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More Chinese plastic contamination
On 2010-12-22 12:19:59 -0800, John A. said:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:24:43 -0600, George Kerby wrote: On 12/22/10 11:37 AM, in article , "RichA" wrote: On Dec 22, 9:22*am, Bruce wrote: RichA wrote: Clothing sportswear firm Lululemon is *recalling all the reusable bags they issued to customers over the last year. *Seems they are contaminated with lead...Seems to be a recurring theme with Chinese plastic products. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...22-703806.html Moral of the story: *DO NOT EAT your plastic camera! And wash your hands after sweating on it. Supposedly the largest lead contamination source today (by volume) are computer, power and other cables from China because the vinyl contains lead. Don't forget the tinfoil gloves for your pinkies to go with that hat. http://blog.franciscocosta.com/wp-co...-foil-hat.jpg? rand=566206818 Evidently that would just make things worse. http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/ Shnnurk! Snort! Splutter! I was within a microsecond of a serious gut bust. :-) -- Regards, Savageduck |
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More Chinese plastic contamination
On 12/22/2010 3:19 PM, John A. wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:24:43 -0600, George Kerby wrote: On 12/22/10 11:37 AM, in article , "RichA" wrote: On Dec 22, 9:22 am, wrote: wrote: Clothing sportswear firm Lululemon is recalling all the reusable bags they issued to customers over the last year. Seems they are contaminated with lead...Seems to be a recurring theme with Chinese plastic products. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...22-703806.html Moral of the story: DO NOT EAT your plastic camera! And wash your hands after sweating on it. Supposedly the largest lead contamination source today (by volume) are computer, power and other cables from China because the vinyl contains lead. Don't forget the tinfoil gloves for your pinkies to go with that hat. http://blog.franciscocosta.com/wp-co...-foil-hat.jpg? rand=566206818 Evidently that would just make things worse. http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/ that must have been written by someone with the same mindset as those who did the study of why bread falls butter side down. -- Peter |
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More Chinese plastic contamination
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:02:34 -0500, peter
wrote: On 12/22/2010 3:19 PM, John A. wrote: On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:24:43 -0600, George Kerby wrote: On 12/22/10 11:37 AM, in article , "RichA" wrote: On Dec 22, 9:22 am, wrote: wrote: Clothing sportswear firm Lululemon is recalling all the reusable bags they issued to customers over the last year. Seems they are contaminated with lead...Seems to be a recurring theme with Chinese plastic products. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...22-703806.html Moral of the story: DO NOT EAT your plastic camera! And wash your hands after sweating on it. Supposedly the largest lead contamination source today (by volume) are computer, power and other cables from China because the vinyl contains lead. Don't forget the tinfoil gloves for your pinkies to go with that hat. http://blog.franciscocosta.com/wp-co...-foil-hat.jpg? rand=566206818 Evidently that would just make things worse. http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/ that must have been written by someone with the same mindset as those who did the study of why bread falls butter side down. The fact that the bread always falls butter side down is called Jenning's Corollary, I believe. It's a variation of Jennings Law of Selective Gravity. And it's true. http://www.textfiles.com/law/murphy.txt |
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More Chinese plastic contamination
On 12/23/2010 7:19 AM, Bowser wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:02:34 -0500, peter wrote: On 12/22/2010 3:19 PM, John A. wrote: On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:24:43 -0600, George Kerby wrote: On 12/22/10 11:37 AM, in article , "RichA" wrote: On Dec 22, 9:22 am, wrote: wrote: Clothing sportswear firm Lululemon is recalling all the reusable bags they issued to customers over the last year. Seems they are contaminated with lead...Seems to be a recurring theme with Chinese plastic products. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...22-703806.html Moral of the story: DO NOT EAT your plastic camera! And wash your hands after sweating on it. Supposedly the largest lead contamination source today (by volume) are computer, power and other cables from China because the vinyl contains lead. Don't forget the tinfoil gloves for your pinkies to go with that hat. http://blog.franciscocosta.com/wp-co...-foil-hat.jpg? rand=566206818 Evidently that would just make things worse. http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/ that must have been written by someone with the same mindset as those who did the study of why bread falls butter side down. The fact that the bread always falls butter side down is called Jenning's Corollary, I believe. It's a variation of Jennings Law of Selective Gravity. And it's true. http://www.textfiles.com/law/murphy.txt This list omit one very valuable "law" that I lived by until retirement: Stuart's Law of Retroaction. "It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. I was in a position of knowing how to supply information that they wanted to top management; normal channels either wouldn't or couldn't (read as either dontwanna or incompetent) give them. I very carefully avoided situations where middle management tried to tell me what to do. (My boss supported me in this.) Allen |
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More Chinese plastic contamination
On 12/23/2010 9:59 AM, John A. wrote:
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:42:49 -0600, wrote: On 12/23/2010 7:19 AM, Bowser wrote: On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:02:34 -0500, peter wrote: On 12/22/2010 3:19 PM, John A. wrote: On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:24:43 -0600, George Kerby wrote: On 12/22/10 11:37 AM, in article , "RichA" wrote: On Dec 22, 9:22 am, wrote: wrote: Clothing sportswear firm Lululemon is recalling all the reusable bags they issued to customers over the last year. Seems they are contaminated with lead...Seems to be a recurring theme with Chinese plastic products. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...22-703806.html Moral of the story: DO NOT EAT your plastic camera! And wash your hands after sweating on it. Supposedly the largest lead contamination source today (by volume) are computer, power and other cables from China because the vinyl contains lead. Don't forget the tinfoil gloves for your pinkies to go with that hat. http://blog.franciscocosta.com/wp-co...-foil-hat.jpg? rand=566206818 Evidently that would just make things worse. http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/ that must have been written by someone with the same mindset as those who did the study of why bread falls butter side down. The fact that the bread always falls butter side down is called Jenning's Corollary, I believe. It's a variation of Jennings Law of Selective Gravity. And it's true. http://www.textfiles.com/law/murphy.txt This list omit one very valuable "law" that I lived by until retirement: Stuart's Law of Retroaction. "It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. I was in a position of knowing how to supply information that they wanted to top management; normal channels either wouldn't or couldn't (read as either dontwanna or incompetent) give them. I very carefully avoided situations where middle management tried to tell me what to do. (My boss supported me in this.) Allen I thought that was a Grace Hopper quote. She might have used it too. Allen |
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More Chinese plastic contamination
On 12/23/2010 8:19 AM, Bowser wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:02:34 -0500, peter wrote: On 12/22/2010 3:19 PM, John A. wrote: On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:24:43 -0600, George Kerby wrote: On 12/22/10 11:37 AM, in article , "RichA" wrote: On Dec 22, 9:22 am, wrote: wrote: Clothing sportswear firm Lululemon is recalling all the reusable bags they issued to customers over the last year. Seems they are contaminated with lead...Seems to be a recurring theme with Chinese plastic products. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...22-703806.html Moral of the story: DO NOT EAT your plastic camera! And wash your hands after sweating on it. Supposedly the largest lead contamination source today (by volume) are computer, power and other cables from China because the vinyl contains lead. Don't forget the tinfoil gloves for your pinkies to go with that hat. http://blog.franciscocosta.com/wp-co...-foil-hat.jpg? rand=566206818 Evidently that would just make things worse. http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/ that must have been written by someone with the same mindset as those who did the study of why bread falls butter side down. The fact that the bread always falls butter side down is called Jenning's Corollary, I believe. It's a variation of Jennings Law of Selective Gravity. And it's true. http://www.textfiles.com/law/murphy.txt I've heard that the odds of bread falling butter down increase with the value of he carpet But all Murphy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZZN8f2bXGo http://www.musopen.com/music_overview.php -- Peter |
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