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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:32 pm
You're pulling my leg, aren't you, Scooter?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:32 pm
LOL, I learned the hard way about potato peelings, onion peelings, etc. My disposal didn't grind them up just sent them on the way to clog my drain! I rent so I always aske the maintenance man what the problem is so that I don't do it again! I have a plastic baggie that I use for "wet waste" that doesn't go into the disposal. I can't put it into my trash can because that won't be full for a week or two. Then when I leave for work I can toss the small plastic bag in the trash. Never heard that about mashed potatoes tho!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:33 pm
Glenn, I do own, so thanks. So... are these pipe changes something I can do myself or do I need to recruit a hottie from somewhere?
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:40 pm
No, there really is a reset button. Not a joke. 
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:41 pm

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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:43 pm
Oh yeah- they also lay to toss some lemon peel in for freshening the smell.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:43 pm
Oh.My.God. I'm going to be so embarrassed if this fixes it. Happy embarrassed, but embarrassed nevertheless. I'll feel like someone who called the washing machine repairmen for an unplugged cord.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:47 pm
Well, see if it fixes it first. It's made mine work many times when I thought it didn't. Except that time with the artichoke leaves.... Nothing helped then. I even managed to back up the neighbor's (apartment building) drain with that one. Oops.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:50 pm
starts looking for appropriate gif for Hermi...
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:51 pm
That sounds like quite a story about the artichoke leaves, Kaili! Thanks, I'll let you know if it is a success when I get home from work and try it.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:57 pm
Glad to be of service Hermie. 
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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 1:18 pm
Hermi, there is a difference in the meaning of the words broken and not working. If your disposal is not working there are four things to check to determine if it is broken. 1. Is the circuit breaker to the disposal tripped? 2. Is the reset button tripped? 3. Is there a ground fault outlet that has been tripped that is on the same wiring circuit as the disposal. 4. Is there food obstructing the movement of the blades. ETA. if it truly is broken and you want to remove it, get yourself the hottie to do it. A woman can do this task but somehow I suspect you will enjoy the other way more.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 1:35 pm
We've never installed one, but I frequently have visiting people in my kitchen who try to put food waste down the drain by removing the drain baskets! Hello? What do they think the basket is for?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:09 pm
Hermi, don't be embarrassed, I can't tell you how many times poor Darrens come home to "the disposal is broken" only to find all he had to do was hit the reset button, lol.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:45 pm
Ahem. Ahem. Guess what worked? 
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:48 pm
Ummm....congratulations on having a working garbage disposal. Now treat it well. 
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:49 pm
congrats, Hermie
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:51 pm
That stupid thing has been "broken" since late summer. Who the heck knew there were reset buttons on garbage disposals?!?!?!? ! Thanks Scooter, Kaili and all. 
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:53 pm
ROTFLMAO....Hermie....where do I send my bill? 
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:54 pm
I also owe you for some crow. Tell you what, I'll do an Update this week and pay you then, with lots of pictures of Phil Vassar.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:57 pm
LOL Hermi, glad you got it working! And hey, it's not your fault, that damn button is usually hidden on all the disposals I've seen so even if you thought you were handy enough to fix yourself you probably wouldn't have seen it down there!
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 3:03 pm
Hermie...you got it....your updates are awesome, and that would be even better...hopefully I'll be feeling better by then so I can druel er I mean appreciate it accordingly
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 3:06 pm
If it will make you feel better, I can offer a similar story. I was getting a bunch of groceries a couple of weeks ago and no matter what I tried I couldn't get the hatch on our car open. So I had to crawl into the back seat and load them in that way. Well I hadn't had a chance to get it fixed so for the last two or three weeks, Cathy and I have been crawling in and out of the back seat any time we had stuff to load. Then one day, my daughter lost a little necklace. Cathy goes out to look for it and without even thinking about it, opens up the hatch. In fact, she poked around in there for awhile before she even realized what she had done. It's been working ever since. Whenever we put stuff in the car now, I tell her, "Sure! If you want to open the hatch and do it the easy way!" 
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 3:11 pm
ROTFLMAO!!! Good one Jimmer! I have this visual of you loading the groceries from the back seat! Thanks for the giggle....and now I'm back to bed!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:35 pm
Good deal, Hermie!! If only that would fix mine, but, alas.. I tried that long ago and then when I had a plumber out to work on toilets, he gave it a look too and declared it dead dead dead. Oh you wouldn't see it unless you crawled underneath it and had a flashlight. I do know how to feel for them, but that didn't help my disposal. RMAO, Jimmer! Glenn, I think you have it right.. I keep losing disposals because I don't use them enough. I did replace the one in my last condo because I was selling it and people just expect to have them. And that is probably when I'll replace this one.. when I'm on the way out.
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