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Remember when Tony Cooper bragged outrageously?  That was Friday:
> On Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:33:25 -0400, Rich Ulrich
> <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Useful vs un-useful instructions: 
>> 
>> Spray paint comes in sealed containers that say "shake well" 
>> and that make that functional by  including inside some heavy
>> ball bearing -- you can listed to it rattle around, as it stirs and
>> mixes. 
>> 
>> But my lifetime experience with other sealed containers has
>> taught me that a juice container (say) with sediment on the
>> bottom will NOT be mixed by shaking unless there is air inside. 
>> You can shake it and SEE that the sediment is not affected. 
>> But they still may say, 'shake well'.  
>> 
>> 
>> Half-empty makes for effective mix-by-shaking. which may  be 
>> okay if you are pouring everything back together.  
>> 
>> If the container is transparent (even, just at the bottom), you
>> can see what is stuck on the bottom.  But what do you do for
>> a cardboard container? 
>> 
>> I have 250ml boxes of food ssupplement (like Boost or Ensure),
>> with a small cap; filled to the brim.  I want to pour HALF a 
>> container, after mixing.  I have not found a proper stick for
>> stirring, and I haven't tried somegthing like tying a thread on
>> a nut, to make a removable bounce-mixer.  
>> 
>> I suppose that a vibrator might work some for this mixture,
>> but the only 'vibrating' instrument I have is my iPhone, 
>> which does not shake all that vigorously. 
>> 
>> What do you do? 
>
> Personally, nothing.  I don't use any products that can't be shaken
> with sufficient results.
>
> However, if this is a continuing and frequent problem for you, you
> might consider searching Amazon for "smoothie shakers".  You can buy a
> small blender for $25 to $35.   Pour out what you can, stir it in the
> blender, and pour some back into the container and shake it to loosen
> the residual content.  Pour that, and the blender content, into a cup
> or glass.
>
> The two eldest grandsons (21 & 20) are health food addicts.  They make
> healthy veggie, fruit, and berry smoothies ever morning laced with
> protein powder and other supplements.  They work out in a gym four or
> five days a week, and make smoothies after that.  They won't touch
> carbonated beverages.
>
> OK...I've covered your bitch...now for mine:  Many products -
> mustards, for example - now come only in squeezable bottles.  "The
> Hulk" couldn't squeeze more than 80% of the contents of any of them,
> and it gets increasingly difficult to get the first 50% out.
>
> I solve that by cutting open the squeezable bottle when I first bring
> it home and using a small spatula to transfer all of the contents into
> short and wide screw-top plastic containers.  Then I can use a table
> knife to apply the product.  Or, a measuring spoon when adding to a
> recipe.  
>
> Actually, I re-use the 16 oz containers that Talenti Gelato comes in.
> I like the product, my supermarket often has them as "bogos", and the
> containers are quite useful.  

I like to use a jelly jar that way (glass cleans easily).  But for the 
source pool, I just take off the lid/top/spout/sputter and invert that 
vessel over the receiver.

That said, the Talenti gelatto containers are a nice size for various 
uses, and tend not to break if one of those uses is fasteners from the 
hardware store.

/dps

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Well hung: curricle-hung in fact. Come sit by me and we'll test the 
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'shake well' Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-07-03 22:33 -0400
  Re: 'shake well' Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-04 00:03 -0400
    Re: 'shake well' Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-07-03 23:05 -0700
    Re: 'shake well' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-04 12:02 +0200
      Re: 'shake well' Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-07-04 08:46 -0400
        Re: 'shake well' Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-04 20:26 +0200
      Re: 'shake well' Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-04 09:28 -0400
  Re: 'shake well' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-04 06:38 +0100
    Re: 'shake well' Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-04 08:49 +0200
  Re: 'shake well' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-04 06:51 +0100
    Re: 'shake well' Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-07-04 08:48 -0400
  Re: 'shake well' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-04 08:28 +0200
  Re: 'shake well' Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-04 08:43 +0200
    Re: 'shake well' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-04 08:02 +0100
      Re: 'shake well' nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-04 11:53 +0200
      Re: 'shake well' Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-04 20:05 +0100
    Re: 'shake well' Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2026-07-04 22:59 +1200
      Re: 'shake well' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-04 16:25 +0200
        Re: 'shake well' HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2026-07-04 16:11 +0100
          Re: 'shake well' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-04 16:27 +0100
          Re: 'shake well' richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-07-04 15:40 +0000
            Re: 'shake well' Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-07-05 10:06 +0100
        Re: 'shake well' Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-04 16:00 +0000
        Re: 'shake well' Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2026-07-05 18:05 +1200
          Re: 'shake well' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-05 08:45 +0200
    Re: 'shake well' Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-07-04 08:39 -0400
  Re: 'shake well' nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-04 11:53 +0200
    Re: 'shake well' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-04 12:05 +0200
      Re: 'shake well' liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-07-04 12:29 +0100
        Re: 'shake well' Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-07-05 00:20 -0700
        Re: 'shake well' nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-05 09:22 +0200
  Re: 'shake well' "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-04 21:49 +0800
  Re: 'shake well' Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-04 20:01 +0100

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