Duct / Duck (sic) tape comes in handy in such situations. Or you could just drink it hot with milk, a la Brit. WFL On 11/24/19, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
It just seized again for the first time since this discussion. I ran out of nerve trying to repressurize it in the 𝜇wave, and drove to Draeger's to bum a big rubber band from the produce dept. But their's were too small. Trudging back to my car, I found a bigger one in the parking lot! Which, along with more 𝜇wave courage, did the trick. —rwg
On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 3:54 PM Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
I BCCed a lot of people and got a lot of nontrivial suggestions. (Restaurateur) Mike Wang's rubber band suggestion was probably best. Just encircle the lid with a big one from a broccoli bunch. It's amazing if you've never tried it. But that's not trivial enough! (I forget where I stashed my rubber band.) Someone suggested that if I have a mountain handy, I could drive up it. Nobody suggested the dicey solution of sticking the jar back in the 𝜇wave. Really hot tapwater should work, but our water heater is set way low. C'mon people—*trivial*!
SPOILER: In[532]:= StringReverse@"!no ti pals uoy sa dil eht rednu ria )looc ylevitaler( fo llufgnul kciuq a wolb tsuJ" —rwg
On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:12 AM Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
I brew it in a 46oz pickle jar that easily tips over, and leaks if the lid isn't snug. But if I forget to momentarily loosen the lid within a few minutes, a powerful vacuum develops that makes it virtually impossible to unscrew. What is the trivial solution? —Bill
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