{"id":1289,"date":"2008-12-08T10:28:50","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T00:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2009-02-21T13:32:40","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T03:32:40","slug":"the-passing-of-a-faithful-bottle-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/08\/the-passing-of-a-faithful-bottle-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"The passing of a faithful bottle opener&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, after many years of service (over 5), my Microsoft VisualStudio.net bottle opener is no longer functional enough to keep on my keyring. See image below for the arrow pointing to where too much metal has chipped off that it no longer can open all beer.<\/p>\n<p>It is a sad day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pic-0028.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1290\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/08\/the-passing-of-a-faithful-bottle-opener\/pic-0028\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pic-0028.jpg?fit=1280%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pic-0028\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pic-0028.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1290\" title=\"pic-0028\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pic-0028-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pic-0028.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pic-0028.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/home\/stewart\/www\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pic-0028.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luckily, I have another one I can quickly add to my keyring to facilitate beer opening when needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, after many years of service (over 5), my Microsoft VisualStudio.net bottle opener is no longer functional enough to keep on my keyring. See image below for the arrow pointing to where too much metal has chipped off that it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/08\/the-passing-of-a-faithful-bottle-opener\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[110,48],"class_list":["post-1289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-the-universe-and-everything","tag-drinking","tag-fail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-kN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3669,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/02\/3-kaiser-baas-keyring-photo-frame-and-linux\/","url_meta":{"origin":1289,"position":0},"title":"$3 Kaiser Baas keyring photo frame and linux","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2014-02-02","format":false,"excerpt":"I picked one up for $3 from OfficeWorks and wanted to put pictures on it. 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