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Warpy

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4. If you're still teaching, do this experiment, no matter what grade

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 26, 2020, 09:53 PM

Feb 2020

If an Idaho teacher can have observable success with little kids, big kids will be even better.

And yes, they're walking Petri dishes. I worked retail and was sick the whole time because we were usually the first stop for parents with sick kids they'd retrieved from school in tow, never letting them wait in the car.

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Hot water from faucets doesn't kill germs and anti-bacterial [View all] BigmanPigman Feb 2020 OP

Thank you. Cold water will do the trick in the laundry Warpy Feb 2020 #1

When I taught 1st Graders that is what I preached. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #2

If you're still teaching, do this experiment, no matter what grade Warpy Feb 2020 #4

I got sick all the time when I worked in retail BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #6

Hot water makes for better cleaning because it remove the oils better. Wash your dishes in cold braddy Feb 2020 #3

That applies to meat grease on dishes, not to hands, clothing Warpy Feb 2020 #5

Being a plumber for many years I found warm water better for cleaning my hands, cold water didn't braddy Feb 2020 #7

You were likely called a lot for congealed meat grease clogging drains. Warpy Feb 2020 #9

I was a plumber not a drain man so drains were not my primary source of calls, but yes, warm water braddy Feb 2020 #10

Yeah, it works, but I'd hardly call it ideal Warpy Feb 2020 #11

Good info. Duppers Feb 2020 #8