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Not a problem; we're not exactly talking nuclear fission here.
They went down the drain and "no problem". As far as their having
cleaned and (this seem a very long shoot to my understanding of the nature
of blades and sharpening) "sharpened" the disposal blades; that is an entirely
different matter.
Now a favorite quote from someone who has restructured western thought
that is not likely to increase my popularity with the group, particularly
at this time of year:
"In my Future of an Illusion I was concerned much less with the deepest
sources of the religious feeling than with what the common man understands
by
his religion - with the system of doctrines and promises which on
the one hand
explains to him the riddles of this world with enviable completeness,
and, on
the other, assures him that a careful Providence will watch over
his life and
will compensate him in a future existence for any frustrations he
suffers
here.
The common man cannot imagine this Providence otherwise than in the
figure of
an enormously exalted father. Only such a being can understand
the needs of
the children of men and be softened by their prayers and placated
by the signs
of their remorse. The whole thing is so patently infantile,
so foreign to
reality, that to anyone with a friendly attitude to humanity it
is painful to
think that the vast majority of mortals will never be able to rise
above this
view of life.
It is still more humiliating to discover now large a number
of people living
today, who cannot but see that this religion is not tenable, nevertheless
try
to defend it piece by piece in a series of pitiful rearguard actions.
One
would like to mix among the ranks of the believers in order to meet
these
philosophers, who think they can rescue the God of religion by replacing
him
by an impersonal, shadowy and abstract principle, and to address
them with
the warning words: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy
God in vain."
And if some of the great men of the past acted in the same
way, no appeal can
be made to their example: we know why they were obliged to."
S. Freud
John Cramer wrote:
Sorry, but I can't resist this thread. I've put them
down the drain in two
houses for 5 years!! Never have I had a bit of trouble with the plumbing.
Let alone any do to the bean grounds.
Experience is the greatest teacher.
John
Steven Schreck wrote:
> Shall I bow to the higher (?) authorities or quote the time honored
> maxim of all free thinkers: "No deference will be made to authority;
> data based on experimentation (empirical knowledge) provide the only
> indicators worthy of respect". (With, of course, no disrespect
intended
> to the two sources mentioned in your message.)
>
> In this case the least that might suffice as valid indicators would
be a
> number of laborious and time consuming experiments involving the
> disassembly and careful examination of a "dirty" disposal mechanism
and
> it's subsequent reexamination after having been subjected to the
bacon
> grease/coffee grounds disposal as well as some disposals involving
> various "control" materials/experiments
>
> Steven Schreck
>
> Peggy Kozy wrote:
>
> > By my Home Ec. Teacher in H.S. and my MOM. Two experts
> > in cleaning.