On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 21:47:02 -0700, graham > wrote:
>On 2019-01-07 8:47 p.m., Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Mon 07 Jan 2019 07:49:47p, graham told us...
>>
>>> On 2019-01-07 7:00 p.m., Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Mon 07 Jan 2019 06:45:15p, graham told us...
>>>>
>>>>> On 2019-01-07 6:01 p.m., Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon 07 Jan 2019 04:35:13p, jmcquown told us...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1/7/2019 6:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2019-01-07 4:47 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 1/7/2019 4:20 PM, l not -l wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> OnΓΓΒ* 7-Jan-2019, jmcquown >
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/7/2019 6:50 AM, l not -l wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> OnΓΓΒ* 7-Jan-2019, jmcquown >
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Couldn't sleep, so I baked a skillet of cornbread. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/QCdJsF06/cornbread.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yum!ΓΓΒ* That would go very well with the leftover
>>>>>>>>>>>> pinto beans I plan to have for lunch.ΓΓΒ* Instead,
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll have to settle for tortilla chips.ΓΓΒ* 8-(
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Cornbread is great with bean dishes.ΓΓΒ* I'm planning
>>>>>>>>>>> to make some spicy bean soup to serve with it.ΓΓΒ* I
>>>>>>>>>>> do love cornbread!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I just added buttermilk to my grocery list and will be
>>>>>>>>>> baking a batch or cornbread soon.ΓΓΒ* I should have
>>>>>>>>>> done that when I took the last of the freezer stash
>>>>>>>>>> recently.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I never remember to buy buttermilk.ΓΓΒ* I do the cheat
>>>>>>>>> thing and add a splash of white vinegar to milk to curdle
>>>>>>>>> it.ΓΓ Now I have to add white vinegar to my shopping
>>>>>>>>> list.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I do that sometimes too, but I also try to have powered
>>>>>>>> buttermilk on hand.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I keep forgetting to add powdered buttermilk to my list. I've
>>>>>>> added it.
>>>>>>> I'm also nearly out of white vinegar so I've added that to
>>>>>>> my list.
>>>>>>> (White vinegar combined with baking soda and water is an
>>>>>>> excellent way to clean jewelery.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And also drains.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Unless you have copper plumbing!!! My house has copper
>>>>> drain-pipes that are obviously vulnerable.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I wouldnd't think there would be enough acid to really do any
>>>> damage.
>>>>
>>> Well after my former neighbour died, her daughter was cleaning the
>>> house and poured a full bottle of vinegar down the sink. Six or
>>> seven hundred dollars for plumbing repairs made her regret that!
>>> It ate through the copper drain pipe.
>>>
>>
>> That's a little drastic. When I periodically use the vinegar and
>> baking soda I put 3 orf 4 tablespoons of baking soda down the drain
>> followed by 1 cup of white vinegar. When it's finished foaming up I
>> follow that up with copious amouns of very hot water. The process
>> doesn't take more than 10-15 minutes and the drain is clean and
>> fresh.
>>
>Our houses are over 50 years old and built in a time when all the above
>ground plumbing was copper and who knows how much corrosion had already
>weakened the pipes. They've been using plastic for many years now, even
>for the water supply lines.
The supply lines were copper but waste lines were brass. Now
everything is plastic... even buried lines are now plastic...
previously buried waste lines were cast iron or Orangeburg pipe.
Plumbers don't solder copper pipe anymore, all compression fittings.