[pianotech] FW: Re: metro vac and blow (a little OT)

[John Ross]

Thumpe,
I am sorry that your accident has caused you to need to be so careful about germs, but I feel there is no need for the mainstream to exhibit such paranoia.
When I was a child in Scotland and a teenager in Canada such cleanliness was never even thought of.
I feel it built up my bodies natural resistance to disease.
In fact might not this obsession with cleanliness be the cause of a lot of these childhood problems that didn't seem to show up in the 50's and 60's.
Of course all the chemicals that are used in everything today obviously has an affect/effect on present day health problems.
Just my take.
John Ross,
Windsor, Nova Scotia
On 20-06-2012, at 8:39 AM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:

> I also grab the door handle with a paper towel, if available (why do bathrooms have doorknobs on the inside, 
> at all? Why can't they just be pushed outward?) and then toss it in the corner if a trash can is not available. 
> Soon enough, Management will put a can there that should have been there all along.
> 
> Works. Trust me on this.
> 
> Thumpe
> 
> P.S. I've always asked where I can wash my hands as soon as I've entered a customer's house, explaining that I never touch others' property unless immediately first doing so. It shows respect for them and the instrument (and my tools --- steering wheels and handlebars collect much grunge) and appropriately, subtly shames them if they're the sort who do not treat the instrument as well, themselves. They will be impressed.
> 
> From: Joseph Giandalone <rufy at rcn.com>; 
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>; 
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] FW: Re: metro vac and blow (a little OT) 
> Sent: Tue, Jun 19, 2012 2:11:22 PM 
> 
> 
> Gentlepersons,
> 
> I realize this may be a TEENY TINY BIT off-topic but, as I'm amazed, every time I sample some of the discourse herein displayed, by the astounding breadth and depth of knowledge and experience, astute analysis and trenchant commentary put forth here by all y'all, I hoped that perhaps someone could explain to me why, in Men's Rooms, guys wash their hands after flushing, instead of just using their (clothed) elbow to flush the urinal (or their foot to flush the commode) ????? Never mind that the vast majority of them only PRETEND to wash their hands (dribbling some cold water on them, no soap) and then proceed to grab the exit door handle in their full manly grip (bare handed) ???? Is it just that the internalized Mommy is watching? Is it all a charade? And to what end??
> 
> (P.S. I use the elbow/foot method and grab the door handle with something other than a bare hand. Is there a flaw in my logic? Am I just as bad as the rest of you??)
> 
> (P.P.S. I understand that the worst germs by far are on the handles of supermarket shopping carts.)
> 
> (P.P.P.S. to the illustrious Mr. Thumpe: Some people will just never get over it, will ya? Still jealous of "The Hippies" for their few years of glorious fun, way back when. How sad.)
> 
> Joseph Giandalone
> Conway, MA
> 
>  
> On Jun 18, 2012, at 11:36 PM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:
> 
>> I heard that stuff (described as "one theory") on NPR, too, and don't buy it. I've spoken face-to-face with "scientists" who hold this view ( that it would be better if we all went around filthy) and have found that each and every one of them is an "old hippie". (Still concocting excuses not to bathe.) And their houses can be just as disgusting as anyone's! (What kind of a "civilization" would we have, if everyone agreed with them? Not one I'd want to live in! Ever been in a crowd full of "Deadheads"?!?) A better theory, I believe, is that all of our immune systems are badly stressed by the (aforementioned) man-made toxins in the environment, many of which are cumulative; so it takes very little of an additional "nudge" to push many people "over the brink", into illness.
>> And the reason those "farm kids" ( mentioned on NPR) are healthier is NOT because they're "exposed to more dirt": IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE BREATHING VASTLY CLEANER AIR, most of the time! (Sheesh!!! I sometimes suspect that these "scientists" get paid to think far too much!!!)
>> 
>> Fun Factoid:
>> I read that an epidemiologist combed his hair in a public Men's Room mirorr all day, secretly tabulating the percentage of users of the facility who didn't wash their hands after "doing their business". I don't remember the results, but believe it was about 60%. (!) He then took his findings to an epidemiologists' convention at the CDC, and secretly performed the same experiment in a Men's Room there, where the percentage of "not washers" rose by about 20. (!!!) Proving, in my humble opinion, that many "scientists" consider themselves "above" the rest of us!
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