Southern Gentleman
No real surprise, it's Mississippi.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
Ha, I was waiting for that retort.....hence, my post title, "Idiots are everywhere".
Southern Gentleman
In Jim’s defense, Old Miss is in Mississippi
when I was a kid we would file a penny down to match the size of a dime and use it in a soda pop machine...
I’ll bet it took a dollar’s worth of effort for that dime!
My buddies were lazier. All you needed for free pop was one of those old vertical row pop machines and and church key and a cup.
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
I’ll bet it took a dollar’s worth of effort for that dime!
My buddies were lazier. All you needed for free pop was one of those old vertical row pop machines and and church key and a cup.
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
You can say that again! Ha! Same here P-hole. We used to keep a church key on the handlebars of our bicycles. Our favorite victim was Old Man Schweitzer’s Sinclair gas station. He ran the place by himself and closed everyday at 5:00 pm and would open back up at 7:00 am. Closed on Sundays. That old revolving drum machine was outside the store and got hammered continuously! The biggest pita was needing a cup.
let's just make a thread of the dumbest s*** you've ever done!
Thump you go first!.....
I could write a novel.
What the heck is a church key? What does it look like?
You gotta be kidding me.
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
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History---Wikipedia...
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 1892, although there is no evidence that the opener was called a "church key" at that time.[3] The shape and design of some of these openers did resemble a large simple key.[4]
A churchkey with a can piercer
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[5][6] for the American Can Company, who depicted operating instructions on the cans,[7] and typically gave away free "quick and easy" openers with their beer cans.[8]
Last edited by Big Muddy; 01-08-2020 at 01:00 PM.
Southern Gentleman
Danged youngin's!Originally Posted by Big Skyz
Grew up in the twist-off/tabtop era.
Can/bottle opener Mr. Sky.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
Speaking of .... I still have my trusty P-38 on the chain with my old dog tags.
I doubt they still issue those ... don't think they're needed for MRE's.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
Mine too! Assuming I could find my dog tags.
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
I "think" I know where mine are ... or the general area anyway. It would take a day of digging to find out, but I DO know they're "somewhere" in the house!
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
I have my Dad’s on the fireplace mantel in my office with his flag. Mine? It might take a day it might take a week.
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
Mine are with a pile of misc. memorabilia that I have plans to put into a nice shadowbox for my son. I asked him first if he'd be interested and he seemed extremely enthused. I guess I really need to find that box of stuff and get'er done or it'll all end up in an estate sale before too much longer.
Did you ever frame those Okie stamps?
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
I prolly got 25 scattered around the house.
Southern Gentleman
Church keys? Or P-38’s?
P-38s.....we just bit the bottle caps off with out teeth.
Southern Gentleman
Ha ha ha! Funny typo there ya’ danged toothless redneck!P-38s.....we just bit the bottle caps off with out teeth.
Glad to see Big Sky asked the question as I had no idea what you gents were talking about. Around here we refer to them as bottle openers which to this northern boy seems to make perfect sense.
It also opens cans, Bwana.
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
And churches. No wait!!!
In a roundabout way you could say it opens knees too.
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
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