Don't forget all the germ fighting commercials.I am surprised that our forefathers survived without the help of all the germ and bacteria killers we are being bombarded with. Talk about germ warefare.
The medical profession is starting to see the effects of this ultra clean living. They are saying that the younger generations have very weak immune systems because of it. Between this and obesity, the average lifespan may start to decrease.
Same here.
I absolutely HATE the artificial scents that exude from various chemical labs. I like my women naturally clean. ;-) Vanilla and Old Spice are about my limits.
How about that idiotic FreeBreeze commercial that has people smelling the carpets and chair seats. How stupid do they think we are? (Yeah, that's a rhetorical question.) Last time I saw anything like that, some putz at a party had spilled his eight ball on the floor.
Greg G.
Viagra, Eastern European Brides and Nigerian scams here.
Greg G.
Apparently, these products are actually helping to adapt new "super bugs" that are resistant to ordinary antibacterial agents. Kinda like the people who don't take their entire script of antibiotics because they feel better. You know the old saying, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Greg G.
Modern science saves us, only to be done in by Ray Kroc and Clorox.
Greg G.
Same here. My body is just too stubborn to de-animate. Asbestos from 60s era brakes and clutches, lead and rosin fumes, nitrocellulose lacquer, carbon tetrachloride, cigs, sanding dust from
32 different native and tropical woods, and the air in Atlanta. I died 20 years ago...Greg G.
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Gee I hope not. Well not in the next 40 or 50 years at least. Hank
yep.. and the bad part is from what I understand, there isn't enough anti-bacterial agent in any of them to do you any good.. OTOH, I worry about the massive doses of even mild anti-bacterial crap that we're flushing into the environment..
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I used to say that.... Now, a lot older and a little wiser, I say that "what doesn't kill you makes you really tired"..
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The scary thing is that so many people buy into it.. A real perk of moving to Mexico is that my wife line drys the laundry now... no friggin' fabric softener perfume...
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Well that explains the last six months. I seem to be succumbing to narcolepsy these days.
Greg G.
That would be more apropos. :-\
Greg G.
I have to hunt for fragrance free detergents and don't use softener at all. Many of them seem to interfere with bath towels' absorbency. Thanks, but I'll take plain old, clean, non-brushed cotton.
As for people buying into the hype, the "dumbening" of society coupled with the previously discussed media hype likely accounts for most of it. Why else would someone pay $250,000 for a $60,000 house assembled poorly by bottom dollar labor. It's all flash and advertising - coupled with the "gotta have it NOW, even at 24% interest" mentality..
As for drying clothing outside, can't do it here or the laundry would turn gray. The fine black and gray crap that settles out of the air here en mass is scary... Eats up rubber really fast too. I go through wiper blades every 4-6 months. Could be the cruddy rubber they use nowadays, but I got considerably more life out automotive wiper blades in Florida than in Atlanta. Less sun, lower temperatures.. Hmm...
Drove downtown the other day, and was subjected to many blocks of grid-lock traffic while simultaneously inhaling the fumes of epoxy paint being sprayed into what appeared to be underground pipes or culverts. Great! I have to wear a NIOSH chemical mask to drive anymore...
Greg G.
Yep.. most towels have a thing on the label telling folks not to use fabric softener on em.. (not that my wife follows that)
We moved from Fresno, CA to Baja, Mexico.. No way could you hang clothes in the smog and dust in Fresno!
The CC&R's here say "no clothes lines" but a lot of us have them..
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