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Posted by on November 21, 2006, 7:14 pm
>On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:40:12 -0800, aspasia wrote:
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>>wrote:
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>>[...]
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>>>And I'd like to put in my 2 cents' worth about not putting stuff other
>>>>than water down the kitchen drain. Garbage disposals are more problems
>>>>than they're worth - all that food doesn't get ground up finely enough
>>>>and if you have any kind of low spot or belly in your sewer line, it
>>>>lays there, hardens and blocks the drain. Since I stopped using my
>>>>garbage disposal two years ago, I haven't had to have the plumber out
>>>>to auger the line
>>[...]
>>
>>Hear. hear! I hardly use mine at all. Table scraps and veg peels,
>>etc. (non-meat or fat) go into the compost jar. Meat, fat, bones go
>>in the trash. Only thing that goes down the disposal is lemon rinds
>>for disinfecting.
>>
>>Am still recovering from a big Thanksgiving dinner I threw 'n' years
>>ago, when, night before dinner, all preparations on track, I put
>>CELERY down the disposal! Even as I did it, a dull bell tolled in the
>>back of my mind. Too bad it wasn't in the front of my mind. Whole
>>story would make a strong man cry.. I got through the dinner next
>>day somehow, with a stopped-up sink... whatta nightmare!
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>
>If you don't use the thing, why not take it out entirely?
See above - I "hardly"use it except for lemon rinds, but want it
available when & if needed for something else.
Why go to the trouble & expense of removing it?
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