I keep my Bloc Osma in a small cylindrical measuring scoop in order to keep the salt from messing up a wood shelf. It sits in that scoop with another fragment of another old alum block. I put them together in that scoop about a year ago and they barely both wedged in there together. Now they still pretty much fill the space but they fit in there easier. What I mean by this is that after a year, yes, the block appears to be the same size, but it actually has diminished a little bit. Dropping the things probably is responsible for a greater amount of profit for the company than actual use.