"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Less wasteful. You certainly do not want to use it to brush your teeth
> after using it in the shop. :~)
> AND for the same reason that you use old t-shirts instead of new t-shirts
to
> apply stain.
Well thanks, Leon. I sure wish you would have told me that a couple of
years ago. My wife won't go out in public with me when I wear one of my new
T shirts. Now I know why
On 17 Sep 2004 12:43:17 -0700, [email protected] (Larry Bud) wrote:
>Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:49:07 GMT, Bill Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >Greetings,
>> >
>> >Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
>> >they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>> >
>> >Sincerely,
>> >Bill Thomas
>>
>> Probably because most of us are cheap so-and-so's and can't see using
>> something new when something old will do the trick.
>
>The real question is, why is anyone saving "old" toothbrushes!?!
Why that's simple. So we have one on hand when we need it to do
something clever! :-)
More seriously, I've always set old toothbrushes aside to use for
cleaning parts, brushing on solvent, or other chores where the chemicals to
be used don't care what the brush had been used for previously.
B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> >>Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> >>they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>
> I just use my wife's, putting it back when I'm done.
>
> Barry
I was wondering when someone would hit on it this way. The toilet was
always fun to clean when using your older sister's toothbrush. 25
years has passed but I still don't think it's time to tell her. Jana
In article <[email protected]>, Bill Thomas
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
New goes in my mouth, old goes in my shop... No shortage of old
toothbrushes (teethbrush?) in this house.
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>
I dunno. I bought some packages of assorted non-sterile new
toothbrushes cheap from Amer. Sci. & Surplus several years ago. I've
still got 1.5 packages left :-).
--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?
In article <xP3Yc.107129$TI1.74657@attbi_s52>, [email protected] says...
> To be informed about some non-female uses of panty hose see
>
> http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/881646/posts
>
Does that include buying an extra large pair and stuffing them with
newspapers if a cold wave hits while you're way away from home on a
motorcycle?
--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:49:07 GMT, Bill Thomas <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
>they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
Because Gunk tastes awful and it's hard to clean black wax off your
teeth. Always best to put the new one in your mouth and the old one
in the toolbox.
Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:49:07 GMT, Bill Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Greetings,
> >
> >Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> >they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >Bill Thomas
>
> Probably because most of us are cheap so-and-so's and can't see using
> something new when something old will do the trick.
The real question is, why is anyone saving "old" toothbrushes!?!
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:49:07 GMT, Bill Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
>they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>
>Sincerely,
>Bill Thomas
Probably because most of us are cheap so-and-so's and can't see using
something new when something old will do the trick.
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:29:16 GMT, "Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Bill Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
>> they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>
>
>Yea....and why can't you use new panty hose instead of the old stuff?
>
>Larry
>
they don't have the same patina??
Mac
On 28 Aug 2004 14:04:40 -0700, [email protected] (Jana) wrote:
>B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>> >>Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
>> >>they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>>
>> I just use my wife's, putting it back when I'm done.
>>
>> Barry
>
> I was wondering when someone would hit on it this way. The toilet was
>always fun to clean when using your older sister's toothbrush. 25
>years has passed but I still don't think it's time to tell her. Jana
In my case, it's the Guinea Pig water bottle. Her pig, her
toothbrush!
Barry
"Bill Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
Good catch. My "toothbrushes" are always new. But it's more prgamatic on my
part: (a) the old ones are upstairs and (b) it supports my subversive theory
that a lot of 'dorking tools are available at Wal-Mart...
Greg Millen wrote:
> As Mark said, I'm a tight bahstahd. Also, using the wife's new toothbrush in
> the woodshop for gluing is not recommended, DAMHIKT.
>
> Pre-loved brushes are zero cost as the alternative is the trash. If they get
> ground down cleaning abrasive belts there is very little left.
>
> But as was alluded to in the opening sentence, I like to waste-not.
You can save further by not rinsing the sink after brushing your teeth
and allow the sink to thoroughly dry on its own. Use a paint scraper
to chip off the dried toothpaste spittle and this can then be recycled
as breathmints (if you use a good, flavorfull drand of toothpaste).
Glen
"> Try walking up to the cash register in your local supermarket with a
brand
> new pair of queen size panty hose and convincing the cashier (and everyone
> else in line behind you) that you're buying them for a woodworking project
> :)
>
> Skip Reilley
If you think that's hard try buying them tax exempt for a item you are going
to make and sell. The clerk never did buy my story on that.
Not cheap, just don't like to through anything out. Just when you
through it out you need it for something.
James
www.cryscom.nb.ca
Mark & Juanita wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:49:07 GMT, Bill Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Greetings,
>>
>>Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
>>they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Bill Thomas
>
>
> Probably because most of us are cheap so-and-so's and can't see using
> something new when something old will do the trick.
>
>
>
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...
> Well thanks, Leon. I sure wish you would have told me that a couple of
> years ago. My wife won't go out in public with me when I wear one of my
> new
> T shirts. Now I know why
The tooth brush thing takes me back to when my son was 2 IIRC. We were in
the stage of potty training and with him being "2", he was insistent on
doing everything himself. Well sometimes at that age you miss the target
and things fall out on the floor and I do not mean drip on the floor.
Anyway, he decided to clean the mess up without our knowing and used my
tooth brush to clean up his little mess. Thankfully my wife caught him in
the act of cleaning up. :~)
Phisherman wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:49:07 GMT, Bill Thomas <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Greetings,
>>
>>Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
>>they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Bill Thomas
>
> It is much better to start using the new toothbrush for your teeth,
> and use the old toothbrush for whatever. Ask your dental hygienist,
> I've heard it all my life.
When I remodeled my bathroom, I put the old sink in my garage so I can get a
tube of toothpaste and use those old toothbrushes for my teeth and other
clever things without leaving the garage ;)
Bill Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
Residual bacteria on an old toothbrush reacts chemically with certain
solvents and cleaning agents. WD-40, Brasso, oven cleaner, lacquer thinner,
etc. can all be "boosted" by using an old toothbrush.
However, when applying water-based paint you should never use an old
toothbrush unless you mix the paint with Listerine at a 10:1 ratio.
--
Patrick Fitzgerald
www.barelyfitz.com/homepages/patrick.fitzgerald/woodworking
Because the new/current toothbrushes are in the bathroom, and the old
toothbrushes are in a coffee can in the garage/workshop. Which ya' gonna'
reach for?
-jbb
"Bill Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings,
>
> Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>
> Sincerely,
> Bill Thomas
As Mark said, I'm a tight bahstahd. Also, using the wife's new toothbrush in
the woodshop for gluing is not recommended, DAMHIKT.
Pre-loved brushes are zero cost as the alternative is the trash. If they get
ground down cleaning abrasive belts there is very little left.
But as was alluded to in the opening sentence, I like to waste-not.
--
Greg
"Bill Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings,
>
> Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:gYLXc.101050$TI1.13429@attbi_s52...
> Yea....and why can't you use new panty hose instead of the old stuff?
>
> Larry
Try walking up to the cash register in your local supermarket with a brand
new pair of queen size panty hose and convincing the cashier (and everyone
else in line behind you) that you're buying them for a woodworking project
:)
Skip Reilley
"Bill Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings,
>
> Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
Less wasteful. You certainly do not want to use it to brush your teeth
after using it in the shop. :~)
AND for the same reason that you use old t-shirts instead of new t-shirts to
apply stain.
Skip2Maloo wrote:
> "Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:gYLXc.101050$TI1.13429@attbi_s52...
>
>> Yea....and why can't you use new panty hose instead of the old stuff?
>>
>> Larry
>
> Try walking up to the cash register in your local supermarket with a brand
> new pair of queen size panty hose and convincing the cashier (and everyone
> else in line behind you) that you're buying them for a woodworking project
> :)
If you don't say anything then they'll assume that you're on a mission for
SWMBO.
> Skip Reilley
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
|
| AND for the same reason that you use old t-shirts instead of
| new t-shirts to apply stain.
The outdoor wear company that shares a parking lot with my company had a
warehouse sale in which they were selling large boxes of unsold T-shirts for
$5 or $10 a box. I bought a couple of boxes thinking they would make great
shop rags. But even though I've got boxes of pristine T-shirts (XXXL too) I
still reach for the tattered "Where's the Beef" shirts first.
--Jay
Grandpa wrote:
> Speaking of, did you know the 'toothbrush' was invented in Arkansas? Had
> it been invented anywhere else it'd have been called a 'teethbrush'.
>
> Paul C. Proffitt wrote:
>
>> Probably because its too hard to pick the sawdust out of your teeth
>> when you use a new one. :-)
>>
>> Bill Thomas wrote:
Old joke -
What has 40 arms, forty legs, and twenty teeth?
The front row at a Willy Nelson concert.
Glen
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:49:07 GMT, Bill Thomas <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
>they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>
>Sincerely,
>Bill Thomas
It is much better to start using the new toothbrush for your teeth,
and use the old toothbrush for whatever. Ask your dental hygienist,
I've heard it all my life.
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:53:06 GMT, James <[email protected]> wrote:
>Not cheap, just don't like to through anything out. Just when you
>through it out you need it for something.
I don't like to throw anything out either. Nor does my wife. I
guess that's why I'm still around. You could write a book on the many
uses of a toothbrush.
Bill.
"Bill Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings,
>
> Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
> they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
Yea....and why can't you use new panty hose instead of the old stuff?
Larry
On 17 Sep 2004 12:43:17 -0700, [email protected] (Larry Bud)
wrote:
>The real question is, why is anyone saving "old" toothbrushes!?!
For when we can't find the "new" one, or my wife's.
Barry
>> "Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:gYLXc.101050$TI1.13429@attbi_s52...
>> Try walking up to the cash register in your local supermarket with a brand
>> new pair of queen size panty hose and convincing the cashier (and everyone
>> else in line behind you) that you're buying them for a woodworking project
>> :)
When I was a kid, there was a local A&P supermarket 2 blocks down the street.
Since I was a kid, one of my jobs was running to the store for forgotten or
"need-it-right-NOW" items. One of those items was that gigantic box of
"sanitary napkins" that my Mom never seemed to have enough of. Of course, the
box couldn't fit into a grocery bag, so I was forced to trudge home, in full
view of my peers, with that humongous box exposed for all the world to see.
Thanks Mom.
On 17 Sep 2004 12:43:17 -0700, [email protected] (Larry Bud)
calmly ranted:
>The real question is, why is anyone saving "old" toothbrushes!?!
Hi! Tightas^H^H^H^H^H^HFrugal Fred here.
I put them in the drawer in the kitchen (after marking them with a
flame) and use them for cleaning the grout in tile, dipped in
thinner cans for cleaning paint off small parts, and I keep one
"clean" one in the kitchen for those lid recesses on Tupperware.
It cleans out the hard to reach spots quite well. I get new "old"
brushes every 4 months so I never run out, even after melting some
in nastier thinners.
They also work to remove pine tar (no, from the bloody Doug Fir
in my back yard with drops more tar than a California oil slick)
from the crevices on the bottom of my tennies.
They work well in smearing grease into window channels, too.
Anyone else?
---
Is it time for your medication or mine?
http://diversify.com Custom Website Applications
Andy Dingley wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:49:07 GMT, Bill Thomas <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Whenever someone uses a toothbrush to do something clever, why do
>>they use and old toothbrush. Why not a new toothbrush?
>
>
> Because Gunk tastes awful and it's hard to clean black wax off your
> teeth. Always best to put the new one in your mouth and the old one
> in the toolbox.
>
LOL. Reminded me of a parody of ancient commercial: "I feel GREAT. And
Bardahl doesn't upset my stomach!" Or another: "Sani-flush! Cleans your
teeth without a brush!"
mahalo,
jo4hn
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 07:09:16 -0400, --={Flyer}=--
<[email protected]> wrote:
> One of those items was that gigantic box of
>"sanitary napkins" that my Mom never seemed to have enough of. Of course, the
>box couldn't fit into a grocery bag, so I was forced to trudge home, in full
>view of my peers, with that humongous box exposed for all the world to see.
>Thanks Mom.
I never understood the embarrassment over this. I've bought tampons,
maxi-pads, etc... It's pretty obvious they're not for me. I've
even carried maxi pads in my sound engineer's tool box for adjusting
drum ring.
Now Preparation H, that's another story. <G>
I know some guys who fly rubber powered competition free flight
airplanes. They carry tubes of KY Jelly in the tool box to lubricate
the rubber bands. It's pretty funny when one of them brings the same
tool box to different place!
Barry
"Sweet Sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "> Try walking up to the cash register in your local supermarket with a
> brand
>> new pair of queen size panty hose and convincing the cashier (and
>> everyone
>> else in line behind you) that you're buying them for a woodworking
>> project
>
> If you think that's hard try buying them tax exempt for a item you are
> going
> to make and sell. The clerk never did buy my story on that.
To be informed about some non-female uses of panty hose see
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/881646/posts
remember...support our troops.
Larry