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[tonitime AT juno.com]

Here,  Gene!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-EMPIRE-Bottle-Capper-Bottle-Sealer-Press-Caps
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We have one of these and find it a handy tool.
Toni



> Whoa!, says he, as he sets down the empty bottle of New Belgium 
> 1554.  
> Look before thee, fool. This bottle holds twelve ounces, is of dark- 
> 
> colored glass, and is, ahem, available in quantity. Now to determine 
>  
> with what to seal. What's a good source of small corks? We have  
> plenty of wine corks but the whittlin' might become tedious. Perhaps 
>  
> pieces of plastic wrap and just ram the old top back on. Wow, what a 
>  
> find!