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Name this object
« on: March 23, 2016, 01:34:22 PM »


    I had a look but couldn't find a previous thread.....Hope i don't cause any trouble.... ;D ;D ;D

   Can anyone tell me what this is ??......i have half a dozen in my CT.




                                                 
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2016, 01:36:19 PM »
Old school can opener
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2016, 01:49:51 PM »
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2016, 01:58:25 PM »
Its a FRED (Farkin Ridiculous Eating Device) stock number - 7330-66-010-0931 - used to be in rat packs. And can opener of course.
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2016, 02:08:52 PM »
They are known as conversation starters.
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2016, 02:15:48 PM »
Haha, wikipedia even has both versions of the abbreviated name.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Ration_Eating_Device
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2016, 02:19:51 PM »
All those years in the Army, and I thought they were spoons with hinged fingernail cleaners.
Can openers were those big knives sometimes stuck on the ends of the guns.
If you get one and hang it on a cord around your neck, don't forget to tape the fingernail cleaner down before diving on the ground. They do cause scars.
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2016, 02:20:51 PM »
Quote from: Troopy_03 on March 23, 2016, 01:58:25 PM
Its a FRED (Farkin Ridiculous Eating Device) stock number - 7330-66-010-0931 - used to be in rat packs. And can opener of course.

    I knew there would be some older AJ'S out there ....lol.....FRED was there common name.... :cup: :cup:

                                                    I still have quite a few....

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Re: Name this object
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2016, 02:22:00 PM »
Quote from: tracker on March 23, 2016, 02:20:51 PM
    I knew there would be some older AJ'S out there ....lol.....FRED was there common name.... :cup: :cup:

                                                    I still have quite a few....

                                                                              Cheers Tracker.

Except I'm ex RAAF, my nick is because I drive an 03 Toyota Troopcarrier  ;D
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2016, 02:28:55 PM »
Quote from: Troopy_03 on March 23, 2016, 02:22:00 PM
Except I'm ex RAAF, my nick is because I drive an 03 Toyota Troopcarrier  ;D

 Sorry mate.......let me be politically correct......Defence forces.... :cup: :cup:... ;D ;D
 
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2016, 07:56:10 PM »
We had about three or four of them in the cutlery draw at home when I was a kid. Dad was in the army and I assume they found there way there somehow.

Every now and again we got a fancy can opener, it would last about 2 months then break.

Back to fred we would go. Lasted years. I would assume that mum still has them. 
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2016, 09:18:30 PM »
Best can opener ever!!!!!!
Also has a built in spoon.
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2016, 09:58:54 PM »
So these were still issued in rat packs up till 2011, as far as I know freds are still included?

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Re: Name this object
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2016, 07:01:45 AM »
I was never in the Army but was in the Army cadets. On exercise we'd get similar in our British Army "Operational Ration Pack, General Purpose" and the 14 man "Compo" Ration packs. They helpfully had instructions included:

"TO OPEN CAN:
Place opener on the can with rim of can inside the slot. Hold between thumb and forefinger and twist forward to puncture. Repeat motion until can is open."

We had an air cadet section as well. Their stores had sick bags labelled. "Bag - Vomit. For the use of. 1"
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« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2016, 09:04:40 AM »
From memory the small hole in the end was to hang it off some string to lower into boiling water to sterilise it.  It was quicker to wipe it clean on your sleeve
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2016, 11:39:09 AM »
Aussie Disposals sell these.
Very useful tool.
have a few of these floating around in the prado.


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« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2016, 11:39:51 AM »
It's the key to the worst gastronomic experience of your life.. :'(
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2016, 01:19:03 PM »

Did somebody mention Pine O Gel!

Most of the crap in modern day rat packs comes in plastic satchels, so it all tastes like plastic yum yum plastic yum yum! :P

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« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2016, 02:27:08 PM »
Quote from: Shaun99 on March 24, 2016, 01:19:03 PM
Did somebody mention Pine O Gel!

Most of the crap in modern day rat packs comes in plastic satchels, so it all tastes like plastic yum yum plastic yum yum! :P

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Ahh the memories of tins of Bacon Burger or Bacon Grill for breakfast (basically left over pig compressed into a tin) cooked on a hexi burner,  followed by Biscuits AB (Biscuits Alternative Bread) aka Biscuit A*** Blockers, which was preferable to the sheet of greaseproof paper they laughingly called toilet paper.

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Re: Name this object
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2016, 02:35:52 PM »
Quote from: evolution on March 23, 2016, 09:58:54 PM
So these were still issued in rat packs up till 2011, as far as I know freds are still included?

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Yep! Still in the RAT pack! They even have plastic spoons now so that does away with using the FRED to open the can and also to eat the contents of the package.
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2016, 02:49:41 PM »
Quote from: StrvnMrvn on March 24, 2016, 02:35:52 PM
Yep! Still in the RAT pack! They even have plastic spoons now so that does away with using the FRED to open the can and also to eat the contents of the package.

haha the tany/brown spoons that meant you finished your meal in about 6 mouthfulls. LOL I remember those now :D

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Re: Name this object
« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2016, 11:16:45 PM »
Rat pack menus from the 60's / 70's / 80's.
A.C and D packs were my prefered ones but you always traded stuff for tins that others didnt want and stripped the packs down to bare minimums . .
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2016, 07:55:19 AM »
Quote from: Kangaron on March 24, 2016, 11:39:09 AM
Aussie Disposals sell these.

I've had a go at one of those - nowhere near as good as the original brassy type

Quote from: edz on March 24, 2016, 11:16:45 PM
A.C and D packs were my prefered ones but you always traded stuff for tins that others didnt want and stripped the packs down to bare minimums . .

Rat-pack chocolate  :cup: I didn't eat that much of it but my Mrs always laid claim to any I brought home!

& individual packs, or even better, 24 hr packs were always welcomed by trawler crews at TCB - worth many more times their weight in prawns & seafood!  :D
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Re: Name this object
« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2016, 08:07:47 AM »
What about the little can of orangy yellow cheese, with the texture of very hard plasticine? That used to go off like a handgrenade in a fire  ;D I didn't mind the rock solid bickies... gave you something to chew on for an hour or so.
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« Reply #24 on: March 25, 2016, 08:10:35 AM »
Actually didn't mind the cheese!

Cereal blocks were good too, although a "bit" chewy  :D, as well as tubes of Vegemite & condensed milk.
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