Back in the dark ages, I worked for Southwestern Bell & we always had sales promotions. We had one where we would get tickets for a drawing & there were some good prizes but the consolation prize was a "round rubber gripper" & I got a bunch of them. This had to be prior to 1995 because that was the year Southwestern Bell morphed into SBC Corporation. And I retired in 2010. Now, I'm in the middle of summer cleaning & found 3 in a box,plus I had 2 in cabinet drawer. Basically I'm a little panicked to find I only have 5 left. 😂 Maybe they'll last me for the rest of my jar opening life.
And my boss Cathy built a new house that year. My friend Virginia made her a blue round rubber gripper flower arrangement for her as a housewarming gift.