine can on my mom's
electric can opener, and it being kind of cool as the rounded off
rectangle can opeped, the edge being fed throuigh the opener's
electrically driven wheels.

John Kuthe...

Brooklyn1

2014-06-09 14:34:05 UTC

On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

Pete C.

2014-06-09 14:37:26 UTC

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

Nunya Bidnits

2014-06-09 15:30:04 UTC

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham?
Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

I remember when you needed a church key.

Cheri

2014-06-09 15:37:47 UTC

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

I remember when you needed a church key.

Me too, and I always hated the key opening cans, they were usually on corned
beef and Spam cans. I dislike the pull top cans on things like Kippered
Snacks, sardines, because I usually end up with some of the liquid on me,
somehow.

Cheri

jmcquown

2014-06-09 15:49:00 UTC

Post by Cheri

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

I remember when you needed a church key.

Me too, and I always hated the key opening cans, they were usually on
corned beef and Spam cans. I dislike the pull top cans on things like
Kippered Snacks, sardines, because I usually end up with some of the
liquid on me, somehow.
Cheri

I don't eat sardines, but for the pull top cans, put a towel over the
part you're going to be pulling back towards yourself. Prevents
splatter. :)

Jill

Julie Bove

2014-06-10 08:05:32 UTC

Post by Cheri

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

I remember when you needed a church key.

Me too, and I always hated the key opening cans, they were usually on
corned beef and Spam cans. I dislike the pull top cans on things like
Kippered Snacks, sardines, because I usually end up with some of the
liquid on me, somehow.

That always happens to me with those little cups of fruit. Pull the top off
and spill the liquid.

Brooklyn1

2014-06-09 15:38:15 UTC

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

I remember when canned beverages first came out, no kind of tab, you
needed a church key, the cap had real cork as a seal.

Julie Bove

2014-06-10 08:07:06 UTC

Post by Brooklyn1

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

I remember when canned beverages first came out, no kind of tab, you
needed a church key, the cap had real cork as a seal.

I don't remember the cork but I do remember having to punch holes in the
can. I also remember the Coke machines with the lids that opened. You put
your coin in, then threaded the bottle around to the point where it could
come out. Then you popped the top off with the opener that was on the
machine.

Sqwertz

2014-06-09 15:41:36 UTC

Post by Pete C.
I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

That wasn't that long ago. 1978 or so. IIRC. You'd pull off the tab
and then drop it into the soda for lack of anything better to do with
it. And no, nobody I ever knew ever accidentally swallowed or choked
on one.

-sw

jmcquown

2014-06-09 15:51:11 UTC

Post by Pete C.
I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

I remember those stories! Don't drop the tab into the can, you'll
swallow it and choke or cut your esophagus when you swallow it. Yeah,
right.

Jill

Nunya Bidnits

2014-06-09 16:16:34 UTC

Post by jmcquown

Post by Pete C.
I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans
were replaced with the flip tops...

I remember those stories! Don't drop the tab into the can, you'll
swallow it and choke or cut your esophagus when you swallow it. Yeah,
right.
Jill

The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them. People just
pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too small to matter.

Sqwertz

2014-06-09 17:14:53 UTC

Post by Nunya Bidnits
The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them. People just
pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too small to matter.

That's why we environmentally-conscious folks dropped them down into
the soda can!

-sw

Nunya Bidnits

2014-06-09 19:09:40 UTC

Post by Nunya Bidnits
The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them.
People just pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too
small to matter.

That's why we environmentally-conscious folks dropped them down into
the soda can!
-sw

Except the millions who were deathly afraid of swallowing them.

l not -l

2014-06-09 19:48:35 UTC

Post by Nunya Bidnits
The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them.
People just pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too
small to matter.

That's why we environmentally-conscious folks dropped them down into
the soda can!
-sw

Except the millions who were deathly afraid of swallowing them.

Or the millions of others that made them into bracelets and necklaces.

Ingrid Newkirk

2014-06-09 19:52:09 UTC

Post by Nunya Bidnits
The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them.
People just pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too
small to matter.

That's why we environmentally-conscious folks dropped them down into
the soda can!

Except the millions who were deathly afraid of swallowing them.

Bunch of pussies, I say. I would gladly swallow a hundred ring-tabs
if it would prevent one animal from cutting their paw on a ring tab.

-in

Oregonian Haruspex

2014-06-09 20:15:20 UTC

Post by Nunya Bidnits
The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them.
People just pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too
small to matter.

That's why we environmentally-conscious folks dropped them down into
the soda can!

Except the millions who were deathly afraid of swallowing them.

Bunch of pussies, I say. I would gladly swallow a hundred ring-tabs
if it would prevent one animal from cutting their paw on a ring tab.
-in

Time to put your money where your mouth is - if you put a video of yourself
swallowing 100 ring-tabs on YouTube, I will refrain from hunting this fall.
I guarantee if you don't the damage to the little fuzzems will be much
more severe than a cut paw.

So are you going to be a pussy and let a bunch of poor animals get blasted,
or will you stand up for the ittow fuzzy wuzzies and eat 100 ring tabs?

Ingrid Newkirk

2014-06-09 21:48:23 UTC

Post by Oregonian Haruspex

Post by Nunya Bidnits
The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them.
People just pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too
small to matter.

That's why we environmentally-conscious folks dropped them down into
the soda can!

Except the millions who were deathly afraid of swallowing them.

Bunch of pussies, I say. I would gladly swallow a hundred ring-tabs
if it would prevent one animal from cutting their paw on a ring tab.

Time to put your money where your mouth is - if you put a video of yourself
swallowing 100 ring-tabs on YouTube, I will refrain from hunting this fall.
I guarantee if you don't the damage to the little fuzzems will be much
more severe than a cut paw.
So are you going to be a pussy and let a bunch of poor animals get blasted,
or will you stand up for the ittow fuzzy wuzzies and eat 100 ring tabs?

I will swallow ring tabs on live TV once you post a video of yourself
not hunting for 3 months starting September 1st.

Jerry, I am wearing a "I [Heart] Tofu" oversized shirt, a "Vegetarians
Make Better Lovers" thong, and a pair of Novacas Zola vegan sandals.

-in

Oregonian Haruspex

2014-06-09 23:27:26 UTC

Post by Oregonian Haruspex

Post by Nunya Bidnits
The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them.
People just pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too
small to matter.

That's why we environmentally-conscious folks dropped them down into
the soda can!

Except the millions who were deathly afraid of swallowing them.

Bunch of pussies, I say. I would gladly swallow a hundred ring-tabs
if it would prevent one animal from cutting their paw on a ring tab.

Time to put your money where your mouth is - if you put a video of yourself
swallowing 100 ring-tabs on YouTube, I will refrain from hunting this fall.
I guarantee if you don't the damage to the little fuzzems will be much
more severe than a cut paw.
So are you going to be a pussy and let a bunch of poor animals get blasted,
or will you stand up for the ittow fuzzy wuzzies and eat 100 ring tabs?

I will swallow ring tabs on live TV once you post a video of yourself
not hunting for 3 months starting September 1st.
Jerry, I am wearing a "I [Heart] Tofu" oversized shirt, a "Vegetarians
Make Better Lovers" thong, and a pair of Novacas Zola vegan sandals.
-in

I don't think you understand - I am going hunting UNLESS you eat 100 ring
tabs FIRST. After all, you said you'd "gladly" eat them...

Nunya Bidnits

2014-06-10 00:49:50 UTC

Post by Oregonian Haruspex

Post by Nunya Bidnits
The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them.
People just pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too
small to matter.

That's why we environmentally-conscious folks dropped them down
into the soda can!

Except the millions who were deathly afraid of swallowing them.

Bunch of pussies, I say. I would gladly swallow a hundred ring-tabs
if it would prevent one animal from cutting their paw on a ring tab.
-in

Time to put your money where your mouth is - if you put a video of
yourself swallowing 100 ring-tabs on YouTube, I will refrain from
hunting this fall. I guarantee if you don't the damage to the little
fuzzems will be much more severe than a cut paw.
So are you going to be a pussy and let a bunch of poor animals get
blasted, or will you stand up for the ittow fuzzy wuzzies and eat 100
ring tabs?

Blasted? Are you making gameburgers?

Jerry Sauk

2014-06-09 20:07:10 UTC

Post by Nunya Bidnits
The millions of little pull tabs were getting into the environment
everywhere. That was the primary reason for getting rid of them.
People just pulled them and chucked them, thinking they were too
small to matter.

That's why we environmentally-conscious folks dropped them down into
the soda can!

Except the millions who were deathly afraid of swallowing them.

Bunch of pussies, I say. I would gladly swallow a hundred ring-tabs
if it would prevent one animal from cutting their paw on a ring tab.
-in

What are you wearing, Ingrid?

Pete C.

2014-06-09 16:03:15 UTC

Post by Pete C.
I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

Worse, people would toss the tabs on the beach and you'd cut your foot
:( Flip tabs eliminated that problem.

jmcquown

2014-06-09 16:35:40 UTC

Post by Pete C.
I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

Worse, people would toss the tabs on the beach and you'd cut your foot
:( Flip tabs eliminated that problem.

Jimmy Buffett (Margaritaville)

"I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top..." :-D

Jill

Dave Smith

2014-06-09 20:35:27 UTC

Post by Sqwertz
That wasn't that long ago. 1978 or so. IIRC. You'd pull off the tab
and then drop it into the soda for lack of anything better to do with
it. And no, nobody I ever knew ever accidentally swallowed or choked
on one.
-sw

Worse, people would toss the tabs on the beach and you'd cut your foot
:( Flip tabs eliminated that problem.

Before pop cans we had only glass bottles and people used to toss them
when they were finished. There were broken bottles just about
everywhere. Those tabs were nowhere near the hazard that the broken
glass was.

Helpful person

2014-06-10 12:21:34 UTC

Post by Dave Smith
Before pop cans we had only glass bottles and people used to toss them
when they were finished. There were broken bottles just about
everywhere. Those tabs were nowhere near the hazard that the broken
glass was.

You must be in the USA.

http://www.richardfisher.com

Dave Smith

2014-06-10 12:24:41 UTC

Post by Helpful person

You must be in the USA.

You would be as wrong about that as you are about many other things when
you offer your supposedly helpful suggestions.

Brooklyn1

2014-06-10 20:06:34 UTC

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 05:21:34 -0700 (PDT), Helpful person

Post by Helpful person

You must be in the USA.

Not everyone in the US tosses them, many municipalities impose a
deposit so it would be rare they would be tossed, and even those few
that are discarded are picked up by kids for pocket money and by
homeless people for buying food and booze. Now where I live in NY all
bevrage bottles/cans have a 5¢ deposit, I return mine and I sometimes
find them on the road shoulder where I live, I pick them up before I
mow... sometimes I find unopened beer bottles, probably tossed from a
vehical being persued by the cops... one morning there was a whole six
pack of Heinekin on my front lawn, put it in my fridge and drank it of
course, and then collected the deposit too.

Gary

2014-06-10 21:40:34 UTC

Post by Brooklyn1
one morning there was a whole six
pack of Heinekin on my front lawn, put it in my fridge and drank it of
course,

Very foolish thing to do, imo. ;-O

Julie Bove

2014-06-10 08:15:25 UTC

Post by Pete C.
I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

Worse, people would toss the tabs on the beach and you'd cut your foot
:( Flip tabs eliminated that problem.

Remember the pull tab nonsense where people thought if they saved them, some
sort of miracle would happen? Firemen would take them and then turn them in
so some cancer patient could get chemo or some such thing.

Okay this one says it was for dialysis.

http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp

I actually heard many versions of that story. Some people I know just
insisted that I save the tabs for them and that I was being cruel and
selfish if I wouldn't. They wanted so badly to believe that it was true.

Another food related rumor. If you got a Tootsie Pop wrapper with an Indian
on it, you could trade it in for a free Pop. I don't know why but it seemed
pretty hard to get one that had the complete Indian. And because of the way
they were wrapped, you couldn't tell without unwrapping it. The Indian
always appeared (when he did) in the area where it was wrapped the tightest.

Oregonian Haruspex

2014-06-11 18:29:19 UTC

Post by Pete C.
I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

Worse, people would toss the tabs on the beach and you'd cut your foot
:( Flip tabs eliminated that problem.

Remember the pull tab nonsense where people thought if they saved them,
some sort of miracle would happen? Firemen would take them and then turn
them in so some cancer patient could get chemo or some such thing.
Okay this one says it was for dialysis.
http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp
I actually heard many versions of that story. Some people I know just
insisted that I save the tabs for them and that I was being cruel and
selfish if I wouldn't. They wanted so badly to believe that it was true.
Another food related rumor. If you got a Tootsie Pop wrapper with an
Indian on it, you could trade it in for a free Pop. I don't know why but
it seemed pretty hard to get one that had the complete Indian. And
because of the way they were wrapped, you couldn't tell without
unwrapping it. The Indian always appeared (when he did) in the area
where it was wrapped the tightest.

When I was a kid I got a tootsie pop wrapper with the Indian and star on
it, and mailed it in to the company asking if I would get a prize. They
wrote me back saying that this was an urban legend, but they also GAVE ME A
WHOLE BIG BAG OF FREE TOOTSIE POPS! From this experience, I can ascertain
nothing except that Hershey (IIRC) has excellent customer service, Tootsie
Pops must be cheap to produce, and the "urban legend" is actually true at
least sometimes.

Dave Smith

2014-06-09 16:27:29 UTC

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

I thought that you were my vintage. I remember pop cans needing a can
opener. I am pretty sure that I also remember when pop cans were
introduced. It used to always be sold in bottles. Doing a little
research I gather that cans were first used in the mid 50s for
distribution to troops overseas but Coke introduced canned pop in 1960.

I have a faint recollection of cans with a conical top and screw cap,
but I don't remember if that was used with pop cans or just for beer.

Brooklyn1

2014-06-09 18:14:53 UTC

On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:27:29 -0400, Dave Smith

Post by Dave Smith

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

I thought that you were my vintage. I remember pop cans needing a can
opener. I am pretty sure that I also remember when pop cans were
introduced. It used to always be sold in bottles. Doing a little
research I gather that cans were first used in the mid 50s for
distribution to troops overseas but Coke introduced canned pop in 1960.
I have a faint recollection of cans with a conical top and screw cap,
but I don't remember if that was used with pop cans or just for beer.

Those cans were all steel, they had a conical top that was capped with
the same cap used on bottles.
http://www.conetops.com/gallery.php

s***@gmail.com

2014-06-09 21:25:55 UTC

Post by Dave Smith

Post by Pete C.
I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

Coors had a cool deal where you pressed down two circles: one to drink from
and one to be a vent hole.

Post by Dave Smith
I thought that you were my vintage. I remember pop cans needing a can
opener. I am pretty sure that I also remember when pop cans were
introduced. It used to always be sold in bottles. Doing a little
research I gather that cans were first used in the mid 50s for
distribution to troops overseas but Coke introduced canned pop in 1960.

The first canned pop we got was Shasta. We kids lost the Ekco can piercer,
so I used the Swing-a-way to remove the whole top. It was cool, like drinking
from an aluminum tumbler.

Post by Dave Smith
I have a faint recollection of cans with a conical top and screw cap,
but I don't remember if that was used with pop cans or just for beer.

Just for beer. The advantage to the breweries was that you could fill
them using existing bottling equipment.

My dad's uncle favored cans for fishing. After rowing out, he would put
them in a net bag and drop them into the lake to keep cool.

s***@gmail.com

2014-06-09 21:28:53 UTC

Post by Dave Smith
I have a faint recollection of cans with a conical top and screw cap,
but I don't remember if that was used with pop cans or just for beer.

The only conical top cans in my day were the ones HEET gas antifreeze came
in.

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Julie Bove

2014-06-10 08:04:33 UTC

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

My mom made curtains out of those pull tabs. Walk through curtains. As you
can imagine, she didn't keep them up for very long! They were a tad sharp
and loud when you walked through them. I used to use them as hangers for
various craft projects. One favorite was to make little plaques. Some were
3D and used greeting cards and others had things made of bread dough on
them. I also used to paint scenes on driftwood. The pop top could easily
be glued on the back and then you didn't have to buy a hanger to put on
them.

Janet Wilder

2014-06-10 23:38:36 UTC

Post by John Kuthe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?

Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
ago.
http://preservationinpink.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/ap-coffee-can/
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN

I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
replaced with the flip tops...

My mom made curtains out of those pull tabs. Walk through curtains. As
you can imagine, she didn't keep them up for very long! They were a tad
sharp and loud when you walked through them. I used to use them as
hangers for various craft projects. One favorite was to make little
plaques. Some were 3D and used greeting cards and others had things
made of bread dough on them. I also used to paint scenes on driftwood.
The pop top could easily be glued on the back and then you didn't have
to buy a hanger to put on them.

I knew a fellow who was into Medieval festivals. He made himself a suit
of chain mail from pop tops.

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2014-06-10 02:31:12 UTC

Post by John Kuthe
the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
John Kuthe...

Mine, too. I was thinking the same a couple of weeks ago when I opened
a can for lunch

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2014-07-08 20:01:20 UTC