Another alternative would be your cell phone. (Use mine to catch shots when regular camera isn't handy.) If you have a cell w/camera, some newer ones in recent years take some pretty decent photos. Just need a cord to attach phone to PC. Hopefully it's standard mini USB connection on the phone, you can pick those up at office supply, Radio Shack, Target, think Walgreens, probably about any place, for $12 or so. (Avoid cellular dealer if possible, they charge a lot more on some accessories.) Upload to your computer and save. Then open a freebie Pbucket account and upload from your computer to Pbucket. If it takes grainy shots, tho (like my DH's cell), I'd use one of methods mentioned above.

Glad someone has mentioned this. I happened to be at my daughter's yesterday. She has my sink and GD. Looked at the old flange, and compared to my new one, it seems to be made of more rubber than the new one at home. The new one seems to be more of a plastic mix and far less resilience. Her flange wasn't as dirty either. Have the same problem with having to push food down the disposal. Liquids aren't an issue. Cut the tips off of every other "rubber" tine a while ago, didn't make a difference, but didn't pose any problems for use either. Maybe they have true rubber ones for replacement. As for the grimy buildup on the flange, I think it is worse not being a solid part of the GD. The void around the sink opening just acts as a great place for gunk to find. Wash mine in the dishwasher or just clean by hand. It is the ring edge that is worse on both the flange and GD. Never had an odor problem with any GD and never thought about gunk under there until messing with the new one. Although I've used the ole citrus trick forever once in a while and did clean the flange at the same time.

We are getting rid of our garbage disposal. I run it daily but don't really need to; the vegetable trimmings are all composted and meat scraps go in the trash not the disposal. I would rather have more room under the sink. What do I do with the wall switch? Should it be taken out? Can it be used to re-wire for under cabinet lighting? I guess I could just ask the electrician when he comes, but thought I would get some input as to possibilities first.

He always told us never put any peels down the disposer, except lemon or orange, or grease and to always use cold water and let it run for a few minutes after you turn the disposer off. Good enough advice to repeat. We put lemon or lime skins in about once a week. I only run it after the end of filling the dishwasher. If the lemon skins have not cleared completely in 2 days I'll put a couple pounds of ice cubes in. That always clears away the lemon skins. Nothing sharpens the blades because there aren't any blades. There are hammers that pulverize the food and press it into holes on the sides of the disposer. Pull out the black rubber stopper and peek in with your flashlight. The so called sharpeners do nothing but remove gunk from the hammers and the holes.