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(...) Yes and no. There has been some interesting research into this (I think I saw it on Scientific American Frontiers, but I'm not positive about that), and what they've found is that the more hardy germs become in terms of surviving all those (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, I agree on that point. If you're putting on the gloves to keep your skin clean while you're scrubbing out a scum-coated pipe, do whatever you feel is necessary to get the gloves to fit right. (...) No, it kind of got sidetracked by the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Dude, I think they have a cutoff at 50 or something. But you should do it anyway. (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Have room at the house for your fam. until you're settled into Canada, and the selling feature (for you mayhaps) is a basement full of LEGO bricks--and I won't shun the non-LEGO elements :) I heard about the capture earlier on teh radio--a (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I can't remember for sure if it's completely sterile, but I do remember hearing that it's by far the most sterile bodily fluid. But it doesn't make it any less objectionable when someone drops trou and adds the "special ingredient". (...) (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. (...) Gloves do have the advantage that it's easier to notice when someone didn't change them after hitting the restroom or hauling out a bin full of skanky rotting trash. When I worked (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, this is NYPD 24/7, not NYPD Blue (if it was a fictional show, this would have probably been a major plot point). This is a documentary show of real members of the NYPD. This was a real detective manhandling his latex gloves on a real (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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If memory serves, John Kerry was supposed to give his speech tonight. So, exactly on cue, we learn that a "high level Al Qaeda operative" (unnamed as of 15:37ET) has been captured in Pakistan. Although I don't give credence to "secret master" types (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I'll go farther. Swifferization, overmedication, and anti-bacterial soaps strike me as bad things. We're training (via natural selection) the bacteria to be hardier. Strikes me as a bad long term strategy. (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey, in my defense, I didn't say it *wasn't* sterile. I just don't want it on my sandwich! My understanding is that, after the initial blast (to clear out the plumbing), the stream is actually a nice anti-bacterial solution, due to its (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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