WD-40 is designed to be a water displacer, hence the ‘WD’ in the name. It’s meant to push water out of crevices and hard to reach places in metal parts to prevent rust. It will also work pretty well as a solvent or degreaser.

or they don’t want a patient to grab it.

Neckties don’t get washed - they get dry cleaned.  Doctors may not wear a tie because they don’t want to carry germs from one patient to another, but not because they get dipped in the food. Who makes this stuff up?

Fresh grief is unpredictable, for sure. This won’t always work. But it’s a nice coping mechanism to keep in the toolbox for times we think we might be triggered.

Eh, I don’t think I repressed a whole lot. I cried plenty at various times between my mom’s death in April and that holiday season. I’m certainly not a macho type guy who is afraid to express emotion. I suspect it was a combination of being drunk and reflecting back on that year.

From personal experience I don’t think this would work for me. As you mention, it isn’t always predictable. Several years ago I had what was the most up and down year and a half of my life. First my wife became pregnant with our first child, then before sharing the news with anyone my mom told us she was diagnosed…

Disinfectant doesn’t necessarily penetrate the layers of grime. It might kill pathogens on the surface, but it isn’t guaranteed to kill everything underneath.

Not in the slightest? One of the main properties that differentiates germs is how they spread. This coronavirus requires respiration and not fomites (surface infection). But billions of other types of germs spread through fomites readily.

Thx. Will give it a try the next time I feel like freaking out. Any tips in dealing with anxiety/panic attacks are always welcome.

FYI, both 79% and 76% are still higher than the 72% Johnson & Johnson efficacy rate, but all 3 are better than nothing, so get whichever one you can, because all 3 will minimize the severity even if you do still get covid.

While CEO means “chief operating officer” of a corporation to you

You didn’t say it, but you 100% implied a long-time myth: that aluminum, in antiperspirants or elsewhere, causes dementia. It’s not just that kidney function “clears it,” there isn’t evidence that there’s enough to cause it in the first place. Please don’t perpetuate untrue things!

“Pregnant person” is such an awkward way to say “pregnant woman.”

Slide scanning is a bore, but it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Take a moment to look at each one (yeah, I know that’s one more step with a slide viewer or light box), and only scan the ones that you really like or think others will be interested in. Good pics of people who are important to you, ones that remind…

I have never felt the need to spit but I have felt the need to say, have a bowel movement and I’ve still never done it on the sidewalk.

Ok, I don’t understand this...I’ve never spit before and I’m doing just fine.

Catastrophe is almost always the exception rather than the norm. Most of the things we worry about the most never happen. The tragedy is that all of the angst, the sleepless nights, the rifts in relationships and the general feeling of dread that so many of us experience is probably unnecessary. If you run a…

Through a lot of trial and error, I found the “best time” was if I felt the other person and I were really connecting. Might be after 2 dates, might be ten. Whenever it was, I’d just say “You need to know I deal with some mental health issues. They are this. I see a therapist, I take meds and I’m committed to taking…

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Yeah.. it’s true that we didn’t have a pause button (heck we didn’t have a color TV.. not because I’m that old but because we were too poor). But sometimes my mom would let me finish up a show if it was going to be over in a few minutes, or let me wait for a... don’t loose your mind when I mention it... COMMERCIAL…