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Subject:RE: old school From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"John Posada" <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>, <fritillary -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 23 May 2008 12:00:03 -0600
John Posada wrote:
> It's the device that was used to a beer or sode can. One side had a
> pointed
> part for punching trainagular holes in the top of a beer can and the
the
> other side had a rounded part for opening bottle caps before they were
> twist-off.
Quite a few craft beers and imports aren't twist-offs and still require
a church key. It's mildly amusing watching someone who usually drinks
the mainstream swill tear the flesh on their hand trying to twist the
cap on a bottle of Sam Adams. ;-)
Richard
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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