On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 08:53:34 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:31:23 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>>JBurns wrote:
>>>
>>> If you are using a trolley at the supermarket the handles are usually
>>> loaded with virus and bacteria that is transferred to your hands.
>>> Things like this are a major carrier of flu virus, a very good reason
>>> not to put your hands in your mouth or rub your eyes. My local shops
>>> now have antibacterial wipes for wiping down shopping trolley handles,
>>> doubtful if they would kill flu virus though.
>>>
>>> Please do not label me as one of those anal people, I am not germ
>>> phobic and definitely do not advocate disinfecting everything in sight
>>> (my kitchen gets cleaned with nothing more than hot soapy water and a
>>> clean sponge), but surfaces and hands are the biggest carriers of
>>> nasties.
>>
>>You sound about as anal as I am....not very.
>>
>>I do always grab a few of those antibiotic wipes in the grocery store.
>>I wipe down the cart handle and my hands, then I shop. No problem in
>>my mind to lick my finger to help open a produce bag. I ball-up and
>>save those wipes too. When I get out of the store and put groceries in
>>the car, I'll wipe my hands again, then throw them out.
>
>If that's not anal, do anal people walk through the supermarket in
>spacesuits?

Don't give them ideas like that.