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Dish cloth or sponge? And where do you store it between uses?
I know some of you use the tilt out tray and some have little cages that attach to the sink for sponges. What about if you use cloths ... I'm talking about for washing, not drying. Where do you keep the cloth between uses?
I'm a sponger user (microwave it every so often) and store it in the Forma suction holder from the Container Store. However, I saw this there and thought that it might be helpful for dish cloth users (see link below):
Here is a link that might be useful: Wash Towel Caddy
fightingoverfinishes- YES! Sponges are horribly filthy- they hold bacteria even if you put them in the micro/dishwasher. Maybe being a nurse in surgery/ICU/Open Heart makes me more aware of 'bugs'. Use a clean washing cloth every day- new towels too. I sometimes go through2-3-4 towels a day, and it is only me living here! It isn't any work- the clothes washer/dryer does all the work.
I'm with donnar - mine dishrag usually hangs on the sink divider and the dishtowl hangs over on the counter. I do have a towel bar on my dishwasher, but I'm not use to using it yet. After a couple of days, I toss it in the laundry room to get washed with the other towels in the house. I do have a sponge scruby thing and a regular sponge that stays in a holder that hangs on the divider, not sure if it will stay or not. Still changing things around.
I'm curious...how many people responding to this thread are males? Do men even care about this issue? I can't store sponges or clothes unless I hide them from DH who will wipe counter tops and dog and cat food bowls...whatever...with the first sponge or cloth he puts his hands on (if he's in the mood to clean anything, that is.)
Carol, some do if you take the time to train 'em, lol! I used to keep a little pottery bowl with a small loofah in it just for cleaning the kitty bowls. When the kitchen was gutted and we were relegated to using the bathroom sink, dh wanted to know what happened to the loofah. I had to re-train him. ;)
carol: LOL! The inability of DH to remember which cloth is for which purpose leads me to change them all each morning. Then check them for telltale signs of wetness or inappropriate smears before I use them during that day.
I like all my kitchen linens to dry out between uses. In this climate they will not do that if they're under a sink, folded over, or even hung on a hook. So, each gets its own towel bar here and there in the kitchen and is spread out full width to dry between uses.
The cloth for washing dishes hangs off a handsome solid brass swing arm towel holder that's mounted on the side of the upper cabinet to one side of the sink. It has 2 arms; the other has wet rubber gloves hanging off it. The 2 arms are spread apart so nothing touches. But, then, my kitchen is treated more like a work space, or commercial kitchen, than a display/live-in room. Most people don't like all this functional stuff hanging around in clear sight. Whenever House Beautiful shows up for a photo-shoot I take it all down.
Sponges are horribly filthy- they hold bacteria even if you put them in the micro/dishwasher.
I thought so too! But then I read a USDA report on putting sponges in the dishwasher with a hot dry cycle, and it said that it sterilized the sponge. I didn't believe it. So I let a sponge get stinky, brought home agar plates and sterile swabs from work (I teach physics and my lab is right next to the bio lab) and I streaked a plate. I put the sponge in the dishwasher with the heated drying cycle, and then streaked another plate. The first one was covered with colonies as you'd expect; the second was clean. Nothing was growing. It looked untouched.
I had to change my tune. The dishwasher does a good job when you use the heated drying cycle.
In fact, here's the USDA paper's conclusion:
"Thus microwave heating and dishwashing with a drying cycle proved to be the most effective methods for inactivating bacteria, yeasts and molds on sponges. These simple and convenient treatments can help ensure that contaminated sponges don't spread foodborne pathogens around household kitchens of today's busy families."
Here is a link that might be useful: The entire article
That's good to know, vjrnts! I have always used a sponge and mine goes in the dishwasher (heated dry) every night. I always have several so if one is used to wipe up chicken juice or something, it gets rinsed and put into the dishwasher immediately and I grab a fresh one as needed. My Mom used to use a dishcloth and I never knew where to put it, a sponge is easier to tuck away IMO.
DH is a dyed in the wool sponge person and I am a dish cloth user. Luckily or not, a few years ago, he stopped helping in the kitchen. So, it's less squabbles about what to use. I think sponges are icky. I don't think I have a heated dry setting on my dw, I've never noticed it if I did. I do, if I ever on rare occasion use a sponge put bleach on it. We still have a sponge available if DH ever starts to help clean the kitchen again.
My sister did the white washcloth thing too. I use a combination of microfiber cloths that I bought in a 25-pack at Sam's Club*, a scrubby sponge that goes into every dishwasher load and paper towels. Oh, and a cotton hand towel, but I use that almost exclusively just to dry my hands on. I split the bag of microfiber clothes half to my rag bag for dusting and other household cleaning, and half to my kitchen drawer. I launder them separately because I don't want the possibility of remnants of some of the harsher chemicals I use around the house getting into the kitchen cloths.
I need a dish by the sink for my scrubby and a towel pig I think. Then I'll be perfectly equipped.
*Look in the automotive section. The colors tend to be mostly, um, not-wonderful (although I love my canary yellow cloths), but the price is far FAR cheaper than the prettier cloths sold at places like Solutions.
We use dish cloths exclusively. I find dish cloths do a much better job of wiping things off than sponges. Plus, you can fold over a dish cloth and keep wiping w/o having to rinse after every swipe! I have also found that sponges don't last that long, especially if you put them in the DW every day; when they start to "go", they disintegrate and leave stuff all over the place!
We have about 1 dozen dish cloths. We get at least one clean one out each day. During the day, in-between uses, it hangs on the divider b/w the sinks. Ditto w/dish towels--although they hang on the oven handle b/w uses. Once a week or so I wash a small load of dish cloths & dishtowels in hot water + bleach and over-dry them using the hot setting in the dryer.


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Thank you SANTA!
I want to thank EVERYONE that helped to make Christmas possible for my family this year. I have met so many wonderful new ladies through GW...I am so very blessed to have such kind & generous people in my life.
I love each and every one of you & can never thank you enough for everything that you've done for my family this season! :O)
Melissa-Your children are beautiful...thanks for sharing your picture with us. Love the plants in the window sill, I do the same thing. I've been babying two daylilies placed on my window sill all winter. They love the sun coming through the window and are doing really well.
awww melissa!! your kids are just as cute as ever!!! its hard to believe them kids can climb on the fridge, prune the pretty flowers and all that!! they look so innocent!! LOL i'm sure all the people were just as happy to help out as ever!! :')) i hope your new year comes with many more blessings!!!! lots of love, medo & family
talla says awwww the baby is soooooo cute :')))
Melissa, Your kids are soooo cute,(If they could only stay little till....) It seems like they are always stepping on your feet, and the next thing you know they are leaving the nest. THEY GROW UP MUCH TOO FAST!
I was glad to help out, and I wish you and your family a great New Year.
I just wanted to say THANKS again. The kids haven't quit playing with their toys since Christmas! LoL
I have to drag the boys downstairs, even to eat!
I mentioned this to Tracy, but wanted to let everyone else involved know too, as it IS a sort of Christmas miracle that everyone helped to create.
~My husband is a very serious person, and has never really liked Christmas at all. It has really gotten worse over the past few years, maybe because we haven't been able to provide much for our kids? I don't really know, he's never talked about it. He's always been a scrooge, and never liked hearing Xmas songs, would always turn the radio off and avoid church like the plague until after Christmas (didn't like hearing the Xmas music during the worship service). Anyway, when I received the first box, which was from Tracy, I myself was in shock....but managed to show him the note Tracy had included, and also the gifts for the kids. This man, whom I have been married to for 10 years, and have never seen cry but once....broke into tears. He asked "why would they do this for us, they don't know us!" So we sat and cried together. After that day, he changed. He never explained, he just started acting different, happier, I guess. He took the kids to see Santa, he started singing Christmas carols, WENT TO CHURCH and sang there!!...even took the kids out to see Christmas lights in the downtown square, which I've been trying to get him to do for LITERALLY 10 years!! The last time we went was in 1997, when my oldest was 1!! He even got excited about playing Santa on Christmas morning! For the first time EVER!
And it's not just with the Christmas stuff, either. He's been more ... I don't know, maybe relaxed is a good word for it? Happier, more carefree....playing with the kids more....everything!
It's been like a huge burden has been lifted from his shoulders, and I KNOW it wasn't just the presents. He is still in AWE that anyone would have done something like this, he keeps telling me "I think they did too much! They went overboard! I can't believe they did that!!" With a big, sappy grin on his face the entire time...it's so funny!
So I wanted to let all of you know that while the toys were wonderful....and so very appreciated!....The best gift ya'll have given my family this year has been to help renew my husband's spirit. You can never know how much this means to me, to have him be happy & joyful again.
It's really a miracle, and I can NEVER thank you all enough.
Good Morning HNB:
What a wonderful ending to a great story!! I hope the spirit stays with him for the rest of his Christmas's (not sure on how to do that properly).
What I missed about Christmas this year was the children. Usually I celebrate with my siblings at their homes but because Mom was here having her hip done, I was unable to travel. There is nothing that replaces the joy of a child on Christmas morning. How blessed you are to have that five fold. Enjoy them, they grow up too fast.
Hope you have a wonderful 2008. diene
Melissa, this has been an amazing experience for me too. I know that when Trina called me and we got together and worked out a list of folks to contact that neither one of us expected the response that we got.
Everyone here has taught me so much about the joy and spirit of Christmas. I am blessed to know so many wonderful people. There were times during the holidays that were not so great in my family and watching the efforts of everyone here and knowing that something so good was about to happen really kept my focus on the right things.
Thank you to everyone who made this such a wonderful Christmas and for making a difference in my life as well as Miss Bunny's family. You all truly are a beautiful people. I am lucky to know all of you.
I think that this will stay in your hubby's heart. I can't help but think of Mr. Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. He has found his Christmas spirit and I think you can't shake it once you've got it.

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Of course, how could 'Bad Romance' not take home the big prize, and so again, we saw Lady Gaga on stage to thank everyone when she earned video of the year, this time in a "meat dress" by Franc Fernandez (reminiscent of the meat bikini she wore in a photo shoot for the Japanese Vogues Hommes).
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Lady Gag Reflex's antics have grown tiresome,and her winning eight Moon men tonight means that she'll keep riding that fame phallus for just a little longer....Yippee.
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Collaborative Testing Services, Inc. 340 Herndon Pkwy. P.O. Box 1049 Herndon, VA 20172 Phone: (703) 742-9107 Fax: (703) 481-0375
Contact: Janine L. Leete
Technical service: Specialize in testing programs which meet the criteria established for an external proficiency testing program. Tests available in-clude: Tensile properties, hardness, Mooney viscosity and vulcanization characteristics (ODR and MDR)
Dek-Tron/Custom Scientific Instruments, Inc. 244 East Third St. Plainfield, NJ 07060 Phone: (908) 668-1777
Contact: Segundo Vargas
Technical service: Physical test equipment
Delsen Testing Labs, Inc. 1024 Grand Central Ave. Glendale, CA 91201 Phone: (818) 247-4106 Fax: (818) 247-4537
Contact: John Moylan, president
Technical service: Mechanical, physical, environmental, electrical and flammability testing, polymer analysis
Detroit Testing Laboratory 7111 E. Eleven Mile Warren, MI 48092-2709 Phone: (810) 754-9000 Fax: (810) 754-9045
Technical service: Physical testing, rubber/plastic/composite; thermal analysis; rheology; and a number of environmental simulation tests; wide variety of testing services
Discas Inc. 567-1 S. Leonard St. Waterbury, CT 06708 Phone: (203) 753-5147 Fax: (203) 755-5791
Contact: Stephen DePaolo
Technical service: Full ACIL test facility; custom R&D contracting; specializing in recycled polymer applications research (tires, etc.)
D/L Laboratories 116 East 16th St. New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 777-4445 Fax: (212) 505-8419 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact: Saul Spindel, president
Technical service: Physical and performance testing of sealants, coatings
DSET Laboratories 45601 N. 47th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85027-7042 Phone: (800) 255-3738 Fax: (602) 465-9409
Contact: Tom Anderson, site mgr.
Technical service: Outdoor (real-time) weathering in AZ; outdoor accelerated weathering (EMMAQUA, EMMAQUA+); instrumental color, gloss, visual evaluations, physical, optical and mechanical analysis; world wide network of 23 sites
Eastern Laboratories, Inc. 3640 Main St. Springfield, MA 01107 Phone: (413) 781-2540 Fax: (413) 733-9631
Contact: Geraldine Mikes, president
Technical service: Materials characterization for polymers and plastics, extraction studies of medical devices and various plastic materials, product deformulation, thermal decomposition
Entela Inc. 3033 Madison Ave. Grand Rapids, MI 49548 35550 Industrial Rd. Livonia, MI 48150 Phone: (800) 888-3787 Fax: (616) 247-0515
Contact: Customer service
Technical service: Complete engineering and testing laboratory; materials testing; environmental; product validation; calibration services; custom test machines and fixtures, failure analysis, finite element analysis, FMEA; product certifications, inspections, accelerated life testing (FMVT).
Experimental Services, Inc. 595 Waterloo Road, Unit E Suffield, OH 44260 Phone: (330) 628-2771 Fax: (330) 628-1556
Contact: Karl Winkler, president
Technical service: Testing for polymers and polymer products, product development, prototype fabrication, molding, compounding and engineering services; specialists in automotive engine mounts, bushings, tuned vibration absorbers, components
RV Fitzsimmons & Associates Inc. 1860 Arthur Dr. West Chicago, IL 60185 Phone: (708) 231-0680 Fax: (708) 231-0811
Contacts: T. Lambert, manager; R. Fitzsimmons, director
Technical service: Complete chemical analytical services for compositional analysis and testing of rubber and all polymeric products, including compositions of rubber materials, all additives, and thermal testing
Gaynes Labs, Inc. 9708 Industrial Drive Bridgeview, IL 60455
Contact: Phil Ross, president
Technical service: Physical testing of rubber products and materials in accordance with ASTM methods
Hauser Laboratories 5555 Airport Blvd. Boulder, CO 80301 Phone: (800) 241-2322 Fax: (303) 441-5803 E-mail: email@example.com
Contact: Kurt Ammon, marketing associate/technical services
Technical service: Materials testing, polymeric analysis and identification, formulation analysis, EPA 9090, expert testimony
Huntingdon International Holdings 4123 S. 67th St. Omaha, NE 68117 Phone: (402) 331-4453 Fax: (402) 331-8779
Contact: Seth Frishman, manager
Technical service: Chemical testing and analysis
Institute for Research, Inc. 8330 Westglen Dr. Houston, TX 77063 Phone: (713) 783-8400 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.institute4research.com
Contact: Dr. Ben Mosier, director
Technical service: Contract R&D, autoclave testing of elastomers, formulating and blending rubber and elastomers; physical and chemical testing of rubber, dielectric constant and strength, dissipation factor, thermal analysis (DS C, DT, TG, SEM), electrical and optical methods of analysis
International Testing Laboratories 580 Market St. Newark, NJ 07105 Phone: (201) 589-4772
Contact: Dr. M.M. Sackoff, executive director of laboratories
Technical service: Physical testing, chemical testing, instrumental
Kimball Lane Research Facility P.O. Box 268 Kennebunk, ME 04043 Phone: (207) 985-2442
Contact: Laurie Cohen, manager
Technical service: Prototypes; small batch processing; market research; compound feasibility studies; data research
Laucks Testing Labs, Inc. 940 S. Harney Seattle, WA 98108 Phone: (206) 767-5060
Contact: J.M. Owens
Technical service: Chemistry, microbiology and technical services
Lord Laboratories P.O. Box 372 East Pointe, MI 48021-0372 Phone: (810) 778-7990 Fax: (810) 778-7991
Contact: Sean Gosselin, president
Technical service: Lubricants for rubber industries
Maxim Technologies/ Twin City Testing 662 Cromwell Ave. St. Paul, MN 55114 Phone: (888) 645-TEST or (651) 659- 7303
Contact: Amy Ostergren
Technical service: Laboratory testing including: physical properties testing, chemical analysis, environmental simulation, etc.
MEI-Charlton, Inc. 2233 S.W. Canyon Rd. Portland, OR 97201-2499 Phone: (503) 228-9663 Fax: (503) 228-4065
Contact: D.G. Chakrapani, president
Technical service: Chemical and physical testing, consulting and failure investigations
Metuchen Analytical, Inc. Kendall Infrared Laboratories 25 Mack Dr. Edison, NJ 08817-2807 Phone: (732) 287-8898 Fax: (732) 287-0980
Contact: J. Stephen Duerr, president
Technical service: Analytical research, services in chemical analysis, unknowns identification and materials failure analysis
Momentum Technologies, Inc. 1507 Boettler Road Uniontown, OH 44685 Phone: (330) 896-5900 Fax: (330) 896-9943
Contact: Joe Mellot, VP technology
Technical service: Third party testing and compound development for asphalt roofing and paving systems, adhesives, coatings, natural latex, rubber and plastic
Natural Rubber Inspection Service P.O. Box 786 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Phone: (732) 842-9200 Fax: (732) 842-0090
Contact: Clifford Raisch, president
Technical service: Sampling, inspecting and weighing of crude rubber
Nevada Automotive Test Center Hodges Transportation, Inc. P.O. Box 234 Carson City, NV 89702 Phone: (775) 629-2000 Fax: (775) 629-2029 Website: www.natc-ht.com E-mail: info@ natc-ht.com
Contact: Henry C. Hodges, Jr.
Technical service: Research, testing and development, traction and winter performance, wear and durability; thermal profile, ride and handling, real time force and moment measurements
NSL Analytical Services 7650 Hub Pkwy. Cleveland, OH 44125 Phone: (216) 447-1550 Fax: (216) 447-0716
Contact: Larry Somrack, sales
Technical service: Elemental chemical analysis, inorganic/organic
Ortech 2395 Speakman Dr. Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5K 1B3 Phone: (905) 822-4111
Contact: J. Leidner, manager
Technical service: Testing of mechanical properties, chemical analysis, compounding, evaluation of environmental aging, process development, failure analysis
Pelmor Labs, Inc. 401 Lafayette St. Newtown, PA 18940 Phone: (800) 772-6969 Fax: (215) 968-6415
Contact: Ray Clark, technical director
Technical service: ASTM testing; formula development, research and application for polymers; consultation
Plastics Technology Laboratories 50 Pearl St. Pittsfield, MA 01201 Phone: (413) 499-0983 Fax: (413) 499-2339
Contact: James Galipeau, lab. mgr.
Technical service: Physical and mechanical property testing of various elastomers and thermoplastic elastomers - ISO 9002 certified
Polymer Diagnostics Inc. 604 Moore Rd. Avon Lake, OH 44012 Phone: 800-438-2335 Fax: 800-930-1644
Contact: Robert Eiden
Technical service: Polymers
Princeton Polymer Labs 521 Lehigh Ave. Union, NJ 07083 Phone: (908) 687-7033 Fax: (908) 687-1147
Contact: Dr. E. Allan Blair, exec. VP
Technical service: Compounding, testing and synthesis
Rexham Analytical Services P.O. Box 1377 Matthews, NC 28106 Phone: (704) 847-9171 Fax: (704) 845-4335
Technical service: Qualitative and quantitative analysis of elastomers, adhesives, paints, pigments, dispersions, coatings, solvents and plasticizers
Rutherford Research 89 Prospect Place Rutherford, NJ 07070 Phone: (201) 933-2091/2711
Contact: Dr. A.R. Blanck, president
Technical service: Research and development, design, testing and analysis, consulting, electrical and physical measurements, failure analysis, testing equipment, conductive rubber
Schenck Pegasus Corporation 2890 John R. Rd. Troy, MI 48083 Phone: (810) 689-9000 Fax: (810) 689-8578
Contact: Klaus Meyer, sales manager
Technical service: Material testing including elastomer characterization, road load simulation, component fatigue testing, and environmental simulation, engine and transmission testing
Scientific Laboratories, Inc. 477 Southlake Blvd. Richmond, VA 23236 117 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 Phone: (804) 379-1084 Phone: (212) 679-9392 Fax: (804) 379-1087
Contact: Sue F. Brossart
Technical service: Environmental testing laboratory
Scientific Process & Research 67 Veronica Ave. Somerset, NJ 08873 Phone: (732) 846-3477 Fax: (732) 846-3029
Contact: Ron J. Klein, president
Technical service: Computer aided engineering software for troubleshooting of extrusion problems; design extruder screws and dies for process optimization; manufacturers screws and dies; testing and development lab
Scientific Tire Systems, Inc. 447 Barr Court Akron, OH 44319 Green, OH 44232 Phone: (330) 645-4111
Contact: Donald F. Avila, president
Technical service: Legal Services, forensic analysis, primarily tires and tire products, consulting
Seal Laboratories 250 N. Nash St. El Segundo, CA 90245 Phone: (310) 322-2011 Fax: (310) 322-2243
Contact: James Doi, chief chemist; Dr. Arun Kumar, general manager
Technical service: Materials analysis, failure analysis, problem solving, forensic science in rubbers, plastics, nonmetallics and metals (seal)
SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc. 291 Fairfield Ave. Fairfield, NJ 07004 Phone: (973) 575-5252; 800-777-8378 Fax: (973) 575-1459 E-mail: ustesting @ sgsna.com Website: www.ustesting.sgsna.com
Contact: Dominick Lepore
Technical service: Mechanical, electrical, thermal and flammability properties testing of all kinds of elastomers, plastics, metal, wood and stone, per ASTM, ANSI, Federal and military specifications
Shrader Analytical & Consulting Laboratories Inc. 3814 Vinewood Detroit, MI 48208 Phone: (313) 894-4440 Fax: (313) 894-4489
Contact: Marianne L. Shrader
Technical service: Chemical analysis by mass spectrometry and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
Singleton Labs, Inc. (Subsidiary of S & ME, Inc.) 1413 Topside Rd. Louisville, TN 37777 Phone: (615) 970-2299 Fax: (615) 970-2312
Contact: Yung C. Chung, lab director
Technical service: Chemical and physical testing, compound analysis, simulated environmental testing, flammability testing, research and consulting
Skeist Inc. 375 Route 10 Whippany, NJ 07981 Phone: (201) 515-2020
Contact: Arnold Brief, vice president
Technical service: Consultants to the polymer industries; multi-client, techno-economic and custom marketing studies of polymers, monomers, plastics, elastomers, coatings, adhesives, sealants, films
Smithers Scientific Services 425 W. Market St. Akron, OH 44303 Phone: (330) 762-7441 Fax: (330) 762-7447
Contact: Al Harrison, operation mgr.
Technical service: Full service in rubber from testing to consulting; compound development and testing; forensic analysis; holography, tires
South Florida Test Service 17301 Okeechobee Rd. Miami, FL 33018 Phone: (305) 824-3900 Fax: (305) 362-6276
Contact: Jack L. Martin, site manager
Technical service: Outdoor (real-time) weathering in FL; laboratory accelerated weathering (fluorescent, carbon-arc, xenon-arc), instrumental color, gloss, visual evaluation, physical, optical and mechanical analysis, world wide network of 23 sites
Standards Testing Labs 1845 Harsh Ave., S.E. Massillon, OH 44648 Phone: (330) 833-8548 Phone: (800) 833-8547 Fax: (330) 833-7902
Contact: Douglas M. Garven, VP, marketing and technical services
Technical service: Complete tire testing, including resiliometer, endurance, tread separation, steer/camber angle, cleated wheel, cut-growth, rolling resistance and high speed; tire strength, bead unseating, load/deflection, footprints, profiles, hydrostatic burst, sections and cord pulls; complete in house photographic/video; forensic testing, accident reconstruction, failure analysis and consultation; designing and manufacturing of tire and wheel testing machinery, tire sectioning equipment, and computerized controls; test air springs, marshmallow springs, engine mounts, tire valves, tire repair materials, sealants and filling materials
Technimet Corporation 2345 South 170 St. New Berlin, WI 53151 Phone: (414) 782-6344 Fax: (414) 782-3653
Contact: Jeffrey A. Jansen
Technical service: Failure analysis of polymeric and metallic materials, contamination analysis, analysis of paints, adhesives and coatings, material identification and deformulation
Truesdail Laboratories, Inc. 14201 Franklin Ave. Tustin, CA 92680 Phone: (714) 730-6239 Fax: (714) 730-6462
Contact: Bronwen J. Cleary
Technical service: A wide variety of materials testing properties, in-cluding chemical analysis, mechanical properties, fungus resistance, ozone exposure, weathering, salt spray, im-mersion
VTEC Laboratories Inc. 212 Manida Street Bronx, NY 10474 Phone: (718) 542-8248 Fax: (718) 542-8759
Contact: Neil Schultz
Technical service: Commercial testing and research, testing: physical, structural, flammability, combustion, toxicity, weathering, electrical and mechanical
R.T. Vanderbilt Co. (BFGoodrich Co. Testing Services) 30 Winfield St. Norwalk, CT 06855 Phone: (203) 853-1400 Fax: (203) 853-1452
Contact: Ken Kelly or Tony Ferradino
Technical service: Complete polymer processing, physical testing, dynamic mechanical, rheological analysis, analytical science services
Western Technologies Inc. 3737 E. Broadway Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85040 Phone: (602) 437-3737 Fax: (602) 470-1341
Contact: Phillip Feliz or W.R. Meier, Jr.
Technical service: Engineering evaluation and consultation, geotechnical and environmental engineering, chemical, and construction materials testing and inspection
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The Darwin BBQ is one hot briefcase
By Ben Coxworth
June 20, 2012
Picture a scene in a sitcom where some character arrives at a beach party dressed in a suit and tie, and carrying a briefcase. Everyone thinks that they're some un-fun fuddy duddy, until they open their briefcase to reveal that there's a barbecue inside! Woo-hoo! Well, that's the idea behind the real-life Darwin BBQ.
When closed, the Darwin looks pretty much like a regular black briefcase – albeit a steel one, with a carrying strap. When opened, however, that case is used to hold an included triangular grill, along with a removable ash pan. According to online UK retailer I Want One of Those, there's enough room on the grill to cook at least three or four hamburger patties at once.
If you like the idea of a folding portable barbecue, but don't care so much about the briefcase gag, you might want to also check out something like the Esbit BBQ Box. On the other hand, if you want to really play up the whole "look what's in my case" thing, you may be more interested in the electrically-powered Carson Portable Rotisserie Grill.
The Darwin BBQ is priced at £24.99 (US$39.25).Share
Love it but where do I find it? Perfect for the limited space in a camper where storage of most regular grills is awkward. When closed is there room nside for briquets to fire it up?Jesse Robert Allen
21st June, 2012 @ 11:40 am PDT
@Jesse, the briquets could ride where they are when in use.kellory
21st June, 2012 @ 04:02 pm PDT
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