Products I wholeheartedly endorse - Page 27

Shawnee123 · 01-07-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I use one of those cork screws with the arms that are up in the air and then you pull down on them to lever the cork out. It might take 2 extra seconds, but no brute force needed. Very civilized.

Those are really easy to use, and I used them at the neighborhood bar, but we weren't allowed to use them at the Cuntry Club. Not dignified enough, I guess. They like grunting and pulling from their servants.

glatt · 01-07-2011, 03:09 PM

I stopped using the grunting kind of corkscrew after learning from a mistake in my teenage years.

I was soaking a bunch of wine bottles to get the labels off of them. I was saving all these labels as souvenirs of our time in Germany and all the wines we drank. Somebody had put the cork back into one of the bottles, and it wouldn't sink into the bathroom sink. It just floated at the top.

So I got a regular corkscrew and started pulling the cork out. When you are pulling a cork out, you have one arm pulling on the bottle and the other arm pulling on the cork. They cancel each other out until the cork breaks free. If you aren't bracing the bottle against something, it swings suddenly down and smashes apart the porcelain sink. And the cork is just fine, safely contained on the corkscrew in your hand. Your parent's aren't too happy with you, because they have a hard enough time in a foreign country ordering cold cuts at the supermarket, let alone finding a plumbing supply place and finding the exact model of sink needed to match the other sink in the two sink bathroom.

Pete Zicato · 01-13-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Oooh, I think those are hard to use.

They're actually very easy. We got one when we visited a winery in WA when we lived there.

The trick is to push straight in. Then twist slightly while pulling out.

Yes, I'm still talking about the corkscrew.

Works like a champ and no flakes in the wine.

Flint · 01-13-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

The trick is to push straight in. Then twist slightly while pulling out.

Yes, I'm still talking about the corkscrew.

monster · 01-19-2011, 08:18 PM

I can't endorse this exactly, because I haven't tried it, but it looks fun.... (maybe NSFW but not much)

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Pico and ME · 01-07-2011, 02:54 PM

That one is my saving grace, too.

Shawnee123 · 01-07-2011, 03:13 PM

You're lucky you didn't cut your arm off!

Great story.

plthijinx · 01-19-2011, 08:23 PM

AND it doesn't stick! but what about the mess it leaves?

monster · 01-19-2011, 08:24 PM

I believe the whole point is that the whitish fluid is contained....

plthijinx · 01-19-2011, 08:27 PM

HEY! don't forget about the two um....the two um....uhhhh....ummmm. damn. now that's some erectile dysfunction right there! errr....oh nvm.

ZenGum · 01-22-2011, 05:23 AM

Funny, but serious biology fail.

Griff · 01-22-2011, 08:17 AM

I snapped up a pair of my favorite model skis off ebay. The are a might longer than I usually ski but it'll be nice to have wood under me again.

footfootfoot · 01-22-2011, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I snapped up a pair of my favorite model skis off ebay. The are a might longer than I usually ski but it'll be nice to have wood under me again.

Brings back memories of pine tar, torches, and wax.

What ever happened to my skis and snowshoes? Three moves is as good as a fire...

Gravdigr · 01-22-2011, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

...it'll be nice to have wood under me again.

Griff · 01-22-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Brings back memories of pine tar, torches, and wax.

I enjoy the process.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Quit it you.

01-19-2011, 08:18 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	maybe NSFW I can't endorse this exactly, because I haven't tried it, but it looks fun.... (maybe NSFW but not much) ' ' ' ' __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-07-2011, 03:13 PM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	You're lucky you didn't cut your arm off! Great story. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-19-2011, 08:23 PM	#8
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	AND it doesn't stick! but what about the mess it leaves? __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

01-19-2011, 08:24 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I believe the whole point is that the whitish fluid is contained.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-19-2011, 08:27 PM	#10
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	HEY! don't forget about the two um....the two um....uhhhh....ummmm. damn. now that's some erectile dysfunction right there! errr....oh nvm. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

01-07-2011, 03:09 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I stopped using the grunting kind of corkscrew after learning from a mistake in my teenage years. I was soaking a bunch of wine bottles to get the labels off of them. I was saving all these labels as souvenirs of our time in Germany and all the wines we drank. Somebody had put the cork back into one of the bottles, and it wouldn't sink into the bathroom sink. It just floated at the top. So I got a regular corkscrew and started pulling the cork out. When you are pulling a cork out, you have one arm pulling on the bottle and the other arm pulling on the cork. They cancel each other out until the cork breaks free. If you aren't bracing the bottle against something, it swings suddenly down and smashes apart the porcelain sink. And the cork is just fine, safely contained on the corkscrew in your hand. Your parent's aren't too happy with you, because they have a hard enough time in a foreign country ordering cold cuts at the supermarket, let alone finding a plumbing supply place and finding the exact model of sink needed to match the other sink in the two sink bathroom.

01-07-2011, 02:54 PM	#6
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	That one is my saving grace, too.

01-22-2011, 05:23 AM	#11
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Funny, but serious biology fail. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-22-2011, 08:17 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I snapped up a pair of my favorite model skis off ebay. The are a might longer than I usually ski but it'll be nice to have wood under me again. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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