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Why it shatters And a bit of news:
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity  |
Interesting read, though I didn't get through all of it. All our Pyrex is vintage, some actually bought at Corning, NY years & years ago. There's a glass museum there which is a very interesting place to visit.
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Interesting (to the degree I could follow it) but I admit to being multiples more interested in the mystery of Corelle Wear. Seems they last almost forever, and that age and landing at what must be JUST the right (=wrong) angle is what finally makes them shatter and in that pecular pattern of slivers and large pieces. (Had no idea they were made by the same company.) Irritated (but only slightly because they're so great) by the heavy mugs they stick in with the sets. They're an altogether different (uglier) material. Also (somewhat more) irritated by the outrageous prices they charge for individual pieces when you need spares because of breakage over time. Definitely, a notable exception to the scandal of planned obsolescence in American industry.
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Yeah, I read about the Pyrex borosilicate issue a while ago. We have a lot of the newer stuff, because I dislike keeping food in plastic (especially tomato-based sauces). We've never had a shattering problem. | |||
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Same here. I prefer glass storage as well. I've never had a pyrex container shatter, though my stuff is pretty old. | |||
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Corelle shows in thrift stores fairly regularly, and is often found at estate sales. Old Pyrex, too. Seems everyone has at least one or two pieces.
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How nice. An all-American story. Switch to cheaper materials, raise prices, merge with other companies, rake in $$, deny culpability.
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| Does This Avatar Make My Butt Look Big? Minor Deity  |
MS took a pie from the oven and put it on the granite counter. Which we do all the time. It exploded. She wasn’t hurt, but we are still finding bits of glass months later. | |||
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If I stop by the local Thrift Shop I'll take a look. Problem comes when you just need one dish of a certain size you happen to be running low on (you know, like how with silverware teaspoons disappear). What's why it's so irritating when you see them charging at least $5 for it when the whole set of 24 or so cost $20 to start, maybe $30 now.
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana |
Here's a random complaint. I had to replace a pyrex 2-cup measuring cup. The new one has a rubberized ring on the bottom. This is just fab on a dry counter, but on a wet smooth surface (like granite or quartz) it is like a skater on ice. There have been multiple times I've caught the little bugger just a second before it was ready to slide off the counter and onto the floor. Someone should have figured that out. | |||
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They used to have tea cups and matching saucers but moved to  | |||
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