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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:42 AM
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Is it possible--no temp reading on a thermometer, but have a fever?
According to this thermometer, I have no temp at all--not even normal.

:wow:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:43 AM
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1. dead battery?
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:45 AM
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3. Hmmm--maybe.
Though I'm not sure where to put a battery in a thermometer. Oh well.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:46 AM
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5. I was assuming you are using an electronic thermometer
If you are, they take hearing aid sized batteries and the battery is usually located behind the display.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:53 AM
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7. Oh--thanks for the tip.
I see it now. I actually tried both kinds. I feel yucky, and neither says I have a temp.

I guess it's all in my head. :crazy:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:45 AM
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2. Maybe the red thing's just drawn on
Could happen. :shrug:
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:45 AM
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4. LOL!
THAT would be pretty funny!
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:49 AM
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6. Like the black keys on Schroeder's piano
Charlie Brown: "How do you play all those amazing pieces if the black keys are just painted on?"

Schroeder: "You gotta get the breaks."
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:48 AM
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11. Long story short, I have seen where the red stuff
leaks out or runs out. I had seen people hold thermometers under warm water before so I tried to "fix" my temperature one day to get out of school. I didn't know to run it under warm water. I ran the water as hot as I could. The end of the thermometer bustsd and the stuff ran out. That was a classic "oh shit" moment. Luckly we had two thermometers just alike. Whew, that was a close call.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:03 AM
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8. You are not craving brains, are you?
If you have no blood pressure and no pulse either, let me go grab a helmet to wear. :hide:
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:06 AM
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9. LOL--not at the moment...
:rofl:
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:18 AM
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10. there are other options
This guy comes running into the pharmacy and yells "You just insulted my wife, and I am going to punch your lights out." The pharmacist says "Let me explain what happened. First of all I was running late. As I was leaving I realised I forgot something and ran back in the house. When I came back out I discovered that I had locked my keys in the truck with the engine running. Then I had to wait 45 minutes for the locksmith to come and charge me $125 to get my truck unlocked. Because it had been running so long I ran out of gas before I got here. I had to walk two miles and buy a gas can and walk two miles back. When I opened up I accidentally dropped a roll of quarters on the floor and they rolled everywhere. As I was picking them up, I stood up and cracked by head on the cash register drawer. Just then the phone rang, and it was your wife asking how to use a rectal thermometer."

"So I told her."
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:52 AM
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12. LOL.
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 05:54 AM by Jamastiene
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