The flip-top cans are no help to us older folks with weak fingers. I have to pry up the tab with a blunt knife because my fingers aren't strong enough to pull it up. Then I have to use the knife to slide around the lid to release it for the same reason. Then I have to wash off the blood where I cut myself on the lid. And finally the can rib prevents me from getting quite a bit of the contents out unless I puncture the can's side with an old v-point can or bottle opener. I hate to waste food but I also want to recycle clean cans, not something to draw vermin or create a stench. Give me the good old can opener any day! Or a normal rim for the old can opener as the bottom of a flip-top can.
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