[R-390] Hazards, they are all relative

[Tisha Hayes]

Sometimes we inadvertently fall into the nanny-trap and begin to worry
about every possible thing that can happen to us. Nano lubricants, PCB's in
capacitors, radioactive paint on panel meters. I never had the honor of
serving my country in the armed services. A significant number of people on
this list have, and in that time many of you became acquainted with our
radios. There were probably many other things that were relatively more
risky or dangerous that you dealt with every day while you were in the
service (other than the mess hall chow).

By virtue of surviving decades of hazards, many of them self inflicted, so
far we are all winners. Our decrepit bodies have not reached room
temperature yet, the dirt nap has not happened this morning.

I am not going to snort WS like Tony Montana from the movie "Scarface" Or
stick my arms in up to my elbows in PCB oil or trichlor (been there, done
that, most of us have). We have all ended up on our butts from grabbing B+.
Those little incidents are great ways to have it pounded into your head
"oh! I am NOT going to do that again!"

If you use WS lubricant I would not get too worried about it. You probably
pull in more fine particulates into your lungs from when you went on family
vacation with your parents, who were smokers, and had the windows rolled up
tight on that cross country trip. Or if you ever visited Beijing or Paris
for a weekend. We are not talking about occupational exposures for what we
are doing, just use common sense and a little bit of caution.

-- 
Ms. Tisha Hayes. AA4HA

 *"There are many who live in the mountains and behave as if they were in
the town; they are wasting their time. It is possible to be a solitary in
one's mind while living in a crowd; and it is possible for those who are
solitaries to live in the crowd of their own thoughts."*
*-Amma Sarah of the Desert*