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The Garbage Disposal and I

Problem solving...

Decades ago, my garbage disposal stopped working.  Turned the switch - got just a hummm.  Bummer.  I was distressed, because at the time I hadn't the cash to buy a replacement.  This is notwithstanding the simple fact I didn't know how to install one.    Nonetheless, I called my local appliance dealer to come and fix it.  He took one look.  He pulled from his kit a giant screw driver and plunged it down, deep into the disposal and nudged the blades just a bit.  It then worked fine for the time I lived in the home - on Berkeley Street.  But I remembered this trick.  In all the intervening years I had no problems with garbage disposals until today.  Dad-gum thing stopped working!  My solution:  I went to my garage, loaded with unused tools of all sorts, fetched up a giant screw driver, plunged it deep-down, and nudged the blades just a bit.  It now works again, just as it did before.  Thus, t'was a simple application of Archimedes' law of the lever!

Moral of this story:  Watch these repair guys carefully - AND - keep a garage full of unused tools.  Also, keep your copy of Archimedes handy.   :)
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  1. MerikayJanuary 22, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    Never know when a big screw driver will come in handy!

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