> Well, I had heard (who knows where) that "Church Key" referred to the harp
> shaped bent wire device for removing the crown-caps from bottles and that
> it doesn't apply to the flat metal bar also used for this as well as
> piercing non-pop-top cans. But my limited research has not verified this
> rumor.
I don't need research. I grew up in Minnesota in the fifties and sixties
and "churchkey" certainly was used hereabouts for the bottle-and-can opener
stamped out of heavy steel sheet.
I suppose it may also have applied to other types of bottle openers, but we
seldom saw other types of hand-held openers. Why buy something that did
only bottles when you could get something which also opened cans?
> So, since this is not a terribly important issue I'll leave it rest.
You bet.
> Besides, Im at the Champaign British Car Festival on a rare, non-rainiy
> weekend.
Weather is gorgeous here in Minnesota. Hope we are sending you more. We
made it over for the weekly britcar roundup at the Billabong restaurant in
Bloomington. Just completed our anti-overheating operation in time for
dinner there.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
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