kind words as much as I appreciate the souvenir!

My first attempt used a stack of chips in the middle of the jar...you were right, it didn't work well. My next attempt was chips not stacked, as you suggested, but there were too many little spaces for the chip bits to slip into...it needed something more solid. The third attempt used only 2 small baggies of rice, and fell short. That's when I went digging for some old/obsolete (but CHEAP) Vegas chips!!! Sanity returned before I found the hammer (don't think I could have actually done the dirty deed, but I was certainly tempted! )

Then I set it aside for several days before making another attempt, which included a third baggie of rice... That's the current version