# Thread about bottles with residue

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-bottles-with-residue/515075>\
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**Created:** [October 25, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-bottles-with-residue/515075 "2009-10-25T18:15:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-bottles-with-residue/515075/1 "2009-10-25T18:15:22Z")

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In a thread from this summer or early fall, the OP asked about soda bottles s/he’s finding that have plastic wrap around them and a brown residue in the bottom. I’ve used both SDMB and Google searches under every term I can think of, but can’t locate the thread. Can someone point me to it? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-bottles-with-residue/515075/2 "2009-10-25T18:47:06Z")

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[Identify this re-occurring piece of garbage on my lawn](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=525214)

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-bottles-with-residue/515075/3 "2009-10-25T23:32:09Z")

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Thank you. I used “bottle,” “plastic,” “alley,” and “liquid,” all of which appear in the first post, but this thread wasn’t in the returned results.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-bottles-with-residue/515075/4 "2009-10-25T23:38:41Z")

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Bumping to say that if it looks more like [this](http://chattahbox.com/us/2009/08/25/shake-and-bake-meth-on-the-rise-creating-new-addicts-and-arrests/) than like the lung in the youtube video, it’s detritus from a newer form of methamphetamine production.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-bottles-with-residue/515075/5 "2009-10-25T23:51:14Z")

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> [@susan](#):
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> Thank you. I used “bottle,” “plastic,” “alley,” and “liquid,” all of which appear in the first post, but this thread wasn’t in the returned results.

Weird, I just repeated your search and it came right up. Anyway, I’m glad I was able to help out. I actually searched for bottle and it was on the first page of search results.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-bottles-with-residue/515075/6 "2009-10-26T15:43:42Z")

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I tried a variety of those search terms from two computers, one on IE and one on Firefox, over two days on both Google and SDMB. I knew the thread was there, so it was quite frustrating.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-bottles-with-residue/515075/7 "2009-10-26T15:50:21Z")

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Sorry. I intended to say I searched for “bottle” and “lawn.” I have no idea why your searches didn’t work, but I know how frustrating it can be to search and not find.