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
Completely fill it with water/tea.
On Apr 26, 2019, at 11:12 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 _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
Freeze it. On 26-Apr-19 11:12, Bill Gosper 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 _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
First hike up Mt. Umunhum (always wanted to use that in a sentence) or someplace higher.
On Apr 26, 2019, at 11:12 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
Try a different brand of pickles. Or instant coffee. On 4/26/19, Veit Elser <ve10@cornell.edu> wrote:
First hike up Mt. Umunhum (always wanted to use that in a sentence) or someplace higher.
On Apr 26, 2019, at 11:12 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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A Dremel can manage this pretty easily. On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 9:15 AM Brad Klee <bradklee@gmail.com> wrote:
What is the trivial solution?
Reheat to the initial hot temperature?
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On 4/26/19, Tomas Rokicki <rokicki@gmail.com> wrote:
A Dremel can manage this pretty easily.
Won't it drink the tea as well?
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What is the trivial solution?
Reheat to the initial hot temperature?
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Completely fill it with tea/water.
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What is the trivial solution?
Reheat to the initial hot temperature?
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Make sure it is completely filled with liquid. Brent On 4/26/2019 8:12 AM, Bill Gosper 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 _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
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
Does it involve one of those lids that snaps? You could put in the lid with the snapper up, and when it snaps down then you know you have to undo the lid. I suppose you could also forget you were brewing tea, so the snapper sound won't be enough to remind you. But perhaps the lid snapper is enough to keep the strong vacuum from forming in the first place. Filling the jar completely has the problem that the jar will very likely spill while closing as well as opening, and it sounds like that's something you want to avoid. So, almost fill it, and use a snapping lid. On 4/26/19 15:54 , Bill Gosper 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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Blow hard into the top of the container, and quickly cap. The air in the empty portion should then be around 98-room temperature and heat up, rather than cool. I used to keep a cocktail shaker with ice in the freezer, and when adding room temperature liquor and shaking, the opposite would happen. Blowing into it gave a nice seal upon shaking rather than the top popping off.
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
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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