• Wrench
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    7 months ago

    I don’t know how, but my mom could open jars better than me when I was a foot taller and much stronger than her. She’d make me move furniture around, and I’d hand her pickle jars.

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      7 months ago

      That’s actually really cute.

      “Move this couch, please.” “Sure thing, mom.”

      “Open these olives, please.” “Of course, sweety.”

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      7 months ago

      Doesn’t help you now I’m sure, but I’ve found gently banging around the rim or lid of a jar on the concrete outside usually loosens the seal enough to open the jar.

      (Outside on concrete because I don’t want to dent anything inside.)

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        Or just stick a teaspoons other end under the lid, prefferably where the thread begins, lever it up a little and it’ll pop.

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          7 months ago

          Yep, I use the end of a butter knife. You’re fighting the pressure that built up rather than how tight the lid is screwed.

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            Engineer solution. The rest are hearsay and folk tales

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        I usually bang the edge of the lid with some blunt flatware. Dull side of a butter knife is my preferred flatware.

        Helped my manager open something a few weeks ago by using some random piece of office equipment. She was very happy to pickled jalapenos as a side.

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        7 months ago

        I have a sheet of that rubber no slip shelf liner stuff I use for difficult jar lids. It works great.

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      7 months ago

      I find that it’s easier to do left-handed, so that all of the torque runs through the fat part of the thumb, rather than trying to grip with that instead.