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Default SLop discusses how to use Pyrex glassware safely

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:16:39 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> It has not been for the last 50+ years. Why the fuss now? Must have
> >> been a
> >> competitor starting a bashing campaign.

> >
> > It has been mentioned several times here by various well known
> > posters. Put me in the "so what else is new" category. Times change,
> > products cheapen.
> >

>
> Hmmm, I wonder if it has been cheapened, such as thinner walls. I've not
> bought any in many years so I don't have the newer stuff to compare, but
> I'll stop and look if I think of it.


No idea if it has thinner walls or if that even matters.

None of the Pyrex I've purchased in my lifetime as an adult (which is
well after the reformulation) has ever broken; so here's what I really
think: People who complain about Pyrex breaking did stupid things and
then tried to act as if it wasn't their fault. Nuff said 'bout dat.
I have no sympathy for them.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.