Can't open thinkpad with one hand while holding beer

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#1 Post by **Kyocera** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:34 am

I know this has probably been posted a million times, but here goes again. Last night I tried to open my thinkpad with one hand without setting down my beer. Tried switching hands, putting thinkpad on floor and holding with foot, nothing worked. Has anyone come up with a solution to this problem.?

Website · #2 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:26 am

Man, what a delimma......Beer or Thinkpad?...Beer or Thinkpad?...Beer or Thinkpad?...hmmmm....

LtTPfan · #3 Post by **LtTPfan** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:50 am

I'll bet you forgot to take a hit off the old crack pipe first.

#4 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:50 pm

Luckily, with my older-than-dirt (but still holding on pretty strong) 760, the latches protrude just enough and the holes next to them go just deep enough that with the right angle, I can acutally use the can to open the computer.

mattfromomaha · #5 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:32 pm

I drink a beer before opening the ThinkPad, so that way I can set down the empty bottle without feeling like I'm abandoning good alcohol. Then I open the ThinkPad, then I get a second beer while the ThinkPad is booting up!

Navck · #6 Post by **Navck** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:00 pm

Hush, my dad has a T30, two latches people.
What I do to open my T43 with one hand is disengage the latch and lift the cover 1-5mm, then swap my hand position to grab the top of the LCD and pull it up.

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:45 am

I know what you mean. I can beerly do it!

The real trick is getting the liquid to where it does the least amount of damage. What a paradox!

leoblob · #8 Post by **leoblob** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:14 am

Hold the beer can/bottle in your mouth, then you'll have both hands free.

#9 Post by **K. Eng** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:51 am

ROFL

It should be possible to open a T4x holding a beer in one hand, after all there is only one latch. But the hinges on some T4x seem to be extra stiff and require a second hand to hold the base down.

On a T30 probably very difficult to open with beer in hand as there are two latches!

mattfromomaha · #10 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:07 pm

I thought I found an engineering solution to this last night. Holding my beer in one hand and laptop in the other, I yelled, "Woman, open my laptop!" The preliminary results show that this will not only fail six sigma certification but also resulted in a slap across the face.

#11 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:20 pm

Actually, after much, much deliberation (and beer too) I deceded that the results are much better if you save the drink for while waiting on Windows to load. It also is nice to have a few extra's handy for whenever you have to wait on scandisk (if you had an improper shutdown with Win9x) and for everytime you get a bluescreen.

#12 Post by **Kyocera** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:57 pm

Hmmmm...do I really need those two latches on that T30???? (he ponders quietly, holding beer in one hand)...

Drewski · #13 Post by **Drewski** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:23 pm

with my thinkpad I can unlock one latch at a time, then usually use some inertia to flick open the top.

Temetka · #14 Post by **Temetka** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:19 pm

I can open my T23 one handed. Took some practice though.

stevezasycho · #15 Post by **stevezasycho** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:34 pm

One of my latches is broken, lol.. I ot it down PAT

Temetka · #16 Post by **Temetka** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:44 am

That's cheating!

Can't open thinkpad with one hand while holding beer

Can't open thinkpad with one hand while holding beer

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