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Shawnee123 · 01-07-2011, 02:24 PM

Oooh, I think those are hard to use. When I waitressed at the country club I used the regular "key" for opening wine. Otherwise I'd be standing there like an idiot, grunting and pulling. I'd have to sit on the floor and hold the bottle with my feet as I tried to disengage the cork. When said cork came free I'd probably fly across the room.

(Otherwise I'd be standing there like an idiot, grunting and pulling.) Oh my, that doesn't sound very professional.

Pico and ME · 01-07-2011, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

...Otherwise I'd be standing there like an idiot, grunting and pulling. I'd have to sit on the floor and hold the bottle with my feet as I tried to disengage the cork...

Oh God, me too!

glatt · 01-07-2011, 02:54 PM

I use one of those cork screws with the arms that are up in the air and then you pull down on them to lever the cork out. It might take 2 extra seconds, but no brute force needed. Very civilized.

Shawnee123 · 01-07-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I use one of those cork screws with the arms that are up in the air and then you pull down on them to lever the cork out. It might take 2 extra seconds, but no brute force needed. Very civilized.

Those are really easy to use, and I used them at the neighborhood bar, but we weren't allowed to use them at the Cuntry Club. Not dignified enough, I guess. They like grunting and pulling from their servants.

glatt · 01-07-2011, 03:09 PM

I stopped using the grunting kind of corkscrew after learning from a mistake in my teenage years.

I was soaking a bunch of wine bottles to get the labels off of them. I was saving all these labels as souvenirs of our time in Germany and all the wines we drank. Somebody had put the cork back into one of the bottles, and it wouldn't sink into the bathroom sink. It just floated at the top.

So I got a regular corkscrew and started pulling the cork out. When you are pulling a cork out, you have one arm pulling on the bottle and the other arm pulling on the cork. They cancel each other out until the cork breaks free. If you aren't bracing the bottle against something, it swings suddenly down and smashes apart the porcelain sink. And the cork is just fine, safely contained on the corkscrew in your hand. Your parent's aren't too happy with you, because they have a hard enough time in a foreign country ordering cold cuts at the supermarket, let alone finding a plumbing supply place and finding the exact model of sink needed to match the other sink in the two sink bathroom.

Pete Zicato · 01-13-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Oooh, I think those are hard to use.

They're actually very easy. We got one when we visited a winery in WA when we lived there.

The trick is to push straight in. Then twist slightly while pulling out.

Yes, I'm still talking about the corkscrew.

Works like a champ and no flakes in the wine.

Flint · 01-13-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

The trick is to push straight in. Then twist slightly while pulling out.

Yes, I'm still talking about the corkscrew.

monster · 01-19-2011, 08:18 PM

I can't endorse this exactly, because I haven't tried it, but it looks fun.... (maybe NSFW but not much)

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01-07-2011, 02:24 PM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oooh, I think those are hard to use. When I waitressed at the country club I used the regular "key" for opening wine. Otherwise I'd be standing there like an idiot, grunting and pulling. I'd have to sit on the floor and hold the bottle with my feet as I tried to disengage the cork. When said cork came free I'd probably fly across the room. (Otherwise I'd be standing there like an idiot, grunting and pulling.) Oh my, that doesn't sound very professional. Attached Images __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-07-2011, 02:54 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I use one of those cork screws with the arms that are up in the air and then you pull down on them to lever the cork out. It might take 2 extra seconds, but no brute force needed. Very civilized. Attached Images

01-19-2011, 08:18 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	maybe NSFW I can't endorse this exactly, because I haven't tried it, but it looks fun.... (maybe NSFW but not much) ' ' ' ' __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-07-2011, 03:09 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I stopped using the grunting kind of corkscrew after learning from a mistake in my teenage years. I was soaking a bunch of wine bottles to get the labels off of them. I was saving all these labels as souvenirs of our time in Germany and all the wines we drank. Somebody had put the cork back into one of the bottles, and it wouldn't sink into the bathroom sink. It just floated at the top. So I got a regular corkscrew and started pulling the cork out. When you are pulling a cork out, you have one arm pulling on the bottle and the other arm pulling on the cork. They cancel each other out until the cork breaks free. If you aren't bracing the bottle against something, it swings suddenly down and smashes apart the porcelain sink. And the cork is just fine, safely contained on the corkscrew in your hand. Your parent's aren't too happy with you, because they have a hard enough time in a foreign country ordering cold cuts at the supermarket, let alone finding a plumbing supply place and finding the exact model of sink needed to match the other sink in the two sink bathroom.

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