I saw an old style oil can spout at a yard sale today. Oil used to come in quart-sized cardboard cans with metal ends. You'd spear the spout down onto the end of the can, or if you didn't have a spout, jam a screwdriver in the end to make a hole. What a strange way to package oil. I seem to remember Mobil 1 was the first oil in plastic bottle, as part of the advertising campaign for it.
Reminds me that tobacco used to be transported in what was called hogsheads, giant barrels, it was actually illegal to bail it, I remember being told. Now it's just bailed. On those rare farms where it's still grown. Old traditions in packaging that outlived the logic behind them for a little while.
Reminds me that tobacco used to be transported in what was called hogsheads, giant barrels, it was actually illegal to bail it, I remember being told. Now it's just bailed. On those rare farms where it's still grown. Old traditions in packaging that outlived the logic behind them for a little while.
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