So who had to call the plumber on Thanksgiving?

[Fawkes]

Everything in the house backed up, and the man came out and ran a 125 foot snake down the line to no avail. 125 feet is well off the property line, BTW.

Friday the plumber *and* the city came out and got it cleared up, but we basically had no plumbing for 2 days.

This is not the first time this has happened on Thanksgiving.

Word to the wise: don't try to put the peels from 12 potatoes down the disposal at once. x(

[trof]

1. Somebody said "Americans have the most well fed sewers in the world."

Compost.
Almost anything you CAN put down the Disposall, you shouldn't.
;-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Darn right!

I had a gent from England here not long ago, and he said his community a few years ago went to recycling, INCLUDING separate bins for food scraps, which go into a community mulch pile and/or some other use.

He said the amount of garbage going into their landfills decreased by half, just by the food stuff recycling.

Garbage disposals - I just don't understand the "need" for them.

And I wish that ALL communities in the US would make it illegal to toss food scraps into landfill, and start community mulch piles like some communities have.

Imagine actually replenishing the top soil, instead of throwing it away.

[Fawkes]

3. It was an apartment building in LA

Composting was not an option. :P

[seemunkee]

4. There was an article in the WaPo about this

apparently the day after Thanksgiving is a really big day for plumbers.