Non-separating plastic bottle caps - grrrrrr!!!

Chris Green · 2024-04-26T19:38:52+00:00

Does anyone else find the new (supposedly wonderfully brilliant andclever) non-separating screw caps for plastic bottles incrediblyfrustrating?I put up with them for a while thinking I might get used to them butnow I simply pull them separate from the bottle and, with greatrelief, use them the way they used to be!There's two major problems with them:-1 - When you screw them back on they are **much** more difficult toget straight so you often cross thread them. They then don't sealproperly and the fizz goes (if it's a fizzy drink) or the nexttime you shake your orange juice it dribbles.2 - When you pour from the bottle the attached cap gets in the way andmesses up the pouring, you either have to orient the bottle carefullyor (if the cap is loose as it often is) hold the cap out of the way....mumble, mumble, mutter, I'm geting steadily more and more likeVictor Meldrew. :-)

Apr 26, 2024 Last reply: 2 years ago 47 Replies

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Bob Martin 2 years ago

Like Cosham and Bosham (Cosh'm and Bozzum, about 12 miles apart)

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Bob Eager 2 years ago

Indeed. I'd forgotten about them (my father used to work round there).

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nib 2 years ago

In MK we have Broughton, Loughton and Woughton all close together.

Br-OR-ton, L-OW-ton and W-OOF-ton.

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charles 2 years ago

I know they aren't close by but: Alyth and Blyth

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Andrew 2 years ago

Cosham and Bosham between Chichester and Portsmouth

The locals in Bosham will lynch you if you pronounce the 'h', ... and the 's' is a 'z'

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Andy Burns 2 years ago

Who's to blame?

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Sn!pe 2 years ago

Of Loughborough University, bastion of sports education: Low-Brow.

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Sn!pe 2 years ago

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In a former life I met a fellow who had been dubbed "Barry Aitch-Cubed" as his surname might be pronounced 'Hawton', 'Huffton' or 'Howton'.

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