Do You Remember?

[SLR_dave]

Yep, thats it, the blue one, but I dont know why i recalled there being four divots to press on the top, maybe there were four divots on another brand and I got confused (was there a spring valley flavoured mineral water at some stage?) anyway yep looking at that now, thats the one - pop top. I could never see how the pop was supposed to work - I always assumed, you pushed the small one and the other was somehow supposed to open due to pressure or something, but of course it doesnt, and you have to squeeze your finger past the edge of the hole to open it properly. Dunno why I've always thought that, must have been an idea I got when I was a kid and it never went away!

Another image I have from the 70s is ring pull chains - people would collect a heap of ring pulls and make a chain by bending/rolling the tang of the first ring pull around the ring of the next and so on. One Christmas, our neighbours had one that went right around the living room and onto the tree. I was pretty young, I just assumed the much much older teenage brother in that house who had made it had drunk a heap of soft drink that year! I remember he had an electric guitar, the first one I ever saw, on reflection, the ring pulls probably didnt all come from soft drink!

[Innuendo]

anyway yep looking at that now, thats the one - pop top. I could never see how the pop was supposed to work

You were meant to push the smaller one first to release the gas pressure; then the larger one to drink from. Opening up the smaller one allowed the fluid to flow faster out of the drinking hole. I remember some having so much pressure it was impossible to open the small one - especially if some bastard shook the can!

Another image I have from the 70s is ring pull chains

Yes, ring pull chains were made by myself and brother every summer and every easter at Merry Beach on the NSW South Coast. All the men would down dozens of Toohey's cans each everyday (seriously) and as kids we would collect the ring pulls from the around the camp fire. On the big nights they would have a keg and that's where I learnt how to pull a beer as a kid.

[Taily]

You were meant to push the smaller one first to release the gas pressure; then the larger one to drink from. Opening up the smaller one allowed the fluid to flow faster out of the drinking hole. I remember some having so much pressure it was impossible to open the small one - especially if some bastard shook the can!

Or, if you were a bit crafty and kept pressure in the can while you were drinking it, you could just crack the small blister/ opening eough so that the drink would flow when you leaned the blister against one of your teeth and re-seal when you took the pressure off the blister. That way you could drink the contents without "apparently" opening the can.... Great trick for a schoolkid to then have an empty can which which to fool his mates...

[Innuendo]

Or, if you were a bit crafty and kept pressure in the can while you were drinking it, you could just crack the small blister/ opening eough so that the drink would flow when you leaned the blister against one of your teeth and re-seal when you took the pressure off the blister. That way you could drink the contents without "apparently" opening the can.... Great trick for a schoolkid to then have an empty can which which to fool his mates...

That's a neat trick, doesn't sound to good for the teeth though! I'd like an stealth empty can in my collection.

Here is my JVC portable 3 in 1 with Dynamic Microphone
She runs on 4x "D" Cell Batteries or plug her into 240v.

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and a close up of what's playing!

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