TGIF! Have to make this a shorty today what with not having power since Tuesday and none expected until Saturday. But that’s a me problem, not a you problem, so we roll on!

Survival – Personal Edition

Let’s flash back to college and open some beer bottles (or near-beer or not-beer, whatever) without a bottle opener.

• Use another bottle. Hold the bottle to be opened upright, and the opening bottle upside down. Lock the midcap of the opener’s cap under the bottom edge of the openee’s cap. By using the midcap, the top cap won’t be opened. If you want to open both, then use the bottom edge of the opener’s cap. Use the opener bottle as a lever and press down until the openee’s cap pops off.
• Cigarette lighter. This was my go-to as a smoker back in the day. Grab the neck of the bottle with your non-dominant hand, and the lighter with your dominant hand. Wedge the bottom of the lighter under the bottom edge of the cap and position it over the middle knuckle of your index finger of your non-dominant hand. Your knuckle should be at the same height, or a bit higher, than the bottom edge of the cap. Use your dominant hand to press down on the top of the lighter to lever that cap off. Sometimes, you will need to repeat this. If so, use a different part of the bottle cap to pry on.

There’s more, but I’ll get to them another week when I have more time and power. Eat shit Puget Sound Energy!

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Survival – Species Edition

Time to put the sexy in Friday!

Enjoy the weekend, folks! Alright, now let’s get to the comments!