On Dec 21, 12:55*pm, (Little Malice) wrote:
> One time on Usenet, said:
>
> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:24:05 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> > > wrote:
>
> > >It's a lot easier to put
> > >eggshells and coffee grounds in the trash to begin with, if that's
> > >what you end up doing, anyway. *What, you want to argue about it?
> > >Happy holidays.
>
> > I don't put eggshells in the trash. *Coffee goes there, however.
> > Never thought about putting it down the disposal. *Probably because
> > it's just easier to walk to the bin and dump instead of separate the
> > grounds from the filter and going two places instead of one.
>
> Years ago, Mom had a new garbage disposal installed and the
> instructions suggested putting ice cubes or coffee grounds down
> it, because they will scour the unit. And the coffee smells nice.
> Unfortunately, we don't make coffee anymore, so I don't do
> it...
>
> --
> Jani in WA

If you've ever reached down in a disposal which has regularly had
grounds thrown in it, to clear something else out, and pulled up the
rubber gasket when you pulled your hand out, your hand would be
covered with dark brown smelly gunky coffee ground residue. That was
the condition of a disposal in an office I worked in. No thanks, you
can have it.

N.