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Posted by dpb on January 8, 2008, 4:09 pm
Oren wrote:
>
>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Paul MR wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>> motor oil in cans that you had to puncture and pour with a special tool.
>>>> _What_ special tool? That was a "church key", one of which should have
>>>> always been handy, surely. :)
>>> He's talking about the spouts with the built in opener.
>> In that case, what "special tool"?
>>
>> I'd wager he meant the old cardboard can w/ the metal top...and I was
>> making a jest... :(
>
> Oh! You mean the cardboard can that would collapse if the special tool
> (funnel) wasn't carefully inserted into the metal top (G).
>
> Before 16 cent bulk oil in a glass jar and screw on funnel...
>
> I still have church keys!
Of course...I still have cases of oil in those cans--it'll probably be
another 5 years before they're used up as down to only one truck that
uses 20W single viscosity anymore and it doesn't get much work any
more... :)
Bulk oil was always in 55-gal drums, so have only seen the glass as
curiosities. Do still have the remnants of the old hand-crank,
glass-bulb-at-the-top gas pump, however. Unfortunately, it's no longer
functional; I've wished several times to put it back.
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