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I would definitely wash the pan. I am really weird about stuff like that. Whenever I get a dish out of the cabinet, I always rinse it before I use it, even if it was just washed a couple of days before. I get the heebie jeebies thinking about the possibility of there having been a bug in the cabinet that I didn;t know about.
QUOTE(featherB @ Dec 13 2006, 01:16 PM) 
Just wanted to add that I'm right with Mags & Lou Lou on the obsession with cleaning products & antibacterial stuff in particular... right up there with overprescription of antibiotics (and more to the point, people who go whining to their doctor demanding antibiotics every other week because they have a slight sniffle) among my major bugbears! We'd have much better immune systems (and, without being a scientist, I honestly believe there would be less of a problem with super-resistant bacteria like MRSA) if we'd just put up with a bit of 'dirt' now and again! I swear the sickliest people I know are the most cleaning-obsessed, and the parents who have to douse everything in disinfectant constantly to 'protect' their kids are going to end up with sicklier kids still.
At least, that's my entirely non-scientifically-based couple of cents' worth!
At least, that's my entirely non-scientifically-based couple of cents' worth!
I don't use any of that antibacterial crap. I haven't had a cold, let alone a sniffle in years. I use common sense, that's all.A spider is not particularly dirty. How many of you wash and clean EVERYTHING in the house every morning because bugs have been there overnight? Because believe me, they have. A pan that has had a spider in it will not make you ill, especially because that pan will most likely end up in a hot oven where whatever germ you want to imagine is there from the wee girl will be killed off by heat. How many of you handle money? That is far more germ infested. Shopping carts. Ugh they are pretty gross too. But a spider?
Don't be such big girls. 
QUOTE(Lou Lou @ Dec 13 2006, 04:06 PM)
How many of you wash and clean EVERYTHING in the house every morning because bugs have been there overnight?
I think a lot of people missed my dust mite picture above!
QUOTE(jenn3539 @ Dec 13 2006, 04:07 PM)
QUOTE(Lou Lou @ Dec 13 2006, 04:06 PM)
How many of you wash and clean EVERYTHING in the house every morning because bugs have been there overnight?
I think a lot of people missed my dust mite picture above!
I didn't.
How many thousands of those live in an average household??!
QUOTE(Lou Lou @ Dec 13 2006, 04:11 PM)
QUOTE(jenn3539 @ Dec 13 2006, 04:07 PM)
QUOTE(Lou Lou @ Dec 13 2006, 04:06 PM)
How many of you wash and clean EVERYTHING in the house every morning because bugs have been there overnight?
I think a lot of people missed my dust mite picture above!
I didn't.
How many thousands of those live in an average household??!Too many for me to bother worrying about them!
QUOTE(jenn3539 @ Dec 13 2006, 01:04 PM)
What about all the dust mites? How do all you cleaners deal with knowing those babies are crawling around your pans!?!
Actually, they tend to crawl around in your bed.....
QUOTE(mags @ Dec 13 2006, 04:39 PM)
QUOTE(jenn3539 @ Dec 13 2006, 01:04 PM)
What about all the dust mites? How do all you cleaners deal with knowing those babies are crawling around your pans!?!
Actually, they tend to crawl around in your bed.....
THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! THEY'RE FEEDING OFF YOUR DEAD SKIN CELLS AT THIS VERY MOMENT! MUUUUUUUAH!
QUOTE(featherB @ Dec 13 2006, 01:16 PM)
Just wanted to add that I'm right with Mags & Lou Lou on the obsession with cleaning products & antibacterial stuff in particular... right up there with overprescription of antibiotics (and more to the point, people who go whining to their doctor demanding antibiotics every other week because they have a slight sniffle) among my major bugbears! We'd have much better immune systems (and, without being a scientist, I honestly believe there would be less of a problem with super-resistant bacteria like MRSA) if we'd just put up with a bit of 'dirt' now and again! I swear the sickliest people I know are the most cleaning-obsessed, and the parents who have to douse everything in disinfectant constantly to 'protect' their kids are going to end up with sicklier kids still.
At least, that's my entirely non-scientifically-based couple of cents' worth!
At least, that's my entirely non-scientifically-based couple of cents' worth!
Exactly what I mentioned above. You're right FeatherB, regardless of whether you are coming from a scientific background. 
I DO come from a scientific background and there was ALOT of this kind of stuff being discussed. Humans are killing themselves with cleanliness.Do a dust mite a favour....don't boil wash that bedding...embrace the bugs!
QUOTE(jenn3539 @ Dec 13 2006, 04:41 PM)
QUOTE(mags @ Dec 13 2006, 04:39 PM)
QUOTE(jenn3539 @ Dec 13 2006, 01:04 PM)
What about all the dust mites? How do all you cleaners deal with knowing those babies are crawling around your pans!?!
Actually, they tend to crawl around in your bed.....
THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! THEY'RE FEEDING OFF YOUR DEAD SKIN CELLS AT THIS VERY MOMENT! MUUUUUUUAH!
Come here little buggy, come to mama!!!
BWAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!! Posting pictures of dustmites should be against TOS!
Honestly, I'm allergic to the things. We had too many in São Paulo in our mattress and I got horrible rashes on my arms and legs for a week.
Honestly, I'm allergic to the things. We had too many in São Paulo in our mattress and I got horrible rashes on my arms and legs for a week.
Vacuum your mattress once a month. Picks up LOADS of the little buggars.
QUOTE(mags @ Dec 13 2006, 05:09 PM)
Vacuum your mattress once a month. Picks up LOADS of the little buggars.
Yeah, I started cleaning the mattress after that. EEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!!
QUOTE(featherB @ Dec 13 2006, 10:16 AM)
Just wanted to add that I'm right with Mags & Lou Lou on the obsession with cleaning products & antibacterial stuff in particular... right up there with overprescription of antibiotics (and more to the point, people who go whining to their doctor demanding antibiotics every other week because they have a slight sniffle) among my major bugbears! We'd have much better immune systems (and, without being a scientist, I honestly believe there would be less of a problem with super-resistant bacteria like MRSA) if we'd just put up with a bit of 'dirt' now and again! I swear the sickliest people I know are the most cleaning-obsessed, and the parents who have to douse everything in disinfectant constantly to 'protect' their kids are going to end up with sicklier kids still.
At least, that's my entirely non-scientifically-based couple of cents' worth!
At least, that's my entirely non-scientifically-based couple of cents' worth!
a friend of mine told me that she was really over protective with her daughter.. when she would go outside she would bundle her up etc... and she was always getting sick whereas the neighbor kids would be running around with barely anything on and hardly ever getting sick....
growing up we lived close to a gravel pit and every summer water would collect and make a little pond that we would go swimming in... keep in mind that this was standing water and dogs and kids peed and stuff in the water... but me and my bros hardly got sick growing up....
Female, no rewashing here!
Hope I didn't screw up the poll! I put "depends", because I wouldn't necessarily re-wash it, I'd give it a quick wipe, or rinse before using again.
Carla
Carla
I'm female and I'd re-wash it. First, who knows what the spider crawled on before he crawled around in the pan. (i.e. crawled across a mound of dog poop and then crawled around my pan.) Second, who knows if the spider was in there long enough to drop some spidey droppings which would get attached to my food. Eww.
I agree with Angilla. You don't know where the spider's been!!
Although I'm not into overuse of antibacterial products. I think a bit of dirt is good for the immune system. Just don;t like the idea of spider feet!
Although I'm not into overuse of antibacterial products. I think a bit of dirt is good for the immune system. Just don;t like the idea of spider feet!
Female, yes. I don't use soap though, I just rinse it again, dry it out and store away.
Female - no.
It was a spider---not a slug. And, I wouldn't squish it. I would pick it up in the "bug collector" (a tool I've had for years) and put it in the garbage chute or the stairwell of my building. Indoor spiders die when you put them outdoors. I wouldn't want the responsibility. 'Twould tear me apart.
It was a spider---not a slug. And, I wouldn't squish it. I would pick it up in the "bug collector" (a tool I've had for years) and put it in the garbage chute or the stairwell of my building. Indoor spiders die when you put them outdoors. I wouldn't want the responsibility. 'Twould tear me apart.
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