What I heard in NYC was that the density is too great for the pipes to handle them.
And I'm pretty sure I never had one in DC, although I could be misremembering.
Wash: Little River just gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jul 11, 2011 6:30:39 am PDT #16112 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ouise - Jul 11, 2011 6:30:49 am PDT #16113 of 30001
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Oh no Ouise! I'm betting the thief won't bother with any information, but will try to sell the laptop quickly.
That's definitely what I'm hoping.
I've never had a disposal either, but we have a city-wide compost collection program here, so there's no food waste in the garbage anyway.
javachik - Jul 11, 2011 6:35:29 am PDT #16114 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
My disposal broke last summer and I've not bothered to fix it. All food, etc gets composted by either me or the city of Oakland (we can use the green bins).
Tom Scola - Jul 11, 2011 6:36:24 am PDT #16115 of 30001
hwæt
Disposals were made legal in NYC a while ago, but since installing one requires getting both an electrical and plumbing permit, hardly anyone has gone through the trouble of retrofitting them in old buildings.
tommyrot - Jul 11, 2011 6:36:35 am PDT #16116 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've never had a disposal either.
When I was a kid, I thought the "Insinkerator" was something Ray Bradbury made up. I was surprised to find they really existed.
Liese S. - Jul 11, 2011 6:42:23 am PDT #16117 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
My neighbor uses the disposal for everything because of the threat of bears. I use it for barely anything, because I have a septic tank, and because I was trained out of it by my Navajo ladies.
Vortex - Jul 11, 2011 6:44:27 am PDT #16118 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Mine is so crappy that I don't really use it for grinding anything up, just for catching random debris that would get down there like grains of rice or bits and bobs left on a plate. I tried to grind some lemon peels when I first got it and the sound was so horrible that I never did that again.
Jesse - Jul 11, 2011 6:45:40 am PDT #16119 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If I had any ability to compost, I would do that instead, but I don't, so I don't.
I mean, I could get one of those little composting buckets and just bring it out to the Esplanade every so often, but I don't think the city would appreciate it that much.
Steph L. - Jul 11, 2011 6:46:52 am PDT #16120 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Really? People have never had a disposer? That's amazing.
I only had one at my previous apartment (and it was an Insinkerator).
We just compost damn near everything except meat (what little there might be left over from me) and dairy.
t edit There are, apparently, composters (or compost enzymes?) that will happily gobble up meat, but our household meat consumption is so low that it's not worth changing over our Giant Composter of Rot.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2011 6:48:50 am PDT #16121 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have never had a disposal either. No, I take that back-- I think I did in one apartment, but I was scared of it and didn't use it.