Posted by Racer on August 29, 2004, at 11:45:53
In reply to Re: Two out of two chemists agree, AMD, and... » chemist, posted by Larry Hoover on August 29, 2004, at 7:53:33
> > ...and the other one pipettes by mouth..... :) all the best, chemist
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> I think I may be the only one who understands what you mean, dude. Never got the hang of the rubber bulb, eh? ;-)
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> Lar
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Not *quite* the only one...On a maybe hopeful note, though, there are a few household cleaners that I've always been a bit nervous about, as well as a few chemicals used around animals. After years of being a bit nervous -- within normal limits -- it finally crossed my mind to *find out* how risky they really were. Wow, what a concept. I did -- emailed a buddy who would be able to tell me, and he did. (And I thank him.) Now, in this case I wasn't at phobic level, but it still relieved my mind enough to know the facts about realistic risk that I can be much more blase about the stuff in question. I still take reasonable precautions -- rubber gloves when I use TSP, for example -- but I don't worry about things like whether or not I should be locking the cats up while I use it.
So, maybe sometimes asking the question and getting an answer really does help relieve the fear. At least it seems like a good start.
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