opening bottles /Jars

Does anyone else have trouble opening packets/jars /bottles etc.bottles etc.?I dont have arthritis and don have a very good grip in my hands and often find it difficult to open things,tablets often dont want to come out of their foil containers,Jar lids dont turn ,and those plastic sticky tops on top of milk bottles etc,sometimes have to be cut off [ they ster meant to pull off ]

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LOL, know what you mean Deylon. I confess to sticking a knife through the lid of those damn jars that just will not open.
(good job we eat the contents pretty quickly).

I too hate those milk sealer lids with a tab so damn small you cannot get a good grip on it, then you end up with just taking half of it before it decides to tear in half! grrrrr.

You have my sympathy.

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I find jar lids are easier to unscrew if you tap around the edge with the blade of a knife.

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My main problem is medication bottles with the type of top you have to twist and screw down simultaneously. I used a bradawl and hammer to break through the plastic top, I then prise out the inner surface and put the top back on. This opens easily after that. I have to use the same method for opening Nescafe jars with their lids with sloping sides.

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CeeCee, I don't know if you know, but for medication you can ask for it to be put in a container without a child proof top

Many many people can't open them, me included

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My pharmacist said that my medication cannot be dispensed in a different container. It costs £100 a bottle and has a special fitting into which I have to push a syringe to draw out the required amount. My meds have to be liquid because due to my ileostomy, tablets are not absorbed.

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All sorts of can-opening aids are on the market - I bought one of these to make life easier:



Brabantia Universal Opener

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Warm water from a tap allowed to drizzle onto metal caps for a few seconds will allow one to open the jar quite easily.

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Brabantia Universal Opener

Thank you , Oman - this is exactly the type of thing I am looking for.

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It's a fact that they don't make it easy, for the more frail "childproof" also means o.a.p. proof...