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I'm fussy about my ice cubes
On Sep 5, 11:57*am, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:02:28 -0700 (PDT), Chemo >
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> >On Sep 5, 11:00*am, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
> >> On 5 Sep 2012 17:54:22 GMT, notbob > wrote:
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> >> >On 2012-09-05, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail> wrote:
> >> >> What can I say, I like big cubes. *A lot of them. *I have
> >> >> ice cube trays that I like, but they are ancient and one broke,
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> >> >Me too.
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> >> >Two plastic trays are ancient, but haven't broke. *Two newer trays
> >> >have cracked and leak. *My problem is, the older trays stick. *Cubes
> >> >shatter trying to get them out. *Newer trays release cubes fine, but
> >> >have cracked after jes over a yr after purchase. *Both crap!
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> >> >Almost wish I had some of those old metal trays with the lever that
> >> >you needed to put under hot water for jes a couple seconds. *
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> >> same experience here. *I just got a Rubbermaid tray that has
> >> decent-size cubes and decants them easily. *Bad side is that one tray
> >> cost me $2.29.
> >> Janet US
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> >$2.29? Got, you must be a real tightwad.
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> I don't understand your point. *Usually one can buy ice cube trays at
> a store for 3 or 4 for a dollar at the beginning of the summer season.
> It's been a long time since I bought them for water ice cubes. *The
> last ones I bought were for making basil cubes for storage. *So, what
> is an appropriate price in the real world?
> Janet US
Well, these are $12 http://tinyurl.com/8pswow4
and these are $5 http://tinyurl.com/92yeyvv
so, you can pay all sorts of prices and in the end you do get what you
pay for.
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