Ball dropped the ball
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08/24/20 05:03 AM
08/24/20 05:03 AM
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ruderunner
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So apparently there's a shortage of canning jars and lids this summer. Not too surprising considering how many people have gardens because of lockdown.
What is surprising is that manufacturers like Ball and Kerr etc haven't ramped up production.
I've been gardening and canning for a few years now, im set for jars but coming up short on lids. They've been sold out in my area for at least a month.
Guess we'll be freezing alot, at least until baggies become scarce.
Angry white pureblood male
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Re: Ball dropped the ball
[Re: ruderunner]
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08/24/20 05:16 AM
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Lil Herman
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Lil Herman
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Plenty of canning supplies on eBay.
56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d
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Re: Ball dropped the ball
[Re: ruderunner]
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08/24/20 07:21 AM
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basketcase
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There was a Ball plant across from the Crown plant I worked at. It was shut down about 5 years ago.
Dave
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Re: Ball dropped the ball
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08/24/20 10:45 AM
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markz528
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Here is a tidbit about Ball that many folks don't know. Ball has or had (not sure if they still own ot or not) an aerospace division. Quote from Ball.........
Perhaps the most famous of our Hubble instrument is the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) that helped correct Hubble’s hazy vision. We designed and produced the complex COSTAR optics in only 28 months instead of the typical 48. When COSTAR and JPL’s WFPC-2 camera corrected Hubble’s vision after the first servicing mission in 1993, Ed Weiler, NASA’s chief Hubble astronomer, said the telescope was "fixed beyond our wildest expectations."
67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......
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Re: Ball dropped the ball
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08/24/20 11:43 AM
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moparx
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"Butt Crack Bob"
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just obtained some lids for my sister off the bag. what normally prices around 20-25 cents each is averaging around 50-60 cents each now, unless buying in huge quantities. i told her she should have bought a bunch in the spring.
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Re: Ball dropped the ball
[Re: markz528]
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08/24/20 12:00 PM
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calmopar
I Live Here
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I Live Here
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Here is a tidbit about Ball that many folks don't know. Ball has or had (not sure if they still own ot or not) an aerospace division. Quote from Ball.........
Perhaps the most famous of our Hubble instrument is the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) that helped correct Hubble’s hazy vision. We designed and produced the complex COSTAR optics in only 28 months instead of the typical 48. When COSTAR and JPL’s WFPC-2 camera corrected Hubble’s vision after the first servicing mission in 1993, Ed Weiler, NASA’s chief Hubble astronomer, said the telescope was "fixed beyond our wildest expectations." Yup, they are a client in Colorado. Ball and Kerr mason jars are now made by Rubbermaid, it seems.
Trying to enjoy life!
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