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I use a hand drill to remove blockages in our taps. Works a treat for getting out blutack, erasers, balled up paper etc. Anything else I call the maintenance man in.

Don't forget to consider latex-free bandaids too!

I'm with you Kel... when you glance at it quickly it's buccaneer! And yes, then it becomes a visual thing!
Aaarrrr Aaarrr! *walk the plank! walk the plank! squawk!*

Thanks Noona, you are a legend! I have had a quick look at the book and I think I know what I will be trying in the X-mas break!

Hi Judy,
This is the first I've heard about it, which I suppose isn't surprising, but it explains why I haven't been able to get on. Oh well, will try and follow sunray's trail and see how it goes. Thanks for the information.

Hi everyone,
I, too, wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. From those of us who are not going away, to those of you who are - please post photos when you get back so we can live vicariously through you! I love photos!
Best wishes,

Would love to see the photos if you could attach them! Sounds like a great idea.

Morning everyone!
I am wondering if you can't hook up to a hospital or the linen sevice the hospital uses for cleaning lab coats. I suppose it would all come down to costs as well. Anyway, just a thought,

Hi! When I first started here all the labs had their own marked glassware. I finally ended that practise when I found I was spending too much time chasing up which lab bench in the labs was missing the equipment that would inevitably end up in the prep room. Much easier for me now to maintain glassw...

Well!?! After 5 years of the same user name and password, Chemwatch 2 has declared that I don't exist!?! I'm not surre whether I should feel humbled or outraged... but as usual more pressing things going on before I worry about that! (As they say, there is no rest for wicked!)

They say a frozen leg of lamb is the perfect murder weapon... Hit the victim over the head with it, then defrost, cook and eat the lamb. Voila! no evidence!

Gotcha! Now I understand why the teachers here didn't like to use that option! Boy! I tell you, if it wasn't for this site, I'd still be using a white cane!
Thanks,

I'm not sure, but didn't someone post a titration prac as an alternative to achieve the same results?
Regards,

Hi! One of the student teachers we have had here last year, recommended "PBS" solution. She works part time in the Animal and vetinary science department at the Uni here. I haven't tried it myself but if you google "PBS" you come up with recipes for this. She said it's like a sal...

Hi Merilyn! Welcome!
I use 1g of phenolthalein powder for my phenolthalein agar and have never had any problems with colour.
Hope this might help you...

It started some thing like.. " I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son. " and the trick was to say it three times really quickly. It would end up with "fff" and the "pl" sounds being reversed.... (Don't mind me, I have a terrible off beat sense of humor...

Makes the old poem "I'm not a pheasant plucker...." take on a whole new dimension!?!

Hi! For Junior classes we use kitchen scales from Big W Living Essentials range. They have a graduation of 1g and weigh up to 2kg. They cost approximately $22 each two years ago. We have one precision balance for our senior classes and myself. Having only one precision balance can create a bit of a ...

Hey Macca! My boss got me to research this and the best I could find was a big loop hole that says everything needs to be test tagged but essentially it is up to you to show you have this under control ie it expresses no time limit. Regrettably I haven't got the actually quote on hand (miscellaneous...