Hey wait a minute. That gray glob appears to be on the underside of the
dish drainer! The bumpers we have been discussing* are on the underside of
the countertop, above the drainer, not visible until the drainer is
dropped. Do you also have bumpers there?

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* To death, in the minds of many. But VC there be, regardless of how mingy
and trivial.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 9/23/2009 10:30 AM Richard A Jones wrote:

> OK, I'll show you mine....
>
> http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/glob.jpg
>
> I've owned my Westy for 8 years and never thought much
> about the gooey blob that gets soft and sticky after
> cooking.  I guess I know now where it came from.  I
> have only two bumpers above the drain tray.  I'm sure
> there is a story behind how it came to be where it is,
> but I'll never know it.
>
> BTW--mine are gray (or grey) as is everything in my '87.
>
> Richard
>