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The only other common time I’ve seen needle sticks is actually uncapping needles (!) with new users. They get the sheath stuck too tight, pull hard to get it off, then the “braking” motion of their arm when it comes free ends up jabbing the needle into their hand. I have no good fix for this!
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The only other common time I’ve seen needle sticks is actually uncapping needles (!) with new users. They get the sheath stuck too tight, pull hard to get it off, then the “braking” motion of their arm when it comes free ends up jabbing the needle into their hand. I have no good fix for this!
Here’s one similar to what we use for recapping. There’s a small learning curve (push in, twist out for consistent outcomes), but they work very well.
www.sabradent.com/products/nmc...
www.sabradent.com/products/nmc...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Here’s one similar to what we use for recapping. There’s a small learning curve (push in, twist out for consistent outcomes), but they work very well.
www.sabradent.com/products/nmc...
www.sabradent.com/products/nmc...
For dispensing, I would make sure folks have good racks to hold the receptable - right size, secure, easy to manipulate.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For dispensing, I would make sure folks have good racks to hold the receptable - right size, secure, easy to manipulate.
The two riskiest actions I’m thinking of are dispensing into a small vial held in your hand and recapping. If those are correct and necessary for your processes, I recommend a recapper - a stand that holds the needle sheath upright and is user-friendly.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The two riskiest actions I’m thinking of are dispensing into a small vial held in your hand and recapping. If those are correct and necessary for your processes, I recommend a recapper - a stand that holds the needle sheath upright and is user-friendly.
I hope you feel a little lighter!
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I hope you feel a little lighter!
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November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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When I am being earnest, I tell people older kitties know how good they have it and appreciate their new person and home more than babies will. But I do love a pithy summary.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
When I am being earnest, I tell people older kitties know how good they have it and appreciate their new person and home more than babies will. But I do love a pithy summary.
Kittens? Tabby fella is South, and the dilute tortie is his sister North. She is having some adjustment angst since coming to the café, and snuggling with her bro on a high shelf is her favorite thing.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Kittens? Tabby fella is South, and the dilute tortie is his sister North. She is having some adjustment angst since coming to the café, and snuggling with her bro on a high shelf is her favorite thing.
It’s Adopt a Senior Cat Month, and I’m trying to convince the social media folks where I volunteer to reference what wee terrorists kittens are vs mature, dignified, snuggly elders. “Too old to climb your Xmas tree, not too old to climb into your lap” was my riff on someone else’s original.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It’s Adopt a Senior Cat Month, and I’m trying to convince the social media folks where I volunteer to reference what wee terrorists kittens are vs mature, dignified, snuggly elders. “Too old to climb your Xmas tree, not too old to climb into your lap” was my riff on someone else’s original.
It’s never long enough. I’m so sorry.
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It’s never long enough. I’m so sorry.
Maybe a nap later?
November 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Maybe a nap later?
We live in a very popular trick-or-treat neighborhood, and I dread running out. As the flow of children ebbs, we raise the pieces per kid until we hit “take a handful.” It works out well - we have a few odd pieces left but not much!
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We live in a very popular trick-or-treat neighborhood, and I dread running out. As the flow of children ebbs, we raise the pieces per kid until we hit “take a handful.” It works out well - we have a few odd pieces left but not much!
His teenage chaperone, walking back to her group yelled, loudly enough for us to hear, “Lacey! Come get your boy! He’s kissing white people!!” (2/2)
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
His teenage chaperone, walking back to her group yelled, loudly enough for us to hear, “Lacey! Come get your boy! He’s kissing white people!!” (2/2)
My coworker says they can sense fear.
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My coworker says they can sense fear.
Yolk Peppermint Patties
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yolk Peppermint Patties
I read your post aloud to my partner who started exactly the same explanation, and I explained that you had pre-emptively responded.
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I read your post aloud to my partner who started exactly the same explanation, and I explained that you had pre-emptively responded.
My parents sustained a mixed marriage! “Why does Dad’s mayo taste icky?”
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My parents sustained a mixed marriage! “Why does Dad’s mayo taste icky?”
This seems both correct and very generous of you to frame it like this.
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This seems both correct and very generous of you to frame it like this.
Oh my, that looks so good I had to comment to say so!
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Oh my, that looks so good I had to comment to say so!
We currently live in such a neighborhood. Local kids come early and “city” kids whose folks have to work arrive later. Lots of folks just run out of candy and turn their lights off. We start buying candy in August because I am determined to make sure every kid gets the same experience at our house.
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We currently live in such a neighborhood. Local kids come early and “city” kids whose folks have to work arrive later. Lots of folks just run out of candy and turn their lights off. We start buying candy in August because I am determined to make sure every kid gets the same experience at our house.
I like to think she was more a merry prankster sort of ghost, but yes, obviously!
October 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I like to think she was more a merry prankster sort of ghost, but yes, obviously!
But it would be genuinely hard to figure out why Maine is so odd in a visit. Everyone would be polite and nice enough. And you’d need to travel hours away from Portland to even catch what I’m describing. Portland (and the southeast coast) is lovely, but it’s different than inland.
October 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
But it would be genuinely hard to figure out why Maine is so odd in a visit. Everyone would be polite and nice enough. And you’d need to travel hours away from Portland to even catch what I’m describing. Portland (and the southeast coast) is lovely, but it’s different than inland.
Folks don’t move around a lot, and new people stay “new” for a long time. Folks would talk to me about my grandmother 20 years after she died. It was very homogenous - differences I couldn’t detect marked folks “not from around here.”
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Folks don’t move around a lot, and new people stay “new” for a long time. Folks would talk to me about my grandmother 20 years after she died. It was very homogenous - differences I couldn’t detect marked folks “not from around here.”
My dad’s family is from ME - he’s a second cousin to Susan Collins. I’ve never lived there but visited a lot. Except Portland, it’s very low population density. It’s a place where a winter storm can mean no power for a week. Folks are independent and stubborn.
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My dad’s family is from ME - he’s a second cousin to Susan Collins. I’ve never lived there but visited a lot. Except Portland, it’s very low population density. It’s a place where a winter storm can mean no power for a week. Folks are independent and stubborn.