AI6YR BenI don't think any of my class today was familiar with what a "Vulcan Mind Meld" is. 🤔
I'm going to have to work on more contemporary references. 🤔
Michael BuschI have lately had to explain to the undergraduate research students who Carl Sagan was.
MsMerope🤦
kinda like when we teach disaster prep and pull out the manual can opener and the younglings have no idea what it is.
[maybe we should also be teaching them how to use it 🤷♀️ ]
Desert Square Gardener@MsMerope
That's interesting. Where I live, I don't think most people, young or old, have ever used an electric can opener. My inlaws live in Santa Fe (where the economically privileged live) and have an electric one. I don't know what I did, but I broke it trying to open can of beans. Oops.
@michael_w_busch @ai6yr
That's interesting. Where I live, I don't think most people, young or old, have ever used an electric can opener. My inlaws live in Santa Fe (where the economically privileged live) and have an electric one. I don't know what I did, but I broke it trying to open can of beans. Oops.
@michael_w_busch @ai6yr
M.S. Bellows, Jr.@desertsquare @MsMerope @michael_w_busch @ai6yr Cruel fate: a young person in an apocalyptic famine finds a lifetime's worth of canned goods...
... and a P38.
KnowAttitude
virgilpierce@knowattitude @msbellows @desertsquare @MsMerope @michael_w_busch @ai6yr We learned in the boyscouts (1980s) a couple of non-opener techniques to opening cans that are safter and with practice faster than trying to pierce the lid: You can rub the seam with a spoon and wear it down to the point you can pry the top open; and you can rub the top of the can on concrete until the seam gives way - this technique does require experience to avoid dumping the contents.
Do a few of these and the P38 feels like a good investment to put into the kit.
@virgilpierce @knowattitude @desertsquare @MsMerope @michael_w_busch @ai6yr You also can use a hatchet or hunting knife, but yeah, the P38 is easier (and doesn't need resharpening).