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Default Pepper grinder experts

On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 17:38:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>> 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?

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>Did you perchance fill it too full? I have done that and it won't grind
>because there isn't enough room for the peppercorns to move around. The
>best I could get was the outside being shaved off.


No, not overfilled as I learned about that one long ago. Thanks for
your help anyway Julie.