Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005 10:03 A.M.
Public Safety Speel Again. Once again, I am going to stick my nose in where it doesn't belong, but if it helps one person, I feel I've done my good deed for the day. I just read someone's diary and it scared the beejesus out of me. It may be that the person was not intending to do what I thought they were, but it scared me anyway I am sure most of you know this, but I think it bears repeating. If you are cleaning something with your all-purpose cleaner and it doesn't come clean enough, please read the label before using something else on the area. MIXING AMMONIA AND BLEACH IS A LETHAL COMBINATION. How do I know this? I could have killed myself, that's how. It happened years ago. I had cleaned my carpet with Gl@ry Rug Shampoo and was still dingy looking. While it was still damp, I decided to try bleach. Within 30 seconds of putting the mop down on the rug, I got the strangest taste in my mouth and the smell was overpowering. I grabbed the Gl@ry and read the ingredients and only then realized there was ammonia in it. I screamed for my kids to get out of the house and ran through opening all the windows. Within 3 hours, the smell was gone, but I learned my lesson. It was over a week before my normal sense of taste and smell returned. And while I'm at it, I may as well state again my warning about mothballs. Yes mothballs. I read in some newspaper article a few years ago how to make a beautiful centerpiece for a childs birthday party. It called for putting gingerale and food coloring into a punchbowl and adding mothballs to the mix. I guess it produces a chemical reaction of some sort and makes the mothballs dance around in the liquid. How the idiots came up with this is beyond me. She suggested it after doing it at her childs 4th birthday party. What she failed to say in the article was that one mothball, eaten by a child can be fatal. Yes, fatal. They contain naphthalene and/or Paradichlorobenzene. I know we would like to think that our 4 and 5 years olds would never put anything in their mouths without asking, but I wouldn't want to bet their lives on it. On the sicky homefront, I am pounding fluids and eating food. I can never remember whether it's starve a fever, feed a cold or vice versa so I am just drinking lots and eating normal. Oh, and taking OTC runny nose and alergy pills. They can't hurt. My poor nose feels like it is going to fall off. Oh, that's right, I wasn't going to bore you with the details, was I? Too late. Later,
Cosmic
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