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Default My barrel ate the lees stirrer


"Ray" > wrote in message
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> Yea, but how are you going to get the scuba diver out before the wine is

all
> gone?
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> Ray


Don't scuba divers pee in their wet suits to keep themselves warm? If so I
think the plastic stirrer is the least of the worries.

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> "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.

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