Never seen such a thing on mine.  I use a tea towel to keep the set-up
from rattling.  Dave Mc

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:37 PM , Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Thanks, Maggie. You have vindicated me. I'm not the only one with
> melted
> white formerly Frostee-cone shaped blobs of rubbery material gummed to
> the
> upper surface of the dish drainer.
>
> This proves that I'm not insane.
>
> Well, actually it doesn't say anything about my sanity one way or the
> other.
>
> The rest of you guys: are you telling me that if you lift the
> stove/sink
> counter, drop the dish drainer, and look at the underside of the
> counter,
> you don't see three white blobs of rubbery stuff looking like they
> were
> carefully placed there to keep the drainer from rattling around?
>
> (Canadians will have to stay at their desks and read while the rest of
> the
> class finishes the test.)
>
> --
> 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 9/21/2009 5:51 PM Maggie Dew wrote:
>
>> I had that same goop, and in the same location, on the '85 Westy when
>> I bought it.  It was extremely tenacious, almost like melted raw
>> rubber or something - I got most of it off but was never able to get
>> it all.  I kind of thought it might be old nail polish that had
>> gotten
>> pliable and sticky.  I tried lots of different cleaning agents, even
>> tried unsuccessfully to scrape it off - it would stretch a little
>> bit,
>> then snap back into place.  Weird.  Must've been part of the same
>> alien invasion Mr. Squirrel experienced.
>>
>> Maggie
>>