DrStrange
4 of a Kind
I ground up a handful of Outpost $1 chips in the garbage disposal over the weekend. I was cleaning the heavily used part of my Outpost set as some of the chips were getting sticky. I have converted to ultra sonic cleaning - faster with better results. My process keeps the chips in the "safe" side of the sink so I never thought much about the disposal risks.
However, at the end of the cleaning I dumped the dirty water down the disposal side. That water is a dirty brown, about the same color as an outpost one dollar chip. The whole lot of chips is scattered on drying towels, I don't have a count until I rerack the chips the morning after when they are dried.
It seems that my salad spinner basket must have gotten a little loose and let a few chips escape into the murky water in the cleaning unit. Since it was only a few chips, the basket's load looked fine when I dumped it to rinse and dry. A few hours later, my wife dumps the scraps from chopping vegetables into the disposal and turned it on. Things don't sound right but ten seconds later the grinder does its work and the drain sounds clear. I don't think any more of it - problem "solved itself".
Next day I am racking up and discover the shortfall. Only then did I match the nasty sound from the disposal to the missing chips. Seven chips down the drain.
A moment of silence for the departed, please -=- DrStrange
However, at the end of the cleaning I dumped the dirty water down the disposal side. That water is a dirty brown, about the same color as an outpost one dollar chip. The whole lot of chips is scattered on drying towels, I don't have a count until I rerack the chips the morning after when they are dried.
It seems that my salad spinner basket must have gotten a little loose and let a few chips escape into the murky water in the cleaning unit. Since it was only a few chips, the basket's load looked fine when I dumped it to rinse and dry. A few hours later, my wife dumps the scraps from chopping vegetables into the disposal and turned it on. Things don't sound right but ten seconds later the grinder does its work and the drain sounds clear. I don't think any more of it - problem "solved itself".
Next day I am racking up and discover the shortfall. Only then did I match the nasty sound from the disposal to the missing chips. Seven chips down the drain.
A moment of silence for the departed, please -=- DrStrange
