"Negodki" > wrote in message >...
> You could fish it out with a hook, tongs, grappling rod, or a miniature
> scuba diver, but why bother? Plastic is relatively inert. Wait until you
> have a better reason to rack, and meanwhile, use another piece of plastic.

I like the miniature scuba diver idea. I just put an ad on
craigslist, so let's see what I come up with. In the meantime I guess
the "relatively" part of "relatively inert" is what concerns me. I am
not planning on racking until I bottle in about 10 months and I don't
know what the impact is of leaving in a piece of plastic. I'd hate to
have 300 bottles of slightly plastic-y wine. If I only had a really
long pair of chopsticks.