"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle
> of
> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
> trash
> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something
> because
> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.

Then you run the risk of it exploding all over someone else, just toss the
cork.

> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.

Geez, sorry to hear you hurt yourself. You'll be finding glass for some
time,
be careful.

nancy