Per philo:
After dealing with this at least twice a year for 35 stinking years...I
went out and bought a $20 snake and cleared it out in 30 seconds.


Why in the hell did I not have a snake in the house, I have just about
every tool imaginable.

Great timing: one of our sinks has been draining too slowly and I was
about to disassemble the u-joint to clean it out.

After reading your post, I realized that I had a snake that I had bought
30+ years ago and only used once.....

5 minutes and the sink was draining normally.

Thanks!!
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Pete Cresswell