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Desperate for a Corkscrew?

Here

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s a suggestion offered under

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Household hints that really do work

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Susan Erasmus:

If you don

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t have a corkscrew, drive two nails into the cork to be removed

(not too near to the edge). Lay a large nail horizontally between them and

use the large nail to turn.

After I found the above article, I said

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sure that sounds like it will work.

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I chose

a wine from the cellar, got some nails, and a hammer. My first attempt failed

when the driven nails bent when twisted. I decided the nails were too small.

I got larger nails and drove two into the cork remembering the warning

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not too

near the edge.

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Driving the nails drove the cork into the bottle about one quarter

of an inch. I took a third nail and began to turn. The nails began to twist in the

cork. I turned more. The nails twisted in the cork more and became free. I pulled

them out.