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The 1912 Summer Olympics Greco-Roman wrestling match in Stockholm between
Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted 11 hours and 40 minutes
Klein and Asikainen were afforded brief rests every 30 minutes, but their match led
to time limits being imposed from the 1924 Games onward.
Coincidentally, 100 years later in 2012 I wrestled with the lid of a jar for 11 hours and 40 minutes.
I take care of that problem with a quick tap or two of the container lid on a counter top (with jar upside down) and that moves the air pocket that's keeping it tight just long enough for the lid to easily open with that pop we love to hear. Don't go away. I have a tight lid story.
A lot of years ago, I was in my 30's, dating a man from Germany. He was fond of pickles and bought them in big containers. One day he attempts to open a new big jar of pickles. Can't do it. Tried until he was red in the face and sweating while another out of the country visitor and I watched. Pickle man tried for several minutes and said he was going to eat those pickles if he had to smash it open with a hammer. When he was at that point, I said let me try. Both men laughed. I said, "Aw, come on. Let me try just so you can laugh at me." I took the big pickle jar, flipped it quickly upside down and tapped the edge of the top twice on the floor, quickly grabbed the lid, twisted and voila! Pickles now open and no hammer needed.
Guess what they said? Pickle man and visitor said pickle man must have had right it at the point where all it needed was another twist. My turn to laugh as I "twisted" my bikini clad butt outside for another swim.
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