Things I should celebrate this day 8-24-'19
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
Holiday, Florida
August 24, 2019 10:13am CST
Surprisingly I just turned 72 yrs. 
Can't believe I am still alive.
Got an e-mail from History today website. British troops set fire to the White house in 1814 this day. How ironic I should set fire to my last post 
as not liking how it was received .
Today is national Can opener day. 
So happy about that. We have so many easy to use electric ones today. But when I was a kid they looked like the one in the photo above. you had to push a pointed blade in and saw your way around the top. and they were very dangerous. I was not allowed to use ours.
and before that instructions on the cans were " to open cut around the top with a chisel and hammer"
So how glad are we for so many great inventions these days.
will try and put a link here about it all.
Can't believe I am still alive.
Got an e-mail from History today website. British troops set fire to the White house in 1814 this day. How ironic I should set fire to my last post as not liking how it was received .
Today is national Can opener day. So happy about that. We have so many easy to use electric ones today. But when I was a kid they looked like the one in the photo above. you had to push a pointed blade in and saw your way around the top. and they were very dangerous. I was not allowed to use ours.
and before that instructions on the cans were " to open cut around the top with a chisel and hammer"
So how glad are we for so many great inventions these days.
will try and put a link here about it all.https://connecticuthistory.org/the-first-us-can-opener-today-in-history/
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Aug 19
It is a grateful feeling to wake up in the morning still alive.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Aug 19
especially if you wonder each night. Never thought I would live to see so many great inventions either. 
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
24 Aug 19
I remember those tin openers too and wishing you a very Happy Birthday all best wishes.
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
1 Sep 19
@bunnybon7 Mmm maybe but when I think special occasion for back then I think more of homemade fudge and pies. lol!
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Sep 19
@Ithink oh I meant when they didn't feel like cooking. you know.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Aug 19
actually back then I imagine there may have been very little can food. Might have been more in jars . you know like canning jars I am thinking. but maybe tins were for special occasion foods. 
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Aug 19
there are those also. even better.
but not all cans come that way it seems. I do prefer them
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Aug 19
@stringer321 what a smart way of putting it. Never thought of it that way. too bad they all don't do that
what a smart way of putting it. Never thought of it that way. too bad they all don't do that1 person likes this
@stringer321 (5644)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
25 Aug 19
@bunnybon7 My grandmother cannot use either of the types of cans, she has not enough strength in her fingers anymore. I guess everyone preffers the cans with the ring, it's like a can opener that comes with the can.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
26 Aug 19
yes so amazing that I am still here too who would have thought. Our parents would have never believed some things. 
It's a strange era.
who would have thought. Our parents would have never believed some things.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
26 Aug 19
@DianneN personal computer use was just starting when my mom got sick. I tried to encourage her to get on the web but she just refused. Guess at that point she was just too sick to deal with learning new things she would have loved . so sad.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
1 Sep 19
I appreciate a good can opener. I thought you were younger than I am.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Sep 19
no. not many here are old as me. Been here since nearly the beginning of the site.
@shaggin (72263)
• United States
25 Aug 19
Every time I bought an electric can opened it would break soon after. So I switched to hand held crank ones and they last me many years. I think I need a new one soon as it's starting to be hard to turn so I think it's wearing out.
I think if I had to use the kinds in the photo as you describe I would not be buying canned food anymore.
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@shaggin (72263)
• United States
25 Aug 19
@bunnybon7 my kids have trouble getting cans open with it but they will learn.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Aug 19
yes no way I could use one of the old type today. Last time I used one like you have I had trouble gripping it. now my daughter or her bf does all the food preparations .
so no longer worry about it. 1 person likes this
@jobelbojel (36030)
• Philippines
26 Aug 19
Belated happy birthday.
Most tin cans now are now easy-to-open.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
30 Aug 19
so sweet of you dear friend. You have been going through so much. I still am praying for your family 
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
27 Aug 19
Many of us are surprised we are still alive @bunnybon7
Hope you had a good day and got to do more than celebrate the invention of the can opener!
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Aug 19
well daughter got me a little cake and they sang happy birthday song which was cute especially since I told her not to. 
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
27 Aug 19
happy belated birthday wishes, ms. bonnie! not fer certain what went 'wry with yer previous discussion?
i've still one 'f those wicked monkeys, lol. i gotta admit, such's better to get 'nto some 'f the cans these days than more modern'uns. momma's got a sweet electric'un. ya jest pop the can 'nto such, push a button 'n 't opens 'n removes the lid entirely. i've 'bout a 30 yr ol' cranker myself. thankfully i don't use 't oft 'r i'd prolly get fined fer cursin'.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Aug 19
yes I truly love the electric ones because these days have got little strength to use the crank ones. In my youth though I did use one like in the photo many times1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
24 Aug 19
Happy Birthday Bonnie! I remember those can openers too but appreciate our modern appliances which make our lives easier.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Aug 19
I have had the same words I am sure
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