Reminder
Mood:  chillin'
[From my Email files]

This is an excellent reminder.

My father-in-law retired as a microbiologist from Stanford University Hospital. He is absolutely paranoid of microbes because he's seen what they can do to an otherwise healthy person. My wife is not the most organized person, not putting things back where they belong ( like my tools!). But she is also extremely cautious in washing vegetables, constantly washing her hands, putting things back in the refrigerator right away, covering left-overs and so forth.

Since we got married, I don't get sick with flu or colds like I did before. I also find myself washing my hands time after time, especially after being out shaking hands with others or touching things I know others have touched.

For example, you go to a restaurant where some of your choice is finger-food like french fries. You reach for the salt container and give them a sprinkle, then you chow down. You just infected yourself with boogers everyone else who used the salt shaker had on their hands before. I use a napkin to handle all those condiment containers, from ketchup to A-1 steak sauce. Public phones are a nightmare for bacteria and viruses. So are door handles and especially those bathroom doors you have to pull back to exit after you've washed your hands. You just re-infected yourself with every kind of bug the last 100 guys had on their hands when they didn't wash afterward. Food for thought. If you don't want to get sick, start paying attention to everything you handle, and wash your hands! Use a paper towel to exit those bathrooms with the door that opens in. If they don't have a waste basket close by, drop it on the floor as you exit.

This is another reminder. When you grab that soda or beer can, what was stomping all over it and taking a leak on it before it got to you?