On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:07:31 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
wrote:

>We were all professionals, so we didn't have to have much to do with each
>other we were so busy, so I guess it wasn't too bad. Our houses were very
>private. (other than the garbage cans).

It's very interesting how in that kind of upscale neighborhood, next
door neighbors can leave the front door at the same time to go to
their car which is parked in front of their house and not even
acknowledge each other.

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On Dec 20, 3:22*pm, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:49:23 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
>
> > wrote:
> >Not necessarily - every plumber says not to put egg shells down -
> >because of the membranes that line the shells. *How hard is it to wrap
> >them in a paper towel and toss them in with the stuff that the garbage
> >man picks up? *
>
> Are you the kind of person who has a dishwasher, but doesn't use it
> because it will wear out? *Why bother with a garbage disposal if you
> can't even grind up egg shells in it? *I've ground up eggshells in
> garbage disposals all my life and it has never been a problem. *

Every plumber I've known says not to do it. Don't ask me, I just know
what they tell me. Yes, I do use the dishwasher, and I do use the
disposal, but I have no wish to call a plumber if I can do the right
things and not need one.
>
> >Conversely, they are really good in compost, so start a compost container..
>
> I live in a big city and I don't want compost heap. *

You can compost stuff in a container with a tight lid, and put it
under the sink or if it's in a decorative container, even right on the
countertop. Then you can use the compost when you repot house plants,
or toss it out with the garbage if you want. It's a lot easier to put
eggshells and coffee grounds in the trash to begin with, if that's
what you end up doing, anyway. What, you want to argue about it?
Happy holidays.

N.

On Dec 20, 6:28*pm, "Janet B." > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> >> > best bet was never to put food down it deliberately and to run plenty
> >> > of hot
> >> > water down it every day.
>
> > You should never run the disposal with hot water.
> Correct
>
> > Disposals: *Get at least 3/4 h.p. power, or more if you can afford
> > it. *Run LOTS of water when you use it. *If you're putting down veggie
> > bits, etc., use your common sense to parse out the feed, so you aren't
> > jamming big chunks of everything at once. *Use LOTS of water while the
> > disposal is running, and make sure you run it long enough after you're
> > done putting stuff in it, to make sure the water is flushing it
> > through the sewer line. Use LOTS of water.
> *snip
> > N.
>
> You are not running the water to merely get the foodstuff through the
> disposal, but to run it through the line. *So, visualize -- how far is it
> from your disposal to the place where the water gets into the sewer line?
> Run the water long enough to get that far. *If you don't, *you end up
> leaving goop in the plumbing lines where it begins to adhere to the pipe
> walls.
> Janet- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That's what I was getting at, but didn't spell it out. Thanks.

N.

On Dec 21, 8:52*am, "cybercat" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >> > best bet was never to put food down it deliberately and to run plenty
> >> > of hot
> >> > water down it every day.
>
> > You should never run the disposal with hot water.
>
> Why?

'Cause the directions say not to. Ask InSinkErator, I dunno.

N.

<sf> wrote in message news
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:07:31 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
> wrote:
>
>>We were all professionals, so we didn't have to have much to do with each
>>other we were so busy, so I guess it wasn't too bad. Our houses were very
>>private. (other than the garbage cans).
>
> It's very interesting how in that kind of upscale neighborhood, next
> door neighbors can leave the front door at the same time to go to
> their car which is parked in front of their house and not even
> acknowledge each other.


I've heard that in Grenwich CT that one woman was complaining that as she
went by, her neighbor 'would' actually wave, but never looked up -- I think
that describes it all.

But I'd rather they not have talked to me - the few times I 'had' to have
something to do with them, it was not pleasant. Although I have to laugh at
this situation. When I was moving, I left a key at a neighbor's house for
the new owner because they had not arrived to take it, and as I was leaving
I thought gee they must've have been nice after all, she was saying over and
over Good-bye in almost a sing-song voice, "Good-bye, Good-bye, Good-bye" to
which I kept replying. She came running and laughing out to me and told me
it was her parrot! LOL!!!

Dee Dee

On Dec 20, 6:13*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:51:11 -0800 (PST), Nancy2 wrote:
> > On Dec 19, 8:22 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> >> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:57:30 -0500, Goomba38 wrote:
> >>> Why would you *want* to put corn cobs and bones in the disposal though?
>
> >> If the trash pickup just came for the week and there's no room
> >> left in the freezer (to freeze the trash until next trash
> >> pickup). *Corncobs, maybe I can let those slide, but no meat
> >> products will stay in my trash for more than a 36 hours.
>
> >> And I don't generate enough trash to justify trowing out a 1/6th
> >> full trash bag where the raccoons will get it.
>
> > Don't you have a container outside somewhere to hold stuff until it's
> > time for a pickup? *Even raccoons can be stymied with the properly-
> > lidded trashcan.
>
> Why the *hell* would I want to throw garbage into a separate
> container to rot for a week, and then have to fish it (and the
> stink) out again when it comes times for trash day?
>
> You just don't throw away food 3-7 days early in the Texas heat.
> Plain and simple.
>
> -sw- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Say, Doofus, I've lived in the south. You put your trash/garbage in a
tied-up plastic garbage bag, and put it in the garbage can outside or
in the garage, and put the lid on the can. When the trash day
arrives, you carry or push the trash can out to the curb, and the
garbagemen (or whatever) empty the can into their truck, and leave
your empty, neat can and lid so you can put it away when you get
home. That's how it happens in MY neighborhood. Why would you be
fishing around in stinky garbage to have it picked up???

N.

On Dec 20, 10:56*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:33:36 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
> > Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >> You just don't throw away food 3-7 days early in the Texas heat.
> >> Plain and simple.
>
> > I do. The can is outside and the lid is closed. We don't smell it. It's
> > the trash company's can. I let them worry about it.
>
> Until the bags swell up and burst, spreading germs and stinky
> liquid goo all over the inside of the trash can, which the City
> doesn't wash out for you. *Not to mention those black turkeys
> flying in circles over the house.
>
> No thanks.
>
> -sw

Even in Iowa's 100 deg. heat in the summer and the cans outside, I've
never had a bag "burst" inside the can. You live in an alternative
universe, apparently.

N.

"Nancy2" > wrote

On Dec 21, 8:52 am, "cybercat" > wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>
>> >> > best bet was never to put food down it deliberately and to run
>> >> > plenty
>> >> > of hot
>> >> > water down it every day.
>
>> > You should never run the disposal with hot water.
>
>> Why?

>'Cause the directions say not to. Ask InSinkErator, I dunno.

They always say cold water. Still, I hate to think people are wasting
gallons of water to chase a little garbage down to the sewer. If people
are going to go crazy, then just throw it out.

nancy

"cybercat" > wrote

>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote :
>>
>> My garbage might or might not stink, but no one should get close enough
>> to it to find out, aside from the garbage man. In some towns, the
>> garbage
>> is picked up from the back yard because the town doesn't want anyone to
>> see the cans. I'd like that.

> If you leave them out in Raleigh for over 24 hours after pickup you get
> fined.

I'd like that, too. The only towns around here that I know of with
that law are the beach towns. Lots of summer rentals where the
people think nothing of leaving out the garbage, and worse.

nancy

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:24:05 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> wrote:

>It's a lot easier to put
>eggshells and coffee grounds in the trash to begin with, if that's
>what you end up doing, anyway. What, you want to argue about it?
>Happy holidays.

I don't put eggshells in the trash. Coffee goes there, however.
Never thought about putting it down the disposal. Probably because
it's just easier to walk to the bin and dump instead of separate the
grounds from the filter and going two places instead of one.

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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:26:35 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> wrote:

>On Dec 21, 8:52*am, "cybercat" > wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> >> > best bet was never to put food down it deliberately and to run plenty
>> >> > of hot
>> >> > water down it every day.
>>
>> > You should never run the disposal with hot water.
>>
>> Why?
>
>'Cause the directions say not to. Ask InSinkErator, I dunno.
>
To congeal any traces of grease - get it going down and out.


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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:39:09 -0800, sf wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:46:46 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>To sum up everything, a compost pile is your best option. You just dump
>>anything organic, save for meat, into the pile and you are rewarded with a
>>mulch that is a gift from heaven. You can get these nifty compost bins at
>>any garden shop.
>
>How does that work in a high rise?

in a high-rise you just throw garbage out the window.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:18:00 GMT, blake murphy >
wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:39:09 -0800, sf wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:46:46 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>To sum up everything, a compost pile is your best option. You just dump
>>>anything organic, save for meat, into the pile and you are rewarded with a
>>>mulch that is a gift from heaven. You can get these nifty compost bins at
>>>any garden shop.
>>
>>How does that work in a high rise?
>
>in a high-rise you just throw garbage out the window.
>
In the hope that flying rats will catch it midair?

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One time on Usenet, said:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:24:05 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
> >It's a lot easier to put
> >eggshells and coffee grounds in the trash to begin with, if that's
> >what you end up doing, anyway. What, you want to argue about it?
> >Happy holidays.
>
> I don't put eggshells in the trash. Coffee goes there, however.
> Never thought about putting it down the disposal. Probably because
> it's just easier to walk to the bin and dump instead of separate the
> grounds from the filter and going two places instead of one.

Years ago, Mom had a new garbage disposal installed and the
instructions suggested putting ice cubes or coffee grounds down
it, because they will scour the unit. And the coffee smells nice.
Unfortunately, we don't make coffee anymore, so I don't do
it...

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One time on Usenet, blake murphy > said:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:39:09 -0800, sf wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:46:46 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>To sum up everything, a compost pile is your best option. You just dump
> >>anything organic, save for meat, into the pile and you are rewarded with a
> >>mulch that is a gift from heaven. You can get these nifty compost bins at
> >>any garden shop.
> >
> >How does that work in a high rise?
>
> in a high-rise you just throw garbage out the window.

We had tenants in our old house who did just that, although this was a
single story place, not a high rise. The pile outside of the kitchen
window was amazing. I cried...

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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:55:12 GMT, (Little
Malice) wrote:

>Years ago, Mom had a new garbage disposal installed and the
>instructions suggested putting ice cubes or coffee grounds down
>it, because they will scour the unit. And the coffee smells nice.
>Unfortunately, we don't make coffee anymore, so I don't do
>it...

So, you haven't had problems with coffee? I would think not. Maybe
I'll throw some coffee grounds in mine sometime in the next couple of
days. I put ice cubes down it every now and then.... I thought it was
to clear out the grinder part, not destink it. Lemons are for that!
I only do it when hubby isn't in the house. He's another one that
freaks out if the disposal is used the way it's intended. I'm of the
mindset that says to use it and replace it when it wears out.

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"Little Malice" > wrote

> One time on Usenet, blake murphy > said:
>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:39:09 -0800, sf wrote:
>>
>> >On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:46:46 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>To sum up everything, a compost pile is your best option. You just
>> >>dump
>> >>anything organic, save for meat, into the pile and you are rewarded
>> >>with a
>> >>mulch that is a gift from heaven. You can get these nifty compost bins
>> >>at
>> >>any garden shop.
>> >
>> >How does that work in a high rise?
>>
>> in a high-rise you just throw garbage out the window.
>
> We had tenants in our old house who did just that, although this was a
> single story place, not a high rise. The pile outside of the kitchen
> window was amazing. I cried...

You and your landlord mentality, tsk tsk.

(laugh) nancy (not interested in being one, too much work)

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:33:36 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> You just don't throw away food 3-7 days early in the Texas heat.
>>> Plain and simple.
>> I do. The can is outside and the lid is closed. We don't smell it. It's
>> the trash company's can. I let them worry about it.
>
> Until the bags swell up and burst, spreading germs and stinky
> liquid goo all over the inside of the trash can, which the City
> doesn't wash out for you. Not to mention those black turkeys
> flying in circles over the house.
>
> No thanks.
>
> -sw

That never happened to me. We don't use black trash bags, just the white
tall kitchen can bags that are tied and not made as air-tight as
twist-tied black bags.

We have private carting via the county's contract. We are outside the
city limits. There are lots of birds here and I've seen plenty of hawks
and turkey buzzards, but not over my trash can.

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Julie Bove wrote:
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> If you have a garden, why not compost the vegetable-based trash?
>
> Because I have no place for a compost heap.
>
>
When I had a garden, I just put the vegetable based trash right in the
garden and tossed it with a little mulch.

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Julie Bove wrote:
> "cybercat" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Janet Wilder" > wrote
>>> A good drain cleaner that doesn't hurt anything is some baking soda in
>>> the drain followed by some white vinegar. It foams up. When the foaming
>>> stops, run the hot water for a while.
>>>
>> I never heard of this, I'll try it. Thanks!
>
> I tried it. Worked once but then didn't work at all.
>
>

Could it be because of your plumbing configuration problems? It's
worked for me in the RVs and in the house. Of course I don't wait until
the drains are clogged. I just do it every few months as a precaution.

I try not to let food or grease get into my drains so I don't have clogs.

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Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:19:35 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:33:36 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You just don't throw away food 3-7 days early in the Texas heat.
>>>>> Plain and simple.
>>>> I do. The can is outside and the lid is closed. We don't smell it. It's
>>>> the trash company's can. I let them worry about it.
>>> Until the bags swell up and burst, spreading germs and stinky
>>> liquid goo all over the inside of the trash can, which the City
>>> doesn't wash out for you. Not to mention those black turkeys
>>> flying in circles over the house.
>>>
>>> No thanks.
>>>
>> Damn, Steve, how long is it between garbage pickups?
>
> 7 days. Which is 5 days too many 10 months out of the year in
> Texas.
>
> -sw

My pick up is weekly, too, and I'm betting I'm way farther south than
you are (RGV-Harlingen). Closest neighbor has a big family so the trash
company gave him a dumpster that he leaves at the bottom of the long
access road to his house. No birds. No coyotes. No feral dogs or cats.
Jack rabbits can't jump *that* high.

Janet, posting from an area known as a "World Birding Center" <g>

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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:20:41 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
wrote:

>
>"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:47:43 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>This is especially true if your plumbing itself is suspect.
>>
>> All plumbing is suspect if it's abused. A sink is not a garbage can.
>> The things I'm reading people put down there amaze me. And yes, I
>> have one. It's fine for rinsing dishes, but that's about it. I even
>> have oversized waste pipes and I still won't use the thing as a trash
>> can
>>
>> Lou
>
>Were the oversized waste pipes there when you bought the house? A new
>house -- a re-modeled kitchen?
>I've never heard about ones being oversized, so am curious.
>Thanks.

SIL in NYC says garbage disposals are illegal, at least where she
lives in MidTown. However she says the pipes are so big you could put
human body parts down the drain.... which has probably happened at
least once in NY. <shudder>

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<sf> wrote in message ...
I'm of the
> mindset that says to use it and replace it when it wears out.
>

Hear! Hear!
Dee Dee

Nancy2 wrote:
> On Dec 21, 8:52 am, "cybercat" > wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>>> best bet was never to put food down it deliberately and to run plenty
>>>>> of hot
>>>>> water down it every day.
>>> You should never run the disposal with hot water.
>> Why?
>
> 'Cause the directions say not to. Ask InSinkErator, I dunno.
>
> N.

Here's a link to downloadable PDF files for different models of
InSinkErator brand disposers.
http://www.insinkerator.com/service/pdf_list_search.php

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Little Malice wrote:

> Years ago, Mom had a new garbage disposal installed and the
> instructions suggested putting ice cubes or coffee grounds down
> it, because they will scour the unit. And the coffee smells nice.
> Unfortunately, we don't make coffee anymore, so I don't do
> it...
>

The manual says to put some citrus peel in it to make it smell nice.
I've done that with a bit of lemon peel and it works nicely.
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On Dec 21, 12:55*pm, (Little Malice) wrote:
> One time on Usenet, said:
>
> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:24:05 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> > > wrote:
>
> > >It's a lot easier to put
> > >eggshells and coffee grounds in the trash to begin with, if that's
> > >what you end up doing, anyway. *What, you want to argue about it?
> > >Happy holidays.
>
> > I don't put eggshells in the trash. *Coffee goes there, however.
> > Never thought about putting it down the disposal. *Probably because
> > it's just easier to walk to the bin and dump instead of separate the
> > grounds from the filter and going two places instead of one.
>
> Years ago, Mom had a new garbage disposal installed and the
> instructions suggested putting ice cubes or coffee grounds down
> it, because they will scour the unit. And the coffee smells nice.
> Unfortunately, we don't make coffee anymore, so I don't do
> it...
>
> --
> Jani in WA

If you've ever reached down in a disposal which has regularly had
grounds thrown in it, to clear something else out, and pulled up the
rubber gasket when you pulled your hand out, your hand would be
covered with dark brown smelly gunky coffee ground residue. That was
the condition of a disposal in an office I worked in. No thanks, you
can have it.

N.

One time on Usenet, "Nancy Young" > said:
>
> "Little Malice" > wrote
>
> > One time on Usenet, blake murphy > said:
> >> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:39:09 -0800, sf wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:46:46 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>To sum up everything, a compost pile is your best option. You just
> >> >>dump
> >> >>anything organic, save for meat, into the pile and you are rewarded
> >> >>with a
> >> >>mulch that is a gift from heaven. You can get these nifty compost bins
> >> >>at
> >> >>any garden shop.
> >> >
> >> >How does that work in a high rise?
> >>
> >> in a high-rise you just throw garbage out the window.
> >
> > We had tenants in our old house who did just that, although this was a
> > single story place, not a high rise. The pile outside of the kitchen
> > window was amazing. I cried...
>
> You and your landlord mentality, tsk tsk.
>
> (laugh) nancy (not interested in being one, too much work)

I should have been clearer, but I'm always trying not to be verbose.
It was my childhood home, and Mom wound up being a landlord because
the person who bought it from us when we left defaulted on the loan.
I cried because I remembered how clean and tidy Mom kept the place
when we lived there -- childhood memories...

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One time on Usenet, Janet Wilder > said:
> Little Malice wrote:
>
> > Years ago, Mom had a new garbage disposal installed and the
> > instructions suggested putting ice cubes or coffee grounds down
> > it, because they will scour the unit. And the coffee smells nice.
> > Unfortunately, we don't make coffee anymore, so I don't do
> > it...
> >
>
> The manual says to put some citrus peel in it to make it smell nice.
> I've done that with a bit of lemon peel and it works nicely.

Yes, and oranges peels work well too...

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One time on Usenet, Nancy2 > said:
> On Dec 21, 12:55=A0pm, (Little Malice) wrote:
> > One time on Usenet, said:
> >
> > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:24:05 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> > > > wrote:
> >
> > > >It's a lot easier to put
> > > >eggshells and coffee grounds in the trash to begin with, if that's
> > > >what you end up doing, anyway. =A0What, you want to argue about it?
> > > >Happy holidays.
> >
> > > I don't put eggshells in the trash. =A0Coffee goes there, however.
> > > Never thought about putting it down the disposal. =A0Probably because
> > > it's just easier to walk to the bin and dump instead of separate the
> > > grounds from the filter and going two places instead of one.
> >
> > Years ago, Mom had a new garbage disposal installed and the
> > instructions suggested putting ice cubes or coffee grounds down
> > it, because they will scour the unit. And the coffee smells nice.
> > Unfortunately, we don't make coffee anymore, so I don't do
> > it...

> If you've ever reached down in a disposal which has regularly had
> grounds thrown in it, to clear something else out, and pulled up the
> rubber gasket when you pulled your hand out, your hand would be
> covered with dark brown smelly gunky coffee ground residue. That was
> the condition of a disposal in an office I worked in. No thanks, you
> can have it.

If you check the underside of the rubber gasket of any disposal, I'm
relatively certain it will have some kind of greasy gunk build up,
coffee grounds or not...

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"cybercat" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
> ...
>>> > best bet was never to put food down it deliberately and to run plenty
>>> > of hot
>>> > water down it every day.
>>
>> You should never run the disposal with hot water.
>
> Why?
The cold water is used to keep the motor cool.
Janet

"Little Malice" > wrote

> One time on Usenet, "Nancy Young" > said:
>>
>> "Little Malice" > wrote

>> > We had tenants in our old house who did just that, although this was a
>> > single story place, not a high rise. The pile outside of the kitchen
>> > window was amazing. I cried...
>>
>> You and your landlord mentality, tsk tsk.
>>
>> (laugh) nancy (not interested in being one, too much work)
>
> I should have been clearer, but I'm always trying not to be verbose.

Oh, I was just making a joke about an earlier post. I'm sorry if
I came across wrong.

> It was my childhood home, and Mom wound up being a landlord because
> the person who bought it from us when we left defaulted on the loan.
> I cried because I remembered how clean and tidy Mom kept the place
> when we lived there -- childhood memories...

What a shame. Some people have no pride.

nancy

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:37:55 -0600, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>Here's a link to downloadable PDF files for different models of
>InSinkErator brand disposers.
>http://www.insinkerator.com/service/pdf_list_search.php

There ya go! Get an Evolution Excel and stop worrying about what
foods you can or can't put in your disposal.

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> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:54:29 -0500, "cybercat" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Little Malice" > wrote
>>> I keep old grease in a coffee can and throw it out when it gets
>>> full...
>>>
>>
>>A time-honored tradition of my mom's.
>>
> I thought everyone did that. I use smaller cans, but they are still
> cans.
>
It might be a Time-honored tradition of EVERYone's mom.

Nancy Young wrote:

> Haha, that's funny. We keep our garbage cans out of sight, too. They
> aren't exactly decorative. I didn't put a sign on your garbage cans,
> though.
> If I was going to do that, I'd put a sign on the cans across the street.
> Bring in your friggin garbage cans once they're empty! So annoying,
> they leave them out for days sometimes.
>
Ooooh.. that drives me nuts but just as much as that is that in my
county, we have a choice of garbage pick up companies (3 or 4) and they
all use different days for pick ups. So it sometimes seems as if there
are cans somewhere on the street almost 3 days a week. Very annoying
when you think of it. I wish they'd organize it so that the entire
neighborhood used the same day (days) only.

I recall one house when I was growing up the garbage men came way up to
the house from the street and grabbed the cans, hauled them down to the
street and then returned them to the house where they sat on the side of
the garage. The homeowners didn't have to do anything ever but dump
their trash in. We have to roll our huge cans up to the curb nowadays.
We were so spoiled then and had no idea!

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:25:15 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:19:35 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>
>>>> Damn, Steve, how long is it between garbage pickups?
>>> 7 days. Which is 5 days too many 10 months out of the year in
>>> Texas.
>> My pick up is weekly, too, and I'm betting I'm way farther south than
>> you are (RGV-Harlingen). Closest neighbor has a big family so the trash
>> company gave him a dumpster that he leaves at the bottom of the long
>> access road to his house. No birds. No coyotes. No feral dogs or cats.
>> Jack rabbits can't jump *that* high.
>
> Well, I guess you just like the stink that accumulates in your
> trash can, then. It's a strange fetish, but I can respect that.
>
> -sw

I live in the hottest, most humid part of Georgia and because we're not
a big family we opted for once a week trash pick up service. The roll
can (sort of a big dumpster on wheels) doesn't seem to attract wildlife
nor do you smell anything with the lid shut. While dumping stuff into it
you might notice odor but once you shut the lid you don't notice
anything malodorous. It just isn't an issue.

Oh pshaw, on Fri 21 Dec 2007 04:50:01p, cybercat meant to say...

>
> <sf> wrote in message ...
>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:54:29 -0500, "cybercat" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Little Malice" > wrote
>>>> I keep old grease in a coffee can and throw it out when it gets
>>>> full...
>>>>
>>>
>>>A time-honored tradition of my mom's.
>>>
>> I thought everyone did that. I use smaller cans, but they are still
>> cans.
>>
> It might be a Time-honored tradition of EVERYone's mom.
>
>
>

We used to use Crisco cans before they started making them out of
cardboard.

--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: Thursday, December 20th,2007

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Oh pshaw, on Fri 21 Dec 2007 04:50:01p, cybercat meant to say...

>
> <sf> wrote in message ...
>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:54:29 -0500, "cybercat" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Little Malice" > wrote
>>>> I keep old grease in a coffee can and throw it out when it gets
>>>> full...
>>>>
>>>
>>>A time-honored tradition of my mom's.
>>>
>> I thought everyone did that. I use smaller cans, but they are still
>> cans.
>>
> It might be a Time-honored tradition of EVERYone's mom.
>
>
>

From the 1920s at least thru the 1950s, grease jars were a common item in
many kitchens. Most came with some sort of strainer to filter out the
sediment and other particles. Their most common use was probably for
grease produced from frying bacon, and that was then reserved for
cooking/seasoning use. You can see quite of few of them for sale on eBay.

--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: Thursday, December 20th,2007

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Oh pshaw, on Fri 21 Dec 2007 05:40:22p, Goomba38 meant to say...

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Haha, that's funny. We keep our garbage cans out of sight, too. They
>> aren't exactly decorative. I didn't put a sign on your garbage cans,
>> though. If I was going to do that, I'd put a sign on the cans across the
>> street. Bring in your friggin garbage cans once they're empty! So
>> annoying, they leave them out for days sometimes.
>>
> Ooooh.. that drives me nuts but just as much as that is that in my
> county, we have a choice of garbage pick up companies (3 or 4) and they
> all use different days for pick ups. So it sometimes seems as if there
> are cans somewhere on the street almost 3 days a week. Very annoying
> when you think of it. I wish they'd organize it so that the entire
> neighborhood used the same day (days) only.

That's the way it is in our neighborhood. There are at least 3 different
companies and they each pick up twice a week. Seems like there's hardly a
day of the week (except Sunday) that there aren't trash barrels at the curb
somewhere.

> I recall one house when I was growing up the garbage men came way up to
> the house from the street and grabbed the cans, hauled them down to the
> street and then returned them to the house where they sat on the side of
> the garage. The homeowners didn't have to do anything ever but dump
> their trash in. We have to roll our huge cans up to the curb nowadays.
> We were so spoiled then and had no idea!
>

Yes, those were the days, and I remember them well. Where we lived the
garages were at the back of the lot, and the pickup crews went all the way
back there to get the garbage cans.

Another thing we don't see in too many areas these days is home delivery of
dairy products, bread, chips and pretzels, etc.

--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: Thursday, December 20th,2007

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"Goomba38" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:

>> If I was going to do that, I'd put a sign on the cans across the street.
>> Bring in your friggin garbage cans once they're empty! So annoying,
>> they leave them out for days sometimes.
>>
> Ooooh.. that drives me nuts but just as much as that is that in my county,
> we have a choice of garbage pick up companies (3 or 4) and they all use
> different days for pick ups. So it sometimes seems as if there are cans
> somewhere on the street almost 3 days a week. Very annoying when you think
> of it. I wish they'd organize it so that the entire neighborhood used the
> same day (days) only.

That is very annoying. My township picks up my garbage, but many
areas of the town are covered by an outside contractor. Who that is
might change every year or whatever, but it's just one company. No
different garbage days by neighbor. Yikes.

> I recall one house when I was growing up the garbage men came way up to
> the house from the street and grabbed the cans, hauled them down to the
> street and then returned them to the house where they sat on the side of
> the garage. The homeowners didn't have to do anything ever but dump their
> trash in. We have to roll our huge cans up to the curb nowadays. We were
> so spoiled then and had no idea!

I only heard of such a thing when I met my ex. He grew up in a wealthy
town, they would not have garbage cans visible from the street. Couldn't
believe it.

nancy

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:25:15 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:19:35 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>
>>>> Damn, Steve, how long is it between garbage pickups?
>>> 7 days. Which is 5 days too many 10 months out of the year in
>>> Texas.
>> My pick up is weekly, too, and I'm betting I'm way farther south than
>> you are (RGV-Harlingen). Closest neighbor has a big family so the trash
>> company gave him a dumpster that he leaves at the bottom of the long
>> access road to his house. No birds. No coyotes. No feral dogs or cats.
>> Jack rabbits can't jump *that* high.
>
> Well, I guess you just like the stink that accumulates in your
> trash can, then. It's a strange fetish, but I can respect that.

Sticking my nose in trash cans isn't in my daily routine, but I can
respect that it is in yours <g>

--
Janet Wilder
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