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primsongSO....I was rinsing out some dishes in the sink, one of which was a jelly jar and reached over to briefly flip on the garbage disposal so the water would drain better.
SCHLOOP said my sink and the jelly jar vanished before my eyes.
"What the heck?" says I, quickly flipping the switch back off. The water slowly trickled away revealing the schlooping jar. Turns out jelly jars are EXACTLY the same diameter as the opening with the little black rubber flange and it was EXACTLY the same depth/height as the interior of the disposal as well. I pondered the resulting glass plug and tried prying enough of the flange back to get a grip on it and get it out of there. No good. Hot dog tongs and tweezers likewise to no avail, it would have to come back out by going straight up and with nothing extra around the edge. "I wish I had a suction cup." I told my parakeets who were watching this with interest. "AHA!" I said as a figurative light-bulb came on. "Vacuum! I need a vacuum!"
I dragged in the wet/dry shop vac from the garage and stuck it in there. VWOOOOOOP! said the vacuum and voila! I had the jelly jar out! Whew. I was afraid I'd have to take the whole blinkin' disposal apart. Yay!
Small victories. I take them where I can find them.
SCHLOOP said my sink and the jelly jar vanished before my eyes.
"What the heck?" says I, quickly flipping the switch back off. The water slowly trickled away revealing the schlooping jar. Turns out jelly jars are EXACTLY the same diameter as the opening with the little black rubber flange and it was EXACTLY the same depth/height as the interior of the disposal as well. I pondered the resulting glass plug and tried prying enough of the flange back to get a grip on it and get it out of there. No good. Hot dog tongs and tweezers likewise to no avail, it would have to come back out by going straight up and with nothing extra around the edge. "I wish I had a suction cup." I told my parakeets who were watching this with interest. "AHA!" I said as a figurative light-bulb came on. "Vacuum! I need a vacuum!"
I dragged in the wet/dry shop vac from the garage and stuck it in there. VWOOOOOOP! said the vacuum and voila! I had the jelly jar out! Whew. I was afraid I'd have to take the whole blinkin' disposal apart. Yay!
Small victories. I take them where I can find them.
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