My former neighbor is a plumber. One Thanksgiving I noticed that he would drive away, be gone for an hour or so, then return. Shortly thereafter he would repeat the process. When I talked to him about his frequent trips, he told me he was on call, and he was making service calls. On Thanksgiving? I couldn't believe it, so I asked the obvious question: Why were there so many calls on Thanksgiving Day? His answer astounded me. He said, "Potato peels." It seems people preparing Thanksgiving dinner cook a lot of potatoes. The peelings are put down the garbage disposal, and do an outstanding job of plugging the plumbing. In his company there are at least two people, and sometimes three, who are available if the calls stack up as the potato peelings clog the drains. HINT: Save several of the plastic bags that you used to bring home fresh produce from the grocery to hold the garbage from that fresh produce--especially potato peelings. (Composters know to just throw the peels and other veggie wastes into the compost pile. That solves the problem, too.)
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