tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post557157649532751137..comments2023-10-26T05:35:59.924-08:00Comments on <br><br><br>FieryBlazingHandbasket: I'm CorkedCabinDwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064395622100420809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-1364512126709138472007-04-06T12:05:00.000-08:002007-04-06T12:05:00.000-08:00Looks like you were using too big a knife. :)And s...Looks like you were using too big a knife. :)<BR/><BR/>And seriously, what were you doing, making wine and motor oil spritzers?CabinDwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064395622100420809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-59919525068285824832007-04-06T00:53:00.000-08:002007-04-06T00:53:00.000-08:00I heard once on NPR 10 years ago or so when these ...I heard once on NPR 10 years ago or so when these things first started popping up here and there that their use was having unintended ecological consequences. Namely, with a reduction in the demand for cork, which comes from the bark of the cork oak tree, Spanish land owners were cutting down the trees, thereby reducing habitat for some sort of bird that lives only in them. Weird.Ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716852378523184789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26746624.post-35082514521775204822007-04-05T10:41:00.000-08:002007-04-05T10:41:00.000-08:00Au contraire! One CAN make use of the dreaded petr...Au contraire! One CAN make use of the dreaded petroleum cork! I know, because I'm using them to make the lower splashguard section on the Great Corkboard Kiosk for the Ester Community Park. So save those corks! I'll use 'em, plastic or wooden.Deirdre Helfferichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176487150966377070noreply@blogger.com