Products I wholeheartedly endorse - Page 53

Flint · 01-11-2018, 12:08 PM

Exploding Kittens is from the guy who does The Oatmeal web comic. We bought an expansion pack for Exploding Kittens at Goodwill, but I'm not sure if we have the base game. We have a lot of games.

glatt · 01-11-2018, 04:32 PM

The expansion pack isn't much use without the base game.

Carruthers · 07-24-2018, 10:41 AM

I try to keep the use of canned foods to a minimum, but there are times when it's handy to have a tin of ham available for a quick salad lunch, as today.

My culinary skills are nowhere near those of Gordon Ramsay, but I have (silently) given him a run for his money when it came to the use of colloquial language when wielding the tin opener in the past.

Neither of the openers I had were much good, and if you didn't start the opening process near the vertical seam of the tin, you were doomed to haunt the kitchen for all eternity.

Never did I manage to open a can neatly or smoothly.

I have come within a hair's breadth, on more than one occasion, of performing an accidental amputation of a finger or two such was the jagged nature of the steel before me.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, so last week I bought a stainless steel can opener at Marks & Spencer.

It was a hefty £7.50 (a smidgin under $10) but worth every penny. Minimum effort required to produce an A1 result.

That's my 'can do' attitude at work. In a manner of speaking.

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Gravdigr · 07-24-2018, 02:39 PM

I have a machine that does that for me.

Glinda · 07-24-2018, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I have a machine that does that for me.

Me too, and they don't make 'em like they used to. Mine is from the 1960s. Still works like a charm.

After my mom gave me this beauty years ago, she went through another five or six that were all shit.

Gravdigr · 07-24-2018, 02:52 PM

And it's in better shape than mine.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-24-2018, 02:55 PM

I had an electric one until the spring that holds that handle up got weak enough to let the damn thing turn itself on. After an unknown period of time it filled the house with smoke.

Glinda · 07-24-2018, 03:08 PM

Oh, jeez!

Gravdigr · 07-24-2018, 03:55 PM

A buddy's brother had a toaster short circuit while they were away. Burned their house to the ground.

I never leave the toaster plugged in. Ever.

Now, with your can opener tale, I can never leave the can opener plugged in either.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-24-2018, 04:59 PM

Have to remember millions of toasters and can openers don't combust.

Gravdigr · 07-26-2018, 04:48 PM

It's not those I'm worried about.

captainhook455 · 07-29-2018, 08:15 AM

I had a Black and Decker worked great and when it died I bought another. It wasn't so good as it left the can lids ragid. So we were yard sailing and found a 60's type for 2 bucks. We have had that one for at least 17 years. Still going strong.

Pamela · 08-04-2018, 12:28 AM

I use a manual opener and a P-38 army opener in a pinch.

Gravdigr · 08-04-2018, 04:22 PM

Got about a half dozen of 'em.

Don't know where any of them are.

Carruthers · 08-04-2018, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pamela

I use a manual opener and a P-38 army opener in a pinch.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Got about a half dozen of 'em.

Don't know where any of them are.

Confused of Aylesbury here.

I'm puzzled by the reference to a P-38 army opener.

I believe that the P-38 was the Lockheed Lightning aircraft.

I crave a disambiguation.

01-11-2018, 12:08 PM	#781
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Exploding Kittens is from the guy who does The Oatmeal web comic. We bought an expansion pack for Exploding Kittens at Goodwill, but I'm not sure if we have the base game. We have a lot of games. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-24-2018, 10:41 AM	#783
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I try to keep the use of canned foods to a minimum, but there are times when it's handy to have a tin of ham available for a quick salad lunch, as today. My culinary skills are nowhere near those of Gordon Ramsay, but I have (silently) given him a run for his money when it came to the use of colloquial language when wielding the tin opener in the past. Neither of the openers I had were much good, and if you didn't start the opening process near the vertical seam of the tin, you were doomed to haunt the kitchen for all eternity. Never did I manage to open a can neatly or smoothly. I have come within a hair's breadth, on more than one occasion, of performing an accidental amputation of a finger or two such was the jagged nature of the steel before me. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so last week I bought a stainless steel can opener at Marks & Spencer. It was a hefty £7.50 (a smidgin under $10) but worth every penny. Minimum effort required to produce an A1 result. That's my 'can do' attitude at work. In a manner of speaking. __________________

07-24-2018, 02:39 PM	#784
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I have a machine that does that for me. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-24-2018, 02:52 PM	#786
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	And it's in better shape than mine. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-24-2018, 02:55 PM	#787
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I had an electric one until the spring that holds that handle up got weak enough to let the damn thing turn itself on. After an unknown period of time it filled the house with smoke. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-11-2018, 04:32 PM	#782
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The expansion pack isn't much use without the base game.

07-24-2018, 03:08 PM	#788
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Oh, jeez!

07-24-2018, 03:55 PM	#789
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	A buddy's brother had a toaster short circuit while they were away. Burned their house to the ground. I never leave the toaster plugged in. Ever. Now, with your can opener tale, I can never leave the can opener plugged in either. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-24-2018, 04:59 PM	#790
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Have to remember millions of toasters and can openers don't combust. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-26-2018, 04:48 PM	#791
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	It's not those I'm worried about. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-29-2018, 08:15 AM	#792
captainhook455 Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,357	I had a Black and Decker worked great and when it died I bought another. It wasn't so good as it left the can lids ragid. So we were yard sailing and found a 60's type for 2 bucks. We have had that one for at least 17 years. Still going strong.

08-04-2018, 12:28 AM	#793
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	I use a manual opener and a P-38 army opener in a pinch.

08-04-2018, 04:22 PM	#794
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Got about a half dozen of 'em. Don't know where any of them are. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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