Duct / Duck (sic) tape comes in handy in such situations. Or you could just drink it hot with milk, a la Brit. WFL OMG—I shoulda stood in bed! Next to which sits a huge roll of Gaffer/Gopher (sic) tape! (Way better than duct tape.) —rwg I glossed over the hassle factor of the trip to Draeger's, which has an excessively level parking lot. You might not perceive this as a disadvantage until I reveal that reverse gear on my car is broken. On 11/24/19, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:

It just seized again for the first time since this discussion. I ran out of nerve trying to repressurize it in the 𝜇wave, and drove to Draeger's to bum a big rubber band from the produce dept. But their's were too small. Trudging back to my car, I found a bigger one in the parking lot! Which, along with more 𝜇wave courage, did the trick. —rwg

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 3:54 PM Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:

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I BCCed a lot of people and got a lot of nontrivial suggestions. (Restaurateur) Mike Wang's rubber band suggestion was probably best. Just encircle the lid with a big one from a broccoli bunch. It's amazing if you've never tried it. But that's not trivial enough! (I forget where I stashed my rubber band.) Someone suggested that if I have a mountain handy, I could drive up it. Nobody suggested the dicey solution of sticking the jar back in the 𝜇wave. Really hot tapwater should work, but our water heater is set way low. C'mon people—*trivial*!

SPOILER: In[532]:= StringReverse@"!no ti pals uoy sa dil eht rednu ria )looc ylevitaler( fo llufgnul kciuq a wolb tsuJ" —rwg

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:12 AM Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:

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I brew it in a 46oz pickle jar that easily tips over, and leaks if the lid isn't snug. But if I forget to momentarily loosen the lid within a few minutes, a powerful vacuum develops that makes it virtually impossible to unscrew. What is the trivial solution? —Bill

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