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- Drew - 12-28-2000
At least I don't have a lot of clutter under the Christmas tree....screwpulls don't take up much space.
Drew
- winoweenie - 12-28-2000
Rad, enlighten the Drew-bug. An envelope with a stock certificate in it don` take no room neither. WW
- chittychattykathy - 12-29-2000
Hotwine, didn't you just get that gas powered thing in the last few months? & It actually blew apart? Wild!
- Innkeeper - 12-29-2000
Use my waiter's friend to impress guests. The rest of the time, the Screwpull. Am pretty good with the WF, but can't open a 1.5 in midair like that guy at the Sardine Factory.
- hotwine - 12-29-2000
Yup, CCK, I did indeed just get that gas-powered thing. But made the mistake of using it on a well-camouflaged synthetic cork. As the cork cleared the top of the bottle, the bottom of the plastic retriever containing the foil-cutter blades shattered with a loud "pop" as the gas pressure was released. I glued it all back together with Superglue, only to have the same thing happen the next time I used it. I'll put it aside for use only on bottles from France - haven't found any of those using synthetic corks yet.
- Bucko - 12-29-2000
5 Screwpulls (blue, green, red, 2 blacks), a leverpull, an Ah So, and 3 waiter's friends -- I think that I can get the job done! Come on over......
BuckPopper
- hotwine - 12-29-2000
Thanks, 'Popper. You are indeed heavily armed!
Blownapartbygas
- Bucko - 12-29-2000
Blownapartbygas
I told you to take it easy on the Frijoles, Tacos, and Salsa!
BuckBoom
- Drew - 12-29-2000
Ok, Ok, just put the Oxo through the ultimate test...uncorking a synthetic cork!
Like Linda says..."It was like buttah" Very smooth extraction with little effort. A great little tool. I have to say, though, that it scares me to be so excited about a cork screw. Is this old age setting in...will I next get excited about sitting at a restaurant table with an exessive amout of pink and blue packets within arms reach and the waitress is not looking?
Drew
- winoweenie - 12-29-2000
Drew, You`ll know the ultimate thrill when your eyes squint and your throat muscles constrict as you slip them boogers in your pocket. winoweenie
- hotwine - 12-29-2000
BuckBoom, I see you have fond memories of passing through this fair berg of Helotes. The gas rising from this place would turn anybody green. But the food tastes SO GOOD!
- hotwine - 12-29-2000
WW, I never would have guessed that pilfering freebies at a restaurant would swell your neck up like a bull among the heifers. Eyes cross, tongue lolls out, a bellow rises up from deep in your gut..... Nope, I'm not quite old enough for pink & blue packets to do that to me. <whew>