{"id":7314,"date":"2015-07-03T09:49:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T09:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/?p=7314"},"modified":"2015-07-03T09:49:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T09:49:11","slug":"oxos-jar-opener-really-saves-your-wrists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/oxos-jar-opener-really-saves-your-wrists\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxo&#8217;s Jar Opener &#8211; really saves your wrists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was young, I prided myself on my strength, but as I&#8217;ve grown older, I&#8217;m saddened when I realise that my grip and wrists aren&#8217;t nearly as strong as they used to be.<\/p>\n<p>The display of &#8216;no strength&#8217; is on many mornings when I have to open jars, especially those indispensable jars of Pizza sauce. Mornings are a rush, tens of things to do- get breakfast sorted, everyone fed, lunch packed .. uhh! It&#8217;s endless.<\/p>\n<p>And then there might be a morning when there is a sudden demand for Pasta in lunch. And I can&#8217;t say no. I never do.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s when I don&#8217;t have time to make the sauce from scratch and have to depend on the bottled sauce- which means opening bottles.. with my wrist!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7318\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5806-575x378.jpg\" alt=\"20150628-IMG_5806\" width=\"575\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5806-575x378.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5806.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But that was yesterday. I&#8217;ve\u00a0 bid goodbye to those woes now. Now | am the proud owner of a lovely Jar opener sent to me by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxouk.com\/p-229-jar-opener.aspx\">OXO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is a very simple and smartly designed gadget &#8211; basically a\u00a0 sturdy handle with a V shaped grip that has metal teeth on one side.<\/p>\n<p>Operating it is extremely simple. .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7317\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5816-575x418.jpg\" alt=\"20150628-IMG_5816\" width=\"575\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5816-575x418.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5816.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hold your hand at an angle, positioning yourself ideally over a table or some such surface and slide the bottle into the V shaped grip. The metal teeth grip the lid as they slide across the rubber base.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7316\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5820-575x426.jpg\" alt=\"20150628-IMG_5820\" width=\"575\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5820-575x426.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5820.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One small twist and the cap opens effortlessly. The wide V shaped grip enables opening any sized bottle from small\u00a0 bottles to bigger jars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7315\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150628-IMG_5824.jpg\" alt=\"20150628-IMG_5824\" width=\"530\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I would really recommend this product to you, especially if have trouble with your wrists like me!<\/p>\n<p>Get yours here!<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B00004OCIV&amp;asins=B00004OCIV&amp;linkId=&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe> <iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ofclca-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B002DWA6KM&amp;asins=B002DWA6KM&amp;linkId=MO42WV7NRRHRGI27&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was young, I prided myself on my strength, but as I&#8217;ve grown older, I&#8217;m saddened when I realise that my grip and wrists aren&#8217;t nearly as strong as they used to be. The display of &#8216;no strength&#8217; is on many mornings when I have to open jars, especially those indispensable jars of Pizza [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7314"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7419,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7314\/revisions\/7419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}