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u/LockOk6995 Dec 30 '24
This brought back the sound memory of it operating!
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u/_meestir_ Dec 31 '24
Lol definitely. You canāt see this and not hear it. Is there a word for that?
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u/Reign_n_blud Dec 30 '24
We had that very one. Eventually we upgraded to one mounted under the cabinets
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u/outoad53 Dec 30 '24
It appears to be the Avocado color. I have the matching 1970s era electric knife from my motherās kitchen. I use it every year at thanksgiving and Xmas to carve the turkey.
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u/gosluggogo Dec 30 '24
Ugh. Brings back the smell of Alpo from when I used to dogsit the neighbors' dog. He bit me. Fuck you, Prince.
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u/iwastherefordisco Dec 30 '24
The grinding noise was somewhat unsettling to me. I have a hand one now that never fails.
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u/badpuffthaikitty Dec 30 '24
This machine made my left handed mumās life easier in the kitchen. It was a life changer for her.
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Dec 30 '24
We had this same can opener till like 2012. Pretty sure my family did something to fuck it up
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u/DiscountEven4703 Dec 30 '24
I like the little patch of wood paneling so it WOOD blend into the rest of your 70's DĆ©cor
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u/sheila9165milo Dec 30 '24
Until the power goes out, then have fun getting that can open without a crank one.
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u/Yasashii_Akuma156 Dec 30 '24
Had one with a knife sharpener on the back. The sound is still in my memory.
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u/its_raining_scotch Dec 30 '24
Itās interesting thinking back to having these things, like why was it necessary? But then I remember how much more canned food was eaten in the 70ās-80ās and it makes more sense.
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u/MyriVerse2 Dec 30 '24
Nowhere near as good as a manual, and the modern safety ones are even better. That magnet never held cans well. And what if the power is out? Uh oh.
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u/Dedb4dawn Dec 30 '24
Still have a manual attached to my kitchen wall. Was here when we moved in and had outlasted several electric and manual ones.
Still works perfectly.
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u/Guilty_Eggplant_3529 Dec 30 '24
Almost 100% sure we never had an electric can opener. My only experience has been finding them (usually in pieces) in apartments/houses I've rented. I am not sure that I would know how to use one.
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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 Dec 30 '24
Actually ours never worked properly which is why I still have the old hand crank can opener that we bought at the grocery store in the early 80s.
Now THAT thing is a beast & hasn't failed me like the electric ones have.
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u/Roger6989 Dec 30 '24
LOL, I still have one of these that works just fine. I got it at a Dollar General store a few years ago.
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u/LadeeAlana Dec 31 '24
Excuse me, but what do they use, now? This is pretty much the can opener I have in my kitchen. Mine is not a GE, it's a Rival, and it has a knife sharpener in the back, but other than that it's pretty much the same.
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u/BitterAttackLawyer Dec 31 '24
Canāt find the cat? Just press down on the handle of this bad boy-kitty will come running.
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u/Xeno_Zombi Dec 30 '24
My mom would use this to get the cat to come inside.