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    From Hactar@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Mar 11 21:20:38 2016
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    In article <[email protected]>,
    Greg Goss <[email protected]> wrote:
    [email protected] wrote:

    This will be about things/products/whatevers that you/me/we *WISH*
    existed but, as far as WE KNOW anyway; don't already exist. As an
    example of what I'm talking about, I'll give the one of mine that I can
    think of right now, I may have others later; but I'm not sure.

    I wish that those 24 ounce, sold individually bottles of beer, had re-usable/re-screwable caps/lids on them.

    Why CAN'T you put a screw cap back on? You've let a lot of the CO2
    out, but you can recap it.

    A friend of mine drinks exotic European brews. Some of those have a
    ceramic and rubber cap held on by a springy steel pivot. Those could
    be re-used, too.

    Grolsch, right?

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  • From Greg Goss@21:1/5 to Hactar on Sat Mar 12 08:08:35 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.cecil-adams

    [email protected] (Hactar) wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Greg Goss <[email protected]> wrote:
    [email protected] wrote:

    This will be about things/products/whatevers that you/me/we *WISH*
    existed but, as far as WE KNOW anyway; don't already exist. As an
    example of what I'm talking about, I'll give the one of mine that I can
    think of right now, I may have others later; but I'm not sure.

    I wish that those 24 ounce, sold individually bottles of beer, had
    re-usable/re-screwable caps/lids on them.

    Why CAN'T you put a screw cap back on? You've let a lot of the CO2
    out, but you can recap it.

    A friend of mine drinks exotic European brews. Some of those have a
    ceramic and rubber cap held on by a springy steel pivot. Those could
    be re-used, too.

    Grolsch, right?

    I don't really remember. I just drink whatever's cheep on tap.
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  • From Kerr Mudd-John@21:1/5 to Hactar on Sun Mar 13 12:13:29 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.cecil-adams

    On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 02:20:38 -0000, Hactar <[email protected]> wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Greg Goss <[email protected]> wrote:
    [email protected] wrote:

    This will be about things/products/whatevers that you/me/we *WISH*
    existed but, as far as WE KNOW anyway; don't already exist. As an
    example of what I'm talking about, I'll give the one of mine that I can
    think of right now, I may have others later; but I'm not sure.

    I wish that those 24 ounce, sold individually bottles of beer, had
    re-usable/re-screwable caps/lids on them.

    Why CAN'T you put a screw cap back on? You've let a lot of the CO2
    out, but you can recap it.

    A friend of mine drinks exotic European brews. Some of those have a
    ceramic and rubber cap held on by a springy steel pivot. Those could
    be re-used, too.

    Grolsch, right?

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Grolsch_premium_lager_bottle_unopened.jpg/170px-Grolsch_premium_lager_bottle_unopened.jpg


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