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[jules]

Has anybody else ever picked up anything dodgy on their wheels other than the usual (dog mess, chewing gum etc)

I work in a lab and today managed to get a chemical (as yet we don't know which one or more importantly who spilt it!!!) and now have a very sore chemical burn on my hand.

Not a happy bunny.
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[KarenFerguson]

Yikes! That sucks!

At my high school when ever it rained (you have been warned this is quite icky) .... earth worms would come out of the lawn and go on the sidewalks in front of the classrooms (ah California schools). Everyone could step around them, but I had to run over them and thus had earthworm bits on my wheels. I would have to scrap them off with kleenx or bits of paper. Just thinking about it makes my gag reflex kick in a little bit. God, I hated when it rained!! I was always pissed the janitors didn't come and sweep them off the sidewalk.

[Hapahowlee]

My husband works at a home improvement warehouse and his wheels get so dirty. So my steam cleaner comes in handy.

He also gripes at me b/c he catches my long hairs in his front tires. Hey, I vacuum quite often, but I can't help that my hair falls out. I heard a person loses an average of 100 hairs a day. Just to keep him from griping, I get the old needle nose pliers out and yank the suckers out of his front tires. Once a month, I give his chair a good cleaning and grease job. Other than that he's been fortunate in not getting anything too gross in his tires.

[qbounce]

I second the long hairs in the front casters, Hapa!! What a pain, but that's the worst of it.
Oh, I didn't notice until it was too late, but got a snail once--yuckys!!

[nomis]

Dog shit is my fear. Once ran into some when shopping - the chair stank and so did my hand but I had to complete my shopping. So embarrassing. Around home I keep a special scrubbing brush in the laundry for such yukkies. Even small hairs clog front wheels. I wouldn't mind a monthly good cleaning and grease, chair could do with it, too.

[Hapahowlee]

Nomis, if you didn't live so far away, I'd give you a good monthly cleaning and greasing

[longhaul]

Baby shit, I was at a store at night and I unloaded my chair right on an open throw away diaper. Spit, nothing like a big ol luggy on you hand. I think I'll go eat now........................

[Texaswheelz]

yea dog shit is the worse that smell, just thinking about it makes me gag, i have that earthworm problem where I am now with the apartments watering the lawn, there are big ass earthworms out on the sidewalk every morning when I head to the train for work. I gripe at my wife for her long hair clogging my front casters all the time.

the other day at work i i don't know what the hell it was, but it looked like a prune or a giant raisin that I never noticed until it was all over my hand, why the hell it was laying around on the floor in a bookstore I don't know. I straight up cuss some ones ass out if I see them spit their gum on the side walk, that takes forever to get off your hands and wheels and if it is in the summer, forget about it, it gets all stringy and just makes one mess after another.

[Scribbler]

Dog muck, chewing gum and tar from the road; they are all hazards for us wheelies..

That's life, but I like the idea of a good cleaning and greazing by Hapa. Can I get on your list? And would you check my Big End while you're at it?...

[Apparelyzed]

I hate going through human spit, especially if it's a big greeny!

Simon

[Travelling Blackbird]

I had a gag reflex just reading this thread.

Slugs are a big problem for me on the way from the train to work. They really are very gross, and just like the earthworm story above, it's worse when it rains.

I've gotten ice-cream, curry and tomatoes on my wheels and thus onto my hands and shirt; not all at the same time, mind you! It happens when I'm going through the city center at the weekend, and there are large crowds, and I don't see the food that someone's dropped.

Motor oil was a really messy one; ruined a shirt. I was crossing a gas station forecourt at night, and I didn't see the spill.

[pikey]

When I was younger I visited the crematorium. I was pushing myself on the grass chatting away to my father when I ran through a big patch of powder sprinkled next to a tree, I got it on my wheels, hands and jeans. It later dawned on me that it was the ashes of someone!

Edited by pikey, 02 September 2008 - 01:40 PM.

[Scribbler]

Hapahowlee, on Sep 1 2008, 10:29 PM, said:

My husband works at a home improvement warehouse and his wheels get so dirty. So my steam cleaner comes in handy.

He also gripes at me b/c he catches my long hairs in his front tires. Hey, I vacuum quite often, but I can't help that my hair falls out. I heard a person loses an average of 100 hairs a day. Just to keep him from griping, I get the old needle nose pliers out and yank the suckers out of his front tires. Once a month, I give his chair a good cleaning and grease job. Other than that he's been fortunate in not getting anything too gross in his tires.

Dear Balding Hapa....

When you wrote your hair getting caught in your hubbies front wheels, I had visions of them still attached to your head with you doing endless head stands across the carpet.....

Thanks for the chuckle

[Apparelyzed]

Maybe he needs the "App' suck 'n' Pluck!

Just for the record, this is worse if you have a wooden floor, and two females living with you with long hair!

I've used the "A.S & P" technique many times!

Simon

[Hapahowlee]

Scribbler, on Sep 2 2008, 12:46 PM, said:

Hapahowlee, on Sep 1 2008, 10:29 PM, said:

My husband works at a home improvement warehouse and his wheels get so dirty. So my steam cleaner comes in handy.

He also gripes at me b/c he catches my long hairs in his front tires. Hey, I vacuum quite often, but I can't help that my hair falls out. I heard a person loses an average of 100 hairs a day. Just to keep him from griping, I get the old needle nose pliers out and yank the suckers out of his front tires. Once a month, I give his chair a good cleaning and grease job. Other than that he's been fortunate in not getting anything too gross in his tires.

Dear Balding Hapa....

When you wrote your hair getting caught in your hubbies front wheels, I had visions of them still attached to your head with you doing endless head stands across the carpet.....

Thanks for the chuckle

Scribbler, how did you know? Yes, I'm very good at walking on my hands and spinning my head with the front tires as my husband rolls along. Only thing is, my hands get gunked up with the same yucky stuff hubby gets on his tires.

What I really used to hate when I lived in St. Louis was going down to an area down by the Mississippi River called Laclede's Landing. It's a bunch of old warehouses built back when there was a lot of fur trading going on and most of these places have been converted into bars and restaurants. They still have cobblestone roads and since it's very crowded down there, the policemen ride their horses and nothing like stepping in horse doo with open toed stilletos.

Alright Scribbler, I'll do your big end too. I'll pencil you in my appointment book.

Lyn, I'll give you a good cleaning, but definitely not your big end, okay? BTW, it would be green or yellow if someone has a sinus infection or if they happen to eat a green lifesaver. But most likely it's the first answer. I make sure hubby carries anti-bacterial wipes with him in case he does get something really funky.

Tex, your right about the gum. I hate when people litter and you will never catch me throwing my gum out anywhere, not even off the highway.

BTW, WD-40 works great on tar and other sticky stuff. I've been using it for years to get tar off my car and stick lables off picture frames and such.

Edited by Hapahowlee, 02 September 2008 - 09:07 PM.

[E-DOG]

Come on people. You know as well as I do that in Afganistan dogshit caught in yer wheels is concidered good luck. And a warm fresh lugy is always nice.
Collect enough and think of the money you'll save not buyin' hair gel.
An' don't EVEN get me started on the chewing gum thing, we ALL know how much that shit costs.
How 'bout a little gratitude folks. My goodness!
E

[mikeC5/6]

haha E you made me laugh! I will definitely be more appreciative next time I pick something up.

[nomis]

Did I ever tell you of the time I visited a posh jewelry shop in Mexico City. It was the height of summer and just on closing time, just made it into the shop. Had to wheel down to the far end where they had the bracelets I wanted to buy for my mum back in kiwiland.

Found what I wanted, made my purchase (a modest one), turned to go out and was confronted by the clearly defined black tyre mark on the red carpet leading from me to the door. I'd run over some tar which now was on my hand, too.

Edited by nomis, 03 September 2008 - 10:42 AM.

[Travelling Blackbird]

nomis, on Sep 3 2008, 12:41 PM, said:

Did I ever tell you of the time I visited a posh jewelry shop in Mexico City. It was the height of summer and just on closing time, just made it into the shop. Had to wheel down to the far end where they had the bracelets I wanted to buy for my mum back in kiwiland.

Found what I wanted, made my purchase (a modest one), turned to go out and was confronted by the clearly defined black tyre mark on the red carpet leading from me to the door. I'd run over some tar which now was on my hand, too.

Ouch. Tar is so hard to get off skin or carpet! How did the store owner handle it?

[dancin' johnny]

I had a peanut butter episode last night, didn't see the blob drop off my knife and proceeded to smear it all over my rims, floor, hands and Glen Campbell album.

Thank goodness everything else isn't quite as sticky!

[E-DOG]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Glen Campbell, nothin' better!

[nomis]

Travelling Blackbird, on Sep 4 2008, 02:06 AM, said:

Ouch. Tar is so hard to get off skin or carpet! How did the store owner handle it?

With restrained dignity. Said not to worry and watched me wheel the length again, me not daring to look behind to see if I was still leaving a trail.

[wheeliebear75]

We've all had the poop and gum it looks like. Well I think the slime from a snail is pretty comparable to Karen's high school earthworms. Say uh Karen? I think you're supposed to DISSECT the earthworms in high school not DESTRUCT. LOL Oh soda is just sticky and someone's recycled soda (the yellow kind of recycled) is just plain icky but I've had the misfortune of running through THAT too! Motor oil is awfully slimy and sometimes leaves a residue even when you thought you'd gotten it all off. Someone got sick right in front of the ONLY exit for a ride at Disney Land ride, everyone else JUMPED over it.......guess where that left me? Thank goodness my Mom was able to push me into the bathroom and although there was a bit of a mess from cleaning it.........she got it all off. My wheels just have an uncanny knack for finding gross and nasty things to run into and or through I guess. Hmmm you think if I could see it BEFORE I got to it.......you spose it'd help?

[Scribbler]

E-DOG, on Sep 3 2008, 12:57 AM, said:

Come on people. You know as well as I do that in Afganistan dogshit caught in yer wheels is concidered good luck. And a warm fresh lugy is always nice.
Collect enough and think of the money you'll save not buyin' hair gel.
An' don't EVEN get me started on the chewing gum thing, we ALL know how much that shit costs.
How 'bout a little gratitude folks. My goodness!
E

I'll remember how hard up you are E-DOG and collect all the gum off my wheels to send to you, there'll be plenty for you to chew on...

Thanks Hapa, I hope the fees not too high for the clean down and checking my big-end? As payment I could promise not to watch you naked in the poolon Google Earth... and yes your corrrect, the left one looks larger than the right....,


At least we can all wipe the nasties of our wheels, I feel sorry for you jules with those chemical burns on your hands. I hope they're ok now?

[Hapahowlee]

Watch out ladies, there's peeping Scribbler on the loose! Just a warning, he zooms in really close.

BTW was that you hovering over my house in the helicopter while I was skinny dipping?

If you correct my size issue, I'll clean your big end for free. I think that's fair don't you?

Edited by Hapahowlee, 04 September 2008 - 11:36 PM.

[edlee]

If you have cats that frequent your premises, you won't see much cat poo,,,,but the little bastards cough up a lot of fur balls.

Worse,,, if they like you they bring little presents ( partially eaten bits of unrecognizable small animals) which they like to leave in places you can't miss. Like right out6side your door.
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[jules]

At least I'm not the only one then! Having serious problems getting around with my hand all bandaged up, the acid has burnt quite deep, but hopefully will get away without needing plastic surgery on it.

Haven't found the culprit either.
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