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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jul 13, 2014 1:17:29 GMT -5
Why couldn't it have been a Dr Pepper can?!? Here ya go. Click the image to enlarge it.
Thank you Brenda. You even got the right Dr Pepper can for that era! (I mean the 1970's when they filmed this episode, in the 1930's it would have been a bottle ).
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Post by JeriJet on Jul 13, 2014 6:48:04 GMT -5
Okay, so now I'm trying to remember when beverage cans began replacing bottles.... I think beer cans came before soda cans.... Oddly, the first soda can I remember was "No-Cal" -- and that can was weird, with the top looking like the top of a bottle.... Man, and how we would complain about the metallic taste of all beverages in a can !! ... now, either nobody notices anymore or the cans are made of different metals/coating.... Next, we could discuss plastic.... I still find it difficult to drink anything that comes in plastic !
One thing that was great about soda bottles in the 40's, 50's (60's?) -- they could be purchased in a cardboard carrier of six bottles, and you could mix-and-match of the various flavors, even different brands! ... boy, that was "neat" (keen, swell !?)
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Post by Brenda on Jul 13, 2014 6:58:49 GMT -5
Kimberly, yes, I looked up "1970s Dr Pepper can" to get my image. Jerijet, I can remember soft drinks cans (which we call "pop" cans in my part of the country, don't know what you call it) were around when I was growing up in the 1960s, but I'm not sure when they started making them with the pull tab openers. I can remember we used a metal device that opened the can like this: I also remember when the bottles came in those card board carriers where you could mix and match flavors. It seems like we paid a 2 cent deposit per bottle, which we would get back if we returned the bottles to the store. Young people today don't know what real recycling is.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 7:36:39 GMT -5
This is called a can opener in my neck of the woods. The door jam of any door can be used as a bottle opener
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Post by Brenda on Jul 13, 2014 7:48:51 GMT -5
Well, I couldn't remember if we called it a can opener or not. I think we called it a pop can opener. I looked it up, and some people call it a church key, but I've never heard that. The openers in your image also have bottle openers on the opposite end. Here's a can opener with a pop can opener at one end.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 7:52:50 GMT -5
^^^^^ The pop can or bottle opener is on the right side of the image while a can opener is on the left.
The can opener would open a can of milk.
The twistable part would take the whole lid off of the can (like tuna) and was also called a can opener.
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Post by JeriJet on Jul 13, 2014 8:14:14 GMT -5
This is called a can opener in my neck of the woods. The door jam of any door can be used as a bottle opener
.... and frequently they were called "church keys" -- never understood that ....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 8:39:08 GMT -5
This is called a can opener in my neck of the woods. The door jam of any door can be used as a bottle opener
.... and frequently they were called "church keys" -- never understood that ....
It is my understanding that the old can openers used to resemble the "church keys" that the Monks used to have centuries ago to open up the church. That is where the name came from.
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Post by Brenda on Jul 13, 2014 13:31:02 GMT -5
^^^^^ The pop can or bottle opener is on the right side of the image while a can opener is on the left. The can opener would open a can of milk. The twistable part would take the whole lid off of the can (like tuna) and was also called a can opener. Yeah, I know how it works. I think I still have one somewhere in my kitchen. The part that takes off the entire lid is what I call a can opener. The part that punches a hole in the top I would probably call a pop can opener or maybe call it a thingie that punches holes in the top of a can.
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Post by sueinbc on Jul 13, 2014 14:44:27 GMT -5
.... and frequently they were called "church keys" -- never understood that ....
It is my understanding that the old can openers used to resemble the "church keys" that the Monks used to have centuries ago to open up the church. That is where the name came from. Here's what Wikipedia says about Churchkeys: "History A churchkey initially referred to a simple hand-operated device for prying the cap (called a "crown cork") off a glass bottle; this kind of closure was invented in 1898, although there is no evidence that the opener was called a "church key" at that time.[1] The shape and design of some of these openers did resemble a large simple key.[2] In 1935, beer cans with flat tops were marketed, and a device to puncture the lids was needed. The same term, "church key", came to be used for this new invention: made from a single piece of pressed metal, with a pointed end used for piercing cans — devised by D.F. Sampson[3][4] for the American Can Company, who depicted operating instructions on the cans,[5] and typically gave away free "quick and easy" openers with their beer cans.[6] Etymology It's called a churchkey for several reasons. The original openers used on bottles (before beer cans existed) looked similar to a large old-fashioned keys used by monks to open the church, as well as keep the precious beer they brewed safe. The name was then adopted to all tools used to open beer–with an ironic twist–for it is said if you used a churchkey opener (i.e. if you drank beer) you would be less likely to open the door of a church to attend service. When used to open alcoholic beverages it is known as the key to the Spirits." I've always thought that it was called a Churchkey because they were used to open beer bottles.
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Post by sdw on Jul 14, 2014 12:52:51 GMT -5
We have can opener like the one in Brenda picture,and we have the other kind too.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jul 14, 2014 16:29:14 GMT -5
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Post by Ruthie Mae on Jul 14, 2014 16:54:09 GMT -5
Those were fun! Thanks for posting them!
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Post by Kathy Lee on Jul 16, 2014 13:02:44 GMT -5
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Post by Tonyray on Jul 16, 2014 19:44:31 GMT -5
I saw this one on insp.com What Doesn't Belong?
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