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2026-06-08 00:24 UTC

@carpetbomberz@mastodon.online @musevg@23.social @denisbloodnok@mendeddrum.org @dryak@mstdn.science @cstross@wandering.shop @aral@mastodon.ar.al @s10n@mastodon.social @matt@oslo.town Oh, we used these frequently in the 1960s and 1970s, for a lot more than beer. Many canned goods, like tomato sauce, were opened with that left part.

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@JeffGrigg@mastodon.social 2026-06-08 00:25

@carpetbomberz@mastodon.online @musevg@23.social @denisbloodnok@mendeddrum.org @dryak@mstdn.science @cstross@wandering.shop @aral@mastodon.ar.al @s10n@mastodon.social @matt@oslo.town And bottle openers, like that right part? I have two of them on my desk right next to me right now. I'm not running a museum. I've used both of them within the past few years.

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@carpetbomberz@mastodon.online 2026-06-08 12:02

@JeffGrigg@mastodon.social @musevg@23.social @denisbloodnok@mendeddrum.org @dryak@mstdn.science @cstross@wandering.shop @aral@mastodon.ar.al @s10n@mastodon.social @matt@oslo.town And if anyone bought quarts of oil from an automotive dept. Of a dept store, they all had that same flat metal top. Design to have to triangular holes ripped into them.

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