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Post by john on Mar 9, 2007 7:30:39 GMT -5
I don't have any tweezers here, and have been plagued by them in my ears.
I used some needle nosed pliers and pulled a lot of them out of my ears.
What a relief!
The thin little wiggling ones that were causing the itching are gone :-)
No bleeding either. Now I'm wondering what is the best way to dispose of these. Others I have put in a vial, and they have reproduced and grown !
Very strange stuff we have here !!!
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Post by sickandtired on Mar 9, 2007 12:46:33 GMT -5
Hey John....that is funny about how to dispose of our specimens.....I keep telling my husband jokingly that our trash is bio hazard......I might not be too far off.....
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Post by john on Mar 9, 2007 22:07:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I just posted a new message in General.
I am now keeping a couple of vials and placing the offenders in there.
I guess I am lucky so far in that the little black fuss balls are not coming out of me anymore.
Just the fine white fibers.
My main complaint is that the itches keep me awake all night long. :-(
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Post by john on Mar 18, 2007 2:28:28 GMT -5
Yes, bio hazard it is ! Do we really want this spreading to others ?
I have noticed that they can't seem to get through glass or even heavy clear plastic containers.
But of course they reproduce rapidly in anything made of cotton and can easily pass through clothing, etc.
What a nightmare ! :-(
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Post by mfromcanada on Mar 18, 2007 11:06:40 GMT -5
I noticed to that they cannot go through glass. Yes it is a nightmare.
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Post by whiterose on Mar 18, 2007 11:15:44 GMT -5
In the tests they have been doing, they indeed go through glass, as you probably know glass is more of a very slow moving liquid.
Thinker mentioned puttting borax in the glass to stop them cold, for shipment purposes.
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Post by john on Mar 24, 2007 14:56:31 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't know that. The ones in my clear plastic vials seem to be contained, though. I haven't really tried glass. It is amazing how these things reproduce and grow with apparently no food or water !
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Post by wildanimal on Apr 14, 2007 19:31:53 GMT -5
Yes, Whiterose is RIGHT !! They do in fact penetrate glass! They have on my eye glasses and this glass egg I have. They also penetrate polycarbonate, which they use to make micro-isolator cages for small lab animals. this polycarbonate can withstand high temps and impervious to chemical cleaners. I don't know if anyone else has the same problem of their eye glasses getting tons of fibers and a white film on them like I do. I can see my hair moving and trying to touch my eye glasses almost like the TV screen and mirrors attract all the dust/fibers.. But my hair will bite anything (face) I just think I see it more on my glasses. This stuff is UNREAL!!!!
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Post by john on Apr 23, 2007 9:43:36 GMT -5
Yes, I have seen similar things. These fibers are unreal - like something out of the X-files ! So far the plastic microscope eyepiece vials I have put them in seem to contain them. But I have seen them penetrate glass as well ! VERY creepy !
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Post by john on Apr 23, 2007 10:22:11 GMT -5
This gets me thinking...
If there aren't any "pores" in the glass, how are these fibers getting through ?
Are they like morphing into some kind of glass like material and then sliding through ?
Very interesting. We need some live video of this happening !
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