MissScripture Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1132111' date='Nov 30 2006, 04:06 PM'] I'm always afraid of breaking them when I shake them back down... and then I'll cut myself and get mercury poisoning... [/quote] My mom broke one once in her bathroom, and then she and my dad had to chase the little mercury balls around, trying to catch them with a sheet of paper. I don't know how they disposed of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthazor Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 You know I was thinking about the original question.... and I answered the first option. But ya know, I have more than once shared a toothbrush, with either of my sister if mine dissapeared..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 yeah I have never done that, at least not knowingly. And I am pretty careful about that kind of thing. I mean, I love my sister ... but still. She has cooties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthazor Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Well i don't have to worry about that because my sisters are cootless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 [quote name='Balthazor' post='1132097' date='Nov 30 2006, 01:54 PM']Um....now they have in the ear ones for kids. But we still use the rectal ones on the cows, mostly because it is really hard to get a cow to keep a thermometer in their mouth and cows don't have arms to put under.....maybe put it between the udder and the leg? Hmmm... what a hassle.[/quote] [quote name='Balthazor' post='1132217' date='Nov 30 2006, 03:32 PM']Well i don't have to worry about that because my sisters are cootless.[/quote]your sisters are old guy-less? (that's what a coot is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IcePrincessKRS Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1132101' date='Nov 30 2006, 04:57 PM'] Yeah, we have an ear one. But sometime's they're hard to use on squirmy babies. Holding the thermometer under a little baby's armpit is much easier. [/quote] Yeah, thats what I do... even with Adrienne. I can't bear the thought of making the poor kid suffer through rectal thermometers and she's still too young to get the whole "keep your mouth shut" thing. [quote name='MissScripture' post='1132109' date='Nov 30 2006, 05:05 PM'] We had a rectal thermometer that mom and dad used on us when we were little. *shudders at memory* My mother gave me a glass thermometer when I came to college. When I asked why, she said it was because it was more precise. What she neglected to realize is that I CAN'T READ IT SO IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW PRECISE IT IS! [/quote] lol Yeah, thats part of why I stick with digital. I find glass ones pretty confusing. I recently read that digital thermometers are just as good as the glass ones, and you never see doctors using glass so I feel pretty secure in sticking with digital. : [quote name='Balthazor' post='1132114' date='Nov 30 2006, 05:08 PM'] You know I was thinking about the original question.... and I answered the first option. But ya know, I have more than once shared a toothbrush, with either of my sister if mine dissapeared..... [/quote] We never did that as far as my memory serves me... [quote name='Sojourner' post='1132215' date='Nov 30 2006, 06:29 PM'] yeah I have never done that, at least not knowingly. And I am pretty careful about that kind of thing. I mean, I love my sister ... but still. She has cooties. [/quote] Yeah... another thing I have a HUUUUUGE problem "sharing": underwear. I will not share my unders. I had a friend borrow a pair and tell me AFTER she'd raided my drawer. I know, KNOW I got that stricken "GROSSSSS!!!" look on my face and I told her to keep them, I had to buy new ones anyway. I had JUST had a conversation with another friend about how gross I thought it was to share them that very morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 (edited) [quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1132620' date='Nov 30 2006, 11:42 PM'] lol Yeah, thats part of why I stick with digital. I find glass ones pretty confusing. I recently read that digital thermometers are just as good as the glass ones, and you never see doctors using glass so I feel pretty secure in sticking with digital. : [/quote] My mom is a nurse and insists that they are more precise, if they are mercury, but they aren't sold anymore. I don't think it's a big enough variance to make a differance, anyway. I'd go digital if I had the money to buy one. But I don't, so I stick with trying to make sense of the glass ones, and hoping I don't get sick. Although, in my sports nutrition class we learned about these pills that people (athletes) can take, and then they can take the temp. from this reciever thing. I don't really know how it works, but it sounds really cool! And it's supposedly the most accurate method, because it can take the actual core temperature. It's used to make sure the athletes aren't overheating. Edited December 1, 2006 by MissScripture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldbug16 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I say #2... the key words are "Cleaned PROPERLY" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tindomiel Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I voted the first one, although my real option would be between 1 and 2... I always clean it well, but I wouldn't use a ziploc bag... of course, we only share a thermometer throughout our family..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 [quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1132620' date='Nov 30 2006, 10:42 PM'] Yeah... another thing I have a HUUUUUGE problem "sharing": underwear. I will not share my unders. I had a friend borrow a pair and tell me AFTER she'd raided my drawer. I know, KNOW I got that stricken "GROSSSSS!!!" look on my face and I told her to keep them, I had to buy new ones anyway. I had JUST had a conversation with another friend about how gross I thought it was to share them that very morning. [/quote] I totally agree Like, you go to Goodwill and other similar secondhand stores and sometimes they have secondhand underwear ... I would go without first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthazor Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 lol...comando!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morostheos Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I just saw a commercial on tv tonight for a thermometer that measures your temperature instantly using infrared signal or something. You just point it at your temple and get a reading. I wonder how accurate it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 that would be sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercy me Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Sure I would let someone use my thermometer. A little alcohol will take care of any nasty germs on it. My pet peeve is people who walk out of the bathroom without washing their hands. That grosses me out more thatn anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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