ZZyXX wrote:
> On 8/30/19 7:42 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I got this set of mixing bowls when I got my first apartment.
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Pyrex...teway&sr=8-135
>>
>>
>> The listing says they were made in the 80's. That could be. I
>> thought I got mine in the late 70's, but at any rate, they are
>> about 40 years old. The blue one had an accident within the first
>> two weeks. I took bread dough from it, put the dough in the pan,
>> washed the bowl, went in the other room, heard a crash and found
>> the bowl on the floor, cracked in a few pieces. It was replaced
>> with a clear blue bowl. Still have that.
>>
>> Fast forward to yesterday. My gardener asked for gluten free
>> blueberry pastry and some chocolate fudge. I have to do more
>> research on the pastry so he's getting gluten free oatmeal
>> blueberry bars. I used the red bowl to make those. Put them in the
>> oven, washed the bowl, then used it to make microwave chocolate
>> fudge.
>>
>> Washed the bowl again and set it in the dish drainer. Apparently I
>> placed it too close to the edge because it slipped into the sink.
>> I tried to catch it but was too slow. Mind you, it did not drop
>> from a great height. The drainer is shallow and is right next to
>> the sink. So it just kind of slid.
>>
>> Now I have never seen this happen before but perhaps it is because
>> the glass is so old. It did not break into large pieces. I'd say
>> about half formed small flakes, or tiny bits like sand. It was as
>> if it broke off in layers! The largest of the bits were not even
>> as big as a dime.
>>
>> The worst part is that I have a garbage disposal. I watched the
>> bowl land on the bottom at the opening to the disposal. I'm sure
>> some glass went down it right off the bat but I watched as if in
>> slow motion as the pile of bits collapsed and went down the sink.
>> And then I went fishing.
>>
>> I have cuts all over my right hand and arm and somehow both knees.
>> A sharp bit landed on the floor and I guess my knees went on it as
>> I got down under the sink to unplug and fiddle with the disposal.
>> I spent 5 hours removing glass. I finally saw advice online about
>> using a shop vac. I do have one but the gardener was using it but
>> I don't know where he put it.
>>
>> The wrench that came with the disposal is missing and none of my
>> Allen wrenches seem to be the right size. The gardener has more.
>> Meanwhile, I ordered the correct wrench from Amazon and hopefully
>> he can get it going again.
>>
>> But in thinking about Steve and his accident, it's a wonder this
>> didn't happen in the microwave! That's a scary thought!
>>
>>
> a good garbage disposal should be able to crunch glass. I just had
> the same thing happen and had no problem grinding it away

Yeah, but she's in Bothel. I lived nearby in south Tacoma and
Tillicum a few years in the army stationed at Ft. Lewis. It's
normal there. Weird shit happens in her area. It's like the twilight
zone in Bothel.

Tacoma and seattle are fairly normal, but when you get close to
bothel, weird shit starts happening. It's just weird there.