Age Test: What Is This?

[santaman2000]

Bonus points if you've ever used one.

 

[Johnny Canuck]

Oil can spout and yes I have

 

[Toddy]

Not a clue

M

 

[Goatboy]

Ancient Punic head and nose armour for Hannibals lesser known pygmy elephant attack squad.

(Or an oil spout)

 

[bilmo-p5]

Could've done with them for Party 7s.

(Mary; you might get a better idea if you rotate the image 90deg. clockwise)

 

[British Red]

I met someone the other day who didn't know what a church key was for ( the oil can spike brought that to mind)

Saddens me.

 

[mountainm]

I met someone the other day who didn't know what a church key was for ( the oil can spike brought that to mind)

Saddens me.

There was a show on TV the last month or so about a family would had to live through the various decades from the 50's on. The mother in the family (despite being 40+) didn't know how to work a manual (non mechanical) tin opener. I watched with open mouth disbelief.

 

[Coldfeet]

There was a show on TV the last month or so about a family would had to live through the various decades from the 50's on. The mother in the family (despite being 40+) didn't know how to work a manual (non mechanical) tin opener. I watched with open mouth disbelief.

Yeah, I saw that as well. Absolutely shocking. Mind you, if you don't know something, then you don't know it.

 

[mountainm]

Yeah, I saw that as well. Absolutely shocking. Mind you, if you don't know something, then you don't know it.

But apply a little logic and you can work it out. You have a cutting edge, a fulcrum and a lever....

 

[Tengu]

Same as the one on the SAK

(But I had to be shown how to use that old rat pack device...)

 

[Toddy]

I bought a new potato peeler and I can' t use it :yikes: Awkward, crude damned thing.
I bought another one, a 'reproduction Lincolnshire peeler' and am tempted to buy another so I have it to see me out

M

 

[boatman]

"see me out", please! My Granny would say that if it was suggested she buy a new coat and she could only have been in her sixties!

 

[mountainm]

I bought a new potato peeler and I can' t use it :yikes: Awkward, crude damned thing.
I bought another one, a 'reproduction Lincolnshire peeler' and am tempted to buy another so I have it to see me out

M

I'm afraid I love my speed peeler - can't be doing with those old fashioned ones.

 

[Goatboy]

I bought a new potato peeler and I can' t use it :yikes: Awkward, crude damned thing.
I bought another one, a 'reproduction Lincolnshire peeler' and am tempted to buy another so I have it to see me out

M

Having flashbacks to the hours spent on a Sunday night as a kid peeling tatties for the week to keep in a water filled tub in the fridge with one of these...

Still have it in the drawer at home though I tend not to peel my tatties so much now. (I like the skin).

 

[sandbender]

I bought a new potato peeler and I can' t use it :yikes: Awkward, crude damned thing.
I bought another one, a 'reproduction Lincolnshire peeler' and am tempted to buy another so I have it to see me out

M

I break the modern ones, they are just not built to last.

 

[Toddy]

They peel of huge great thick slabs of the skin too. I wanted one that peeled thin and fine and accurately, with a neat wee tip for taking out eyes.

M

 

[Goatboy]

They peel of huge great thick slabs of the skin too. I wanted one that peeled thin and fine and accurately, with a neat wee tip for taking out eyes.

M

Also handy for making "spaghetti" out of things like courgettes and carrots if someone gluten free is coming for an Italian meal at the house. Very nice.

 

[sandbender]

"...They peel of huge great thick slabs of the skin too..."

Indeed, too much waste.

Like Goatboy I enjoy the skin but Hungarians never eat the stuff.

 

[K813ZRA]

They peel of huge great thick slabs of the skin too. I wanted one that peeled thin and fine and accurately, with a neat wee tip for taking out eyes.

M

You could use the back of a cheap ikea (kitchen) utility knife to shave potatoes and carrots as you would shave tinder. It doesn't work so well on cucumbers, though. Peels it nice and thin.

Living in the city I have to practice my bushcraft skills on chopsticks and veggies.

 

[sandbender]

"...You could use the back of a cheap ikea (kitchen) utility knife to shave potatoes and carrots as you would shave tinder. It doesn't work so well on cucumbers, though. Peels it nice and thin..."

Hereabouts folks often boil their tatties (potatoes) in their skins and then peel just the skin off with the back of a butter knife.