You Know You Are Old When

[masseyrider]

I remember my father opening beer cans that way when I was a kid. A quick Google search shows that pull tab beer cans didn't come along until the early 1960s.
Steel cans, had to have a strong grip to crush one back in those days!

I remember being pleased with myself when I became able to crush a steel beverage can single handed.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

We used to open two holes in the beer like that to "shotgun" it. Faster yet was hole in one end, hold finger over it then hole in other end.
I'm always amazed how us teenagers didn't die from alcohol poisoning, mixing beer, wine, whiskey & 190 proof 'Shine or Everclear.
I remember a friend had a '63 Chevy II six and five of us got lost & ran out of gas. We all got out peeing in the gas tank and made it home!
Now that's some high alcohol urine!

 

[LouNY]

And then you has these;

Then I can recall a beer can with and extra large pull tab, couldn't find a picture of it.

 

[Topzide]

And then you has these;
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Then I can recall a beer can with and extra large pull tab, couldn't find a picture of it.

The Coors can top! Bootleged this side of the Mississippi till the late 70's!

 

[Alan46]

Does anyone remember this 1984 Olympic cup.
Also the first Budweiser Light issue, before they called it Bud Light!!!

 

[airbiscuit]

We used to use a church key to put 2 holes in the bottom of a beer can, tilt it u and shotgun it, In my prime, I could do it in 2 seconds. It was a quick buzz. They had a sub sixty club where you would shotgun 6 beers in less than a minute. I didn't have a lot of sense back then, but I had enough sense not to try that.

 

[garry1p]

I remember Prince Albert in the can prank calls we used to pull in the 50's.

 

[BravoXray]

I have used them on pop and oil cans, but usually used one of these on the oil cans.
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OMG, the site I got that off of calls it a vintage oil can spout......

I still have one in my tool box.
And I still have a quart can of Aeroshell 100W aviation oil that you would use that spout on.

 

[BravoXray]

I'm not that old, and I hate those effing phone pay meters. Instead of taking 3 seconds to drop some found spare change into a meter, you spend 10 minutes (maybe longer than your intended store visit!) battling with some stupid software that refuses to take your credit card and errors out on Apple Pay.

9 times out of 10, ParkMobile will tell me "the transaction could not be processed", but then I see the card has been charged, and eventually the meter starts counting time. By the time that all actually happens, I'm ususually about ready to back my truck over the damn meter.

Talk about an over-complicated solution to a too-simple problem! Who can't find a little spare change in their vehicle, when they really need it? If your answer is "me", go get some out of your junk drawer, and throw it into the center console... now!

Last time I saw a parking meter around here was back in the 70s. In a few spots you can still see where they cut the posts off flush with the sidewalk.

 

[bigtiller]

We used to open two holes in the beer like that to "shotgun" it. Faster yet was hole in one end, hold finger over it then hole in other end.
I'm always amazed how us teenagers didn't die from alcohol poisoning, mixing beer, wine, whiskey & 190 proof 'Shine or Everclear.
I remember a friend had a '63 Chevy II six and five of us got lost & ran out of gas. We all got out peeing in the gas tank and made it home!
Now that's some high alcohol urine!

I watched a guy do that. He tilted his head way back with the can to his lower lip and just opened his throat and the beer went down. We could see his Adams-apple never moved and he never spilled a drop.