On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:15:25 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:00:28 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>My trusty grinder seemed to stop grinding recently, so I bought a new
>>one yesterday. Well, it too won't grind the peppercorns I have
>>here...the very same ones that /used/ to grind just fine.
>>
>>So I can only assume the problem lies with the peppercorns I have.
>>They are fairly old, I can't recall when I bought them but suffice to
>>say, well over a year ago. Has anyone else struck this problem?
>
>The problem is with the [crap] grinder, NOT the peppercorns.

Right. So both my old grinder and new one (which wasn't cheap and
bought from a commercial catering supplies store) are crap.

As always, you make so much sense when you're drunk.