I don’t think I ever had a thermos that didn’t get broken within a week. At least until about 1974, when I got a Stanley steel thermos, which I still have. It’s got a few dents and most of the paint’s gone, but it still works and I still use it, just not every day now.
Did it say “I think I can, I think I can”—or am I mixing Stanleys and metaphors?