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> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> On Behalf Of Don Hanson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:12 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
.
>   On my last extended camping trip I spilled my umpteenth pot
> of coffee
> before I cut up some coat hangers and made some dorky little
> trivets to try
> to keep it upright.  Those didn't last long and they had to
> be repositioned
> after driving, but with my  traveling tools it was all I could manage.
> Maybe this winter I will remember to fix this before I hit the road.
>   Don Hanson
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I use a heat diffuser for my coffee pot.  Never had a problem.  They are
available, I'll bet, at any local thrift store for pennies.
Or,  $3.95 for a shiny new one.  If that's too tacky, a cast iron diffuser
from Sur La Table is a mere $24.95.

Bob Trousdale
'90 Westy