"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2005-09-04, Dee Randall > wrote:
>
>> Wayne, remember (you probably have one) the Sunbeam Stainless Steel
>> Vacuum
>> coffee pots in the 50's. Oh, my, they made the best coffee. I don't
>> think
>> I could break the seal on them now, though.
>
> They weren't stainless steel, they were chrome plated copper. Mine still
> looks great on the outside, but the inside of the bottom pot is completely
> corroded down to the copper.
>
> nb

Now I remember that copper bottom shining thru was the reason to buy the
next new one. At the time, they were so darned expensive -- ouch.
Dee