"Damaeus" > wrote in message
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> My roommate had a metal scouring pad that was looking grungy. It was
> about
> 30 years old and belonged to his grandmother. That thing was
> indestructible, it didn't rust, and was fantastic. He just kept
> sterilizing it in a boiling pot of water from time to time. Aside from
> its
> tangled mass of wires, it was perfect. Well, I decided to surprise him
> with a new one, and I threw away the old one.

ohhh noooooo.

You are *never* going to find one as good as Granny's.