Stanley knives are good if they're plastic.
Not much good if you only want a spoon full, but that's what super glue is for.

Drills also work, nothing wrong with getting the power tools out.

There are two solutions to this problem, the boring way is to use a nail/screwdriver & hammer, you just hammer the pointy object through the lid to release the vacuum.
The fun way is to find a really hunky muscle bound man, you flutter your eyelashes until he offers to open the jar for you, the fun occurs when you show your gratitude. . . . . .i'm off to take a cold shower now 

My skin getting softer was one of my first noticeable effects. I didn't know how soft they were until I tried to open a bottle. I use to be able to open it without any problem at all, but now it bites into my flesh. I've been using a towel to cover it and protect my feminine hands!

I've always had very poor upper body strength and pickle jars were an effort to open. Now I can't open them at all! The was the first time I noticed my strength diminishing. I actually went online to look up how to open a pickle jar. I ended up poking a hole in the lid which equalized the pressure. Then with a little bit of effort I got it off.

Before HRT I thought that not being able to get a lid off was an old wives tale. Now 6 months into a transitioning level dose I find out that my previous thought was wayyyyy wrong. In fact, it seems like i'm having a lot of those kinds of revelations lately 

I have a huge pair of pliers that I'll pull out for the hopeless cases. Works like a champ!

Quote from: Jayne on April 17, 2014, 07:22:49 AM
There are two solutions to this problem, the boring way is to use a nail/screwdriver & hammer, you just hammer the pointy object through the lid to release the vacuum.
The fun way is to find a really hunky muscle bound man, you flutter your eyelashes until he offers to open the jar for you, the fun occurs when you show your gratitude. . . . . .i'm off to take a cold shower now 

Back in my misspent youth I was out to breakfast with a number of macho male fiends.  One brought his own bottle of special syrup for the pancakes - and was unable to open it.  It was passed around the table and all failed to open it.  The waitress (maybe 25 years old and 110 pounds soaking wet) asked what the problem was.  She was shown the bottle - and SNAP she had it open in one motion.

flutter eyelashes...

Being in male mode that sure did not feel good.


Erin

Quote from: ErinWDK on April 17, 2014, 08:28:27 AM
She was shown the bottle - and SNAP she had it open in one motion.

You "loosened it"...

Oil filter wrench works for me.. and I don't even mind the taste of SAE10W30 anymore.. Quaker State has an nice piquant after-dinner mint flavor..  Valvoline tends to mask a lot 

Quote from: Jenny07 on April 17, 2014, 04:09:27 AM
I thought you just put some toast on and waited for the fire fighters to come along to do your whim.

Oh I am going to burn for that....

Do your best

I better move in with my mom and sister. Their kitchen window looks directly at the local fire house... I could hold up the jar and they might come running over to help!

Realistically they make a plastic jar opener that pinches the lid in a triangle and gives leverage.

Quote from: Jenny07 on April 17, 2014, 04:09:27 AM
I thought you just put some toast on and waited for the fire fighters to come along to do your whim.

So that explains those calls we ran on!

PS-Jars are no problem with a HURST tool!

Quote from: Cindy on April 17, 2014, 03:59:14 AM
So. How do you do the impossible, open the jar of pickles etc.

Who invented this ridiculous container? I bet it was a sadist

Hey Cindy, I think it is important to combine sadism and comedy here, as in the dentist from Little Shop of Horrors.  That means TWO rubber gloves (lace trim please!) and an unexpecting audience.

BTW, has anyone noticed how maple syrup lids get gummed up beyond salvation??  If ever there was a reason to avoid eating waffles....
 

Tap the lid with a knife a few times, making sure to hit the "corners" on the top of the lid. That will work.

Quote from: Cindy on April 17, 2014, 03:59:14 AM

So. How do you do the impossible, open the jar of pickles etc.

The best things in life come with batteries.

Does it double as a vibrator

What is it and where from?

I could barely open a jar in the first place...

Quote from: Cindy on April 17, 2014, 06:10:42 PM
Does it double as a vibrator

What is it and where from?

Good grief I hope not, lol. *winces*

It's a battery operated jar opener, designed for people without a strong enough grip to open particularly difficult jars. If you google it, they're available from lots of places.

Does the trick every time!

All jokes aside, the problem that Cindy raised is a serious one for lots of people. It infuriates me that that such an ergonomically unsound, unaccommodating design persists in our society. How difficult would it be for producers to adopt lids with built-in handles for torque? 

What about tubes instead of jars?

Quote from: Jenny07 on April 17, 2014, 08:10:58 PM
What about tubes instead of jars?

I think it would be a tad difficult to squeeze out a pickle or peppers. Please don't suggest a pickle or pepper paste. That would be vile. I want a REAL pepper and not some awful paste with added ingredients.

I'm a ways off from hrt, but I've had some pretty funny experiences with jars such as:

Spending 2 minutes trying to rip the lid off, start swearing at jar when mom walks in asking what the ruckus was. I say "this jar hates me" and she just *pops* it off... and I'm like "well, I loosened it for you."