• Wrench@lemmy.world
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    10 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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      10 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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        10 months ago

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

      • Mike D.@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        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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        10 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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      10 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.