Not a lot to say but it's stinking cold outside. The only ones that seem to be having fun are the puppies.
Here's some evidence.
However, Samson has my kind of adventuresome spirit.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
I’m Thirsty and Ticked
Am I the only person in the world that has noticed that, in order to save a penny (actually probably less than that) some soft drink makers have apparently cut the size of their bottle caps in HALF.
OK, maybe in theory this worked, let’s reduce the cost of the bottle, use less petroleum based plastic, add less to landfills, makes perfect sense. However, with the surface area of a gnat, I can’t get the freaking bottle cap off! I have, sitting on my desk, the most wonderful assortment of bottled soft drinks that I have NO idea how to open. Short of a plasma cutter and a 5000 lb wench, I see no open bottles in the near future.
A friend of mine came to me with a bottle top like that about a month ago. I thought it was an anomaly, relegated to one brand of drink, and a malfunctioning cutter on the manufacturing line or something like that. I actually got into the bottle after 15 minutes with a flat head screwdriver (no kidding). I told her that the next time she had a problem like that, to drive across the street to the quickie mart and exchange it – it would be faster. Never did I imagine that this would be a foreshadowing of the thirst hell that would become my life.
You know the bottle opener key chains that were so popular a few years back, I think I can make a vice grip keychain that would serve the purpose and make me millions, what do you think? I imagine next they will just start packing soda in those plastic blister packs that they use for electronics. Not only are they just as hard to get into, but they’re also sharp, so you have about as much of a chance of cutting into it as it does of cutting into you.
Let’s all revolt and stop buying those stupid bottles. In the mean time, I’ve got to go to the water fountain.
OK, maybe in theory this worked, let’s reduce the cost of the bottle, use less petroleum based plastic, add less to landfills, makes perfect sense. However, with the surface area of a gnat, I can’t get the freaking bottle cap off! I have, sitting on my desk, the most wonderful assortment of bottled soft drinks that I have NO idea how to open. Short of a plasma cutter and a 5000 lb wench, I see no open bottles in the near future.
A friend of mine came to me with a bottle top like that about a month ago. I thought it was an anomaly, relegated to one brand of drink, and a malfunctioning cutter on the manufacturing line or something like that. I actually got into the bottle after 15 minutes with a flat head screwdriver (no kidding). I told her that the next time she had a problem like that, to drive across the street to the quickie mart and exchange it – it would be faster. Never did I imagine that this would be a foreshadowing of the thirst hell that would become my life.
You know the bottle opener key chains that were so popular a few years back, I think I can make a vice grip keychain that would serve the purpose and make me millions, what do you think? I imagine next they will just start packing soda in those plastic blister packs that they use for electronics. Not only are they just as hard to get into, but they’re also sharp, so you have about as much of a chance of cutting into it as it does of cutting into you.
Let’s all revolt and stop buying those stupid bottles. In the mean time, I’ve got to go to the water fountain.
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