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Ray
 
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Default My barrel ate the lees stirrer

Yea, but how are you going to get the scuba diver out before the wine is all
gone?

Ray

"Michael Brill" > wrote in message
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> "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.