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Default Strawberry slushies and a new blender

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> On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 13:49:53 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> I've been making some raspberry wine slushies the past couple of weeks.
>> The blender though, is finally going to die and I could smell the motor
>> getting hot. It is an Oster blender and I'm disappointed that it only
>> lasted about 45 years. Maybe I should have bought the extended warranty.
>>
>> So, my new blender arrived this morning. After all these years the
>> glass container still fits on the new one so I have a spare. Local
>> strawberries are in the markets now so I picked up 3 quarts this
>> morning, sliced and sugared them. So, another day or so it will be
>> slushie time. Strawberries, white wine, a little rum, ice, hit the button!
>>
>> This blender will not have to last 45 years for me.

>
> Odds are 100% certain you won't last another 45 years.... but still
> for as long as you are fixing slushies why not with the best machine.
> My Oster blender (Osterizer) is some 60 years old and still working
> like brand new,.. and hardly a week has passed that I haven't used it,
> I make smoothies constantly, often 2-3 times a week.
>


Popeye, yoose osterizer is the finest blender in the universe.

Yoose can't expect Ed to compete with that!