George wrote:jra wrote:Mes NLI wrote:measurer wrote:daniel deronda wrote:No-one carries a handkerchief anymore though.
Most women do carry paper hankies. Do you know the flu germ can live for - I believe - 10 minutes after you have touched something? It's why the washing of your hands is strongly advised when you get a chance to. This is partly why.
Mes said paper hankies, not washable ones. Get it right!
Off again. Toodle pip amd all that/
Like it matters really. Big dilemma there to decide, do I use paper hankies or washable ones. That's got to be the biggest problem in my life.
Hankies are more environmentally sound but tissues (properly disposed off) are more hygienic. People that use hankies tend to use them several times before using a clean one so they are damp and bug ridden, not many people use a sanitizer between blowing their nose each time and spread germs by touching surfaces etc.
George. I don't do environmentally friendly. That ship has long sailed, so there is no point really, mostly due to overpopulation of planet Earth by humans, the way we have used resources and the way we treat ourselves and other species. The human race is an evolutionary cul de sac and recycling this and that, save this and that is only going to delay the fateful day, not prevent it.
And people that have cars and fly are not really in a position to lecture others on being environmentally friendly, as they are the two worst forms of environmentally friendly transport.