China strikes again!

**tony286** · 10-30-2007, 02:50 PM

dollar store=cheap crap.

**RawAlex** · 10-30-2007, 02:52 PM

hot water and thin beverage bottle plastic are not usually friends.

**Elli** · 10-30-2007, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by tony404

dollar store=cheap crap.

Yes, and I use it for the cheap crap that I will replace sooner rather than later. I just didn't expect it to be quite this soon!

**Elli** · 10-30-2007, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by RawAlex

hot water and thin beverage bottle plastic are not usually friends.

It's not thin! I bought it because it was quite a sturdy bottle with good thickness to it.

**Phoenix** · 10-30-2007, 02:53 PM

you shouldnt drink hot anything from plastic

you are taking in ions from the plastic whether you believe it or not

**1off** · 10-30-2007, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by tony404

dollar store=cheap crap.

I have a dollar store back scratcher that I use everyday.

**dozey** · 10-30-2007, 02:54 PM

Polyvinyl chai tea?

**Elli** · 10-30-2007, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by Phoenix

you shouldnt drink hot anything from plastic

you are taking in ions from the plastic whether you believe it or not

Hmm... really? errr...
ok.

So glass bottles and pitchers, then?

**PornMogul** · 10-30-2007, 02:57 PM

I agree, Dollar store stuff is crap, especially since the dollar is falling and worth as much as toilet paper basically.

**dozey** · 10-30-2007, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by Elli

Hmm... really? errr...
ok.

So glass bottles and pitchers, then?

What makes you think silicon can't be ionised?

You're not safe from anything! Time to crawl under a blanket.

D · 10-30-2007, 03:00 PM

I made a cheap plastic cup fragment the other day when I was playing with some dry ice and hot water.

But i kinda expected it to happen.

**1off** · 10-30-2007, 03:00 PM

Is it really such a revelation that a store filled with things that cost a stinking dollar is full of crap. Of course it is, but that's why it's fun to shop there sometimes.

**Elli** · 10-30-2007, 03:03 PM

Originally posted by 1off

Is it really such a revelation that a store filled with things that cost a stinking dollar is full of crap. Of course it is, but that's why it's fun to shop there sometimes.

Well, it looked like the best of the bunch there...

I know, I know. If I had bought the right thing the first time, it would probably have been cheaper. arg.

**Penthouse Tony** · 10-30-2007, 03:03 PM

Originally posted by Elli

Hmm... really? errr...
ok.

So glass bottles and pitchers, then?

metal thermos should work

**dozey** · 10-30-2007, 03:05 PM

I suggest gravity fed IV

**sortie** · 10-30-2007, 03:05 PM

Me use $ store condom. Me have 34 kids! Me like.

**Elli** · 10-30-2007, 03:07 PM

Originally posted by Sagi_AFF

metal thermos should work

I knew you were a smart cookie! Thanks Sagi

**shekinah** · 10-30-2007, 05:10 PM

Use mug everytime to avoid such!

**After Shock Media** · 10-30-2007, 06:05 PM

The cheap comes out expensive.

I vote for a thermos, that way your hot stuff stays hot and your cold stays cold. BTW make sure you pre rinse it with either hot or cold before you add your liquid of same temp type you pre rinsed with. (hot for hot, cold for cold) That way it warms or cools the barrier in advance. Typically I will fill my thermos with hot water and let it sit while I make my tea then dump it right when I am ready to fill. This gives me extra hot time, upwards of 8 hours.

**tony286** · 10-30-2007, 06:15 PM

I love buying stuff at dollar stores but nothing I would eat or use to cook is my rule.

**Elli** · 10-30-2007, 06:25 PM

Originally posted by After Shock Media

The cheap comes out expensive.

I vote for a thermos, that way your hot stuff stays hot and your cold stays cold. BTW make sure you pre rinse it with either hot or cold before you add your liquid of same temp type you pre rinsed with. (hot for hot, cold for cold) That way it warms or cools the barrier in advance. Typically I will fill my thermos with hot water and let it sit while I make my tea then dump it right when I am ready to fill. This gives me extra hot time, upwards of 8 hours.

Great tip, thanks ASM!

**xmas13** · 10-30-2007, 06:26 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...rld&id=5723643

Florida city tries to ban Chinese products

**xmas13** · 10-30-2007, 06:28 PM

After the recall in August of millions of Chinese-made toys containing lead paint, 65 percent of Americans said they are making an effort to avoid buying products made in China, according to a Gallup poll conducted that month. In the same poll, 64 percent indicated they would pay up to twice as much for a product made in the United States instead of a similar Chinese-made product.

**dav3** · 10-30-2007, 06:29 PM

Originally posted by sortie

Me use $ store condom. Me have 34 kids! Me like.

i lawld

**After Shock Media** · 10-30-2007, 06:32 PM

Originally posted by xmas13

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...rld&id=5723643

Florida city tries to ban Chinese products

buhahaha the stores would be empty. That is funnies.
Saw one report on a family that tried to live China free, their life sucked.

**Malicious Biz** · 10-30-2007, 06:33 PM

Time To Bomb That Motherfugger

**Azoy?** · 10-30-2007, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by Elli

So I was making chai tea concentrate to consume later. It was ready, so I strained it, then poured it into my new dollar store plastic beverage bottle. I turn away to empty the dishwasher while it cools, and turn back to find my bottle melting! Luckily it tipped itself into the sink, or I would have had tea everywhere!

So yeah, dollar store bottles are apparently not rated for hot beverages. sigh.

that kinda explains George Bush.
Dollar store condoms

Can't trust anything made in China

**woj** · 10-30-2007, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by tony404

dollar store=cheap crap.

China strikes again!

China strikes again!

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