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I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? What do professional
contractors use them for?

And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.

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Steve B wrote:
I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? What do professional
contractors use them for?

And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.

Steve


I've heard it can be useful in identifying counterfeit paper money.
But if you have supernatural powers, you can just hold the bill up to
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Steve B wrote:

Does anyone have one of these, and what do you use yours for?
What do professional contractors use them for?


When you're at the airport getting in the security line to get to the
departure gates, the TSA boobs looking at your boarding pass and ID will
point a small flashlight at your ID (at least they seem to when you give
them a passport). I'm thinking that maybe this is one of those
UV/black-light flashlights.

Does anyone know what they're looking for / how this works?
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Steve B wrote:

I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? What do professional
contractors use them for?

And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.

Steve


Very commonly use for leak detection by adding UV dye to the
coolant/oil/refrigerant/etc. Also used for inspecting security features
on currency, IDs, etc.
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Steve B wrote:

Does anyone have one of these, and what do you use yours for?
What do professional contractors use them for?


When you're at the airport getting in the security line to get to the
departure gates, the TSA boobs looking at your boarding pass and ID will
point a small flashlight at your ID (at least they seem to when you give
them a passport). I'm thinking that maybe this is one of those
UV/black-light flashlights.

Does anyone know what they're looking for / how this works?


I have looked at passports. On the insides of each cover, it seems to be
made of rag paper, and there are fluorescent strands in there that show up
like crazy. On all pages, there are dashed lines, about an inch of light
fluorescent color, then an inch space, then another dash.

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On 11/14/2011 9:44 PM, Home Guy wrote:
Steve B wrote:

Does anyone have one of these, and what do you use yours for?
What do professional contractors use them for?


When you're at the airport getting in the security line to get to the
departure gates, the TSA boobs looking at your boarding pass and ID will
point a small flashlight at your ID (at least they seem to when you give
them a passport). I'm thinking that maybe this is one of those
UV/black-light flashlights.

Does anyone know what they're looking for / how this works?


watermarks printed in UV ink. My work ID (DoD) has one, as do most
credit cards. Some of the anti-counterfeiting features in US currency
also respond to UV. Not at all a new technology. As to what contractors
would use them for- not certain. Maybe looking for organic stains left
behind by plumbing leaks? You can by UV flashlights on-line pretty
cheaply- I have a junk one around here somewhere.

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Steve B wrote:

Does anyone have one of these, and what do you use yours for?
What do professional contractors use them for?


When you're at the airport getting in the security line to get to the
departure gates, the TSA boobs looking at your boarding pass and ID

will
point a small flashlight at your ID (at least they seem to when you

give
them a passport). I'm thinking that maybe this is one of those
UV/black-light flashlights.

Does anyone know what they're looking for / how this works?

Money and some documents have fluorecent threads embedded
in the paper, and also use flourecent paint, so faking
those will be a very difficult job.
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Ebay has them, often with light LED and with
laser pointer. I bought a couple for UV dye
detecting, but havn't had the chance to use
them. UV light is fun in a dark room, see what
has UV additives. Some typing paper, or some
kinds of bright color clothing.

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Very commonly use for leak detection by adding
UV dye to the coolant/oil/refrigerant/etc. Also
used for inspecting security features on currency,
IDs, etc.


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On 11/14/2011 9:44 PM, Home Guy wrote:
Steve B wrote:

Does anyone have one of these, and what do you use yours for?
What do professional contractors use them for?


When you're at the airport getting in the security line to get to the
departure gates, the TSA boobs looking at your boarding pass and ID will
point a small flashlight at your ID (at least they seem to when you give
them a passport). I'm thinking that maybe this is one of those
UV/black-light flashlights.

Does anyone know what they're looking for / how this works?


watermarks printed in UV ink. My work ID (DoD) has one, as do most
credit cards. Some of the anti-counterfeiting features in US currency
also respond to UV. Not at all a new technology. As to what contractors
would use them for- not certain. Maybe looking for organic stains left
behind by plumbing leaks?


Don't go into your bathroom with a black light.
You'll never want to go there again.


You can by UV flashlights on-line pretty
cheaply- I have a junk one around here somewhere.

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On 11/14/2011 8:11 PM, Steve B wrote:
I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? What do professional
contractors use them for?

And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.

Steve



I use them for leak detection in stationary and automotive AC systems.
I have a few UV flashlights and a 120 vac powered 100watt UV floodlight
in my leak detection kit. I use the big light to find leaks on big
systems like a 30 ton compressor rack operating a freezer the size of a
basketball court at a bakery. I have one very expensive UV flashlight
with a rechargeable battery that cost's $50 to replace. I use UV dye in
cooling systems for cars and trucks to find leaks and if there are a
large number of leaks it can be like looking at a star filled night sky.
You should see what a steel accumulator on a refrigeration system looks
like under UV when it has hundreds of pinhole leaks. ^_^

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I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? What do professional
contractors use them for?

And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.

Steve


Some aquarium lamps are black lights. It causes some fish to glow at
night.

Also the lights can be used in evidence tampering cases. A dust is
used and anyone that touched the evidence will have glowing
fingers....

I still have a 12 V boat battery powered light about the size of a
small aquarium light. It has a shield covering the bulb. I used it
when fishing at night. Some fishing lines (Stren) will glow at night
so you can see the line.

Night clubs used them to detect stamps so you can leave / enter the
club more than once by showing the stamp under the light.
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Ebay has them, often with light LED and with
laser pointer. I bought a couple for UV dye
detecting, but havn't had the chance to use
them. UV light is fun in a dark room, see what
has UV additives. Some typing paper, or some
kinds of bright color clothing.


Years ago, about 1967, there was a bar in Parkersburg, WV called the
"Purple Pussycat Lounge". They had a great array of UV lights and
several times during the evening would turn off regular lighting and
turn on the UV. It really showed cotton items, or lack thereof,
beneath the outer garments of the ladies. They especially used the UV
on amateur go-go night.
It was a very popular place.



Ah, the black light and strobe era.
If you had any dental work done, do not open your mouth, :-)
I liked the glowing gin and tonic drink.

I have a black light fluorescent lamp about 15" long.
I also have a plastic articulated skeleton that I hang on the inside of
the garage door so that the head and arms show through the glass panel.
The skeleton is of a glow-in-the dark plastic, you know, the kind that
glows green after a light activates it, but only for a couple of
minutes. I put the lit black light fixture on the garage floor just
inside the door and the skeleton glows continuously.

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On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:32:28 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
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Ebay has them, often with light LED and with
laser pointer. I bought a couple for UV dye
detecting, but havn't had the chance to use
them. UV light is fun in a dark room, see what
has UV additives. Some typing paper, or some
kinds of bright color clothing.


Years ago, about 1967, there was a bar in Parkersburg, WV called the
"Purple Pussycat Lounge". They had a great array of UV lights and
several times during the evening would turn off regular lighting and
turn on the UV. It really showed cotton items, or lack thereof,
beneath the outer garments of the ladies. They especially used the UV
on amateur go-go night.
It was a very popular place.


Ah, the black light and strobe era.
If you had any dental work done, do not open your mouth, :-)
I liked the glowing gin and tonic drink.

I have a black light fluorescent lamp about 15" long.
I also have a plastic articulated skeleton that I hang on the inside of
the garage door so that the head and arms show through the glass panel.
The skeleton is of a glow-in-the dark plastic, you know, the kind that
glows green after a light activates it, but only for a couple of
minutes. I put the lit black light fixture on the garage floor just
inside the door and the skeleton glows continuously.

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"Ah, the black light and strobe era."

The era is not over!

Ever try Midnight Bowling?

Black Light and Strobe Lights are very common.
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I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I
know scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is
full of them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does
anyone have one of these, and what do you use yours for?


We use ours to inspect foster kittens for ringworm (pops apple green under
"black" light) when they first arrive at our house. Step one of our complete
parasite detection/eradication program.


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On 11/14/2011 7:11 PM, Steve B wrote:
I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? What do professional
contractors use them for?

And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.

Steve


short wave uv light is used to detect the tin side of float glass.
normal uv flashlights won't work for this, but germicidal uv flashlights do.


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On 11/14/2011 7:11 PM, Steve B wrote:

I bought one of these the other day. *It says scorpion finder on it. *I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. *Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. *Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? *What do professional
contractors use them for?


And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.


Steve


short wave uv light is used to detect the tin side of float glass.
normal uv flashlights won't work for this, but germicidal uv flashlights do.


Steve,
I too have scorpions (Fort Worth)as my home sits on a rocky hill.
I've fought them *******s for years, with a wide array of chemicals,
DE powder etc. no help. Best thing I found was a couple of cats that
LIVE to hunt scorpions. I think the first one got bit on the chin by
one and now it's a vendetta, which has been communicated to the new
cats as they assimilated. Scorpions in our house have a rather short
life expectancy. Then the challenge was to stop them before they got
inside.
So I read that scorpions flouresce under UV. Bought a UV flashlight
off ebay for $16
IT WORKS. Those things light up like the proverbial dime in a goat's
butt!. The first night I walked around the house about 10:00 with the
UV light and a can of raid. Killed 6 of them inside of 10 minutes.
Gave me the creeps to see how many of them were around!
That was 3 years ago. After the first month I rarely found any, but
I do still find about one a week during the hottest weather.
Try it. It's actually fun. We had dinner guests over shortly after
I discovered this. I told them about it over dinner. That night they
spent more time outside than in. I'd hear the women squeal with
delight when they found one LOL.
Since then I've bought extras for neighbors. My spare went to Mom
a few weeks ago. Seems bedbugs flouresce also, according to the
entomologist that treated her house. Haven't verified that.
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Steve B wrote:

I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? What do professional
contractors use them for?

And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.

Steve



I have one I use to help me determine if an ivory carving is made from
genuine ivory or is a fake.

Natural ivory will fluoresce bright blue under UV light, and synthetics
will fluoresce a dull blue.


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Steve,
I too have scorpions (Fort Worth)as my home sits on a rocky hill.
I've fought them *******s for years, with a wide array of chemicals,
DE powder etc. no help. Best thing I found was a couple of cats that
LIVE to hunt scorpions. I think the first one got bit on the chin by
one and now it's a vendetta, which has been communicated to the new
cats as they assimilated. Scorpions in our house have a rather short
life expectancy. Then the challenge was to stop them before they got
inside.
So I read that scorpions flouresce under UV. Bought a UV flashlight
off ebay for $16
IT WORKS. Those things light up like the proverbial dime in a goat's
butt!. The first night I walked around the house about 10:00 with the
UV light and a can of raid. Killed 6 of them inside of 10 minutes.
Gave me the creeps to see how many of them were around!
That was 3 years ago. After the first month I rarely found any, but
I do still find about one a week during the hottest weather.
Try it. It's actually fun. We had dinner guests over shortly after
I discovered this. I told them about it over dinner. That night they
spent more time outside than in. I'd hear the women squeal with
delight when they found one LOL.
Since then I've bought extras for neighbors. My spare went to Mom
a few weeks ago. Seems bedbugs flouresce also, according to the
entomologist that treated her house. Haven't verified that.

reply:

After living here nearly five years now, I know we have them here. We live
on a sand dune with lava rock, the perfect habitat.

I knew this would show them, but had never gone out at night to seek them.
It is too cold now, but I figure this spring and summer there should be a
lot of them. This will also make it easier in the house to find any. We
have had a few in the house, but they are drunk from the bug spray. A
couple laying right out in the open.

I've been bitten twice, both times one crawled up my leg inside my jeans
while working outside. Quite a cramp, and a little bruise the size of a
dime. I haven't been bitten in the 9+ years I've been on coumadin since
heart surgery, so not sure how that's going to go.

We have a cat, but I'm not sure if she does anything except sleep and eat.
I think she'd keep them cleared out. My terrier/poodle would be something
else. She's fierce with anything that moves, and I believe she'd shred
them. She's hell on jackrabbits, chipmunks, and gophers.

We'll see how it goes when it warms up.

Steve


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On Nov 15, 1:27 pm, wrote:
On 11/14/2011 7:11 PM, Steve B wrote:

I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? What do professional
contractors use them for?


And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.


Steve


short wave uv light is used to detect the tin side of float glass.
normal uv flashlights won't work for this, but germicidal uv flashlights do.


Steve,
I too have scorpions (Fort Worth)as my home sits on a rocky hill.
I've fought them *******s for years, with a wide array of chemicals,
DE powder etc. no help. Best thing I found was a couple of cats that
LIVE to hunt scorpions. I think the first one got bit on the chin by
one and now it's a vendetta, which has been communicated to the new
cats as they assimilated. Scorpions in our house have a rather short
life expectancy. Then the challenge was to stop them before they got
inside.
So I read that scorpions flouresce under UV. Bought a UV flashlight
off ebay for $16
IT WORKS. Those things light up like the proverbial dime in a goat's
butt!. The first night I walked around the house about 10:00 with the
UV light and a can of raid. Killed 6 of them inside of 10 minutes.
Gave me the creeps to see how many of them were around!
That was 3 years ago. After the first month I rarely found any, but
I do still find about one a week during the hottest weather.
Try it. It's actually fun. We had dinner guests over shortly after
I discovered this. I told them about it over dinner. That night they
spent more time outside than in. I'd hear the women squeal with
delight when they found one LOL.
Since then I've bought extras for neighbors. My spare went to Mom
a few weeks ago. Seems bedbugs flouresce also, according to the
entomologist that treated her house. Haven't verified that.


When I was a kid growing up in the hills of North East Alabamastan,
scorpions showed up on the walls of our rural farm home quite regularly
along with all sorts of other critters most notably a particular type
of lizard common to the area. ^_^

TDD
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Black Light is a term that was created by Hippies on Drugs. They cant
all be wrong!!!!



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I bought one of these the other day. It says scorpion finder on it. I know
scorpions fluoresce, and when the weather gets warmer, this place is full of
them. Other uses are listed, one of them antique analysis. Does anyone
have one of these, and what do you use yours for? What do professional
contractors use them for?

And just for the netnannies, I know the light isn't actually black, but
rather UV, and "black light" is just an inaccurate term.

Steve



We used to use them to look for signs of rodents in warehouses. The
urine would fluoresce with a black light.
Seems to be a lot of uses for them,
http://catalog.miniscience.com/catal...ight_Uses.html
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We used to use them to look for signs of rodents in warehouses. The
urine would fluoresce with a black light.
Seems to be a lot of uses for them,
http://catalog.miniscience.com/catal...ight_Uses.html


Someone wrote to go look in my own bathroom. Urine fluoresces great! I
didn't know I was big enough to splash that far. I have seen TV programs
about health, and they do public bathrooms, and it makes you want to go
behind their businesses and do your deed by the dumpster.

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We used to use them to look for signs of rodents in warehouses. The
urine would fluoresce with a black light.
Seems to be a lot of uses for them,
http://catalog.miniscience.com/catal...ight_Uses.html


Someone wrote to go look in my own bathroom. Urine fluoresces great! I
didn't know I was big enough to splash that far. I have seen TV programs
about health, and they do public bathrooms, and it makes you want to go
behind their businesses and do your deed by the dumpster.

Steve


Wonder if all blacklights work the same? Nothing in my bathroom (other
than normal stuff washed in laundry detergent and some paper products)
fluoresce at all!

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We used to use them to look for signs of rodents in warehouses. The
urine would fluoresce with a black light.
Seems to be a lot of uses for them,
http://catalog.miniscience.com/catal...ight_Uses.html


Someone wrote to go look in my own bathroom. Urine fluoresces great! I
didn't know I was big enough to splash that far. I have seen TV programs
about health, and they do public bathrooms, and it makes you want to go
behind their businesses and do your deed by the dumpster.

Steve


Wonder if all blacklights work the same? Nothing in my bathroom (other
than normal stuff washed in laundry detergent and some paper products)
fluoresce at all!

Erik


Look at and around the toilet. Carefully. On the walls. If you have
nothing on your walls, floors, or toilet, I commend you or whoever it is who
is doing your cleaning. They are doing a mighty fine job.

Steve


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We used to use them to look for signs of rodents in warehouses. The
urine would fluoresce with a black light.
Seems to be a lot of uses for them,
http://catalog.miniscience.com/catal...ight_Uses.html

Someone wrote to go look in my own bathroom. Urine fluoresces great! I
didn't know I was big enough to splash that far. I have seen TV programs
about health, and they do public bathrooms, and it makes you want to go
behind their businesses and do your deed by the dumpster.

Steve


Wonder if all blacklights work the same? Nothing in my bathroom (other
than normal stuff washed in laundry detergent and some paper products)
fluoresce at all!

Erik


Look at and around the toilet. Carefully. On the walls. If you have
nothing on your walls, floors, or toilet, I commend you or whoever it is who
is doing your cleaning. They are doing a mighty fine job.

Steve


I do the cleaning... and although I'm no Martha Stewart, I was surly
expecting to see at least something. But no, zilch. Even waited a minute
in the dark for my eyes to adjust, but still nothing. Strange...

Erik


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*We used to use them to look for signs of rodents in warehouses. *The
urine would fluoresce with a black light.
*Seems to be a lot of uses for them,
http://catalog.miniscience.com/catal...ght_Uses..html


Someone wrote to go look in my own bathroom. *Urine fluoresces great! *I
didn't know I was big enough to splash that far. *I have seen TV programs
about health, and they do public bathrooms, and it makes you want to go
behind their businesses and do your deed by the dumpster.


Steve


Wonder if all blacklights work the same? Nothing in my bathroom (other
than normal stuff washed in laundry detergent and some paper products)
fluoresce at all!


Erik


Look at and around the toilet. *Carefully. *On the walls. *If you have
nothing on your walls, floors, or toilet, I commend you or whoever it is who
is doing your cleaning. *They are doing a mighty fine job.


Steve


I do the cleaning... and although I'm no Martha Stewart, I was surly
expecting to see at least something. But no, zilch. Even waited a minute
in the dark for my eyes to adjust, but still nothing. Strange...

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Maybe your blacklight is broke.

**** on the floor and then test it.
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We used to use them to look for signs of rodents in warehouses.
The
urine would fluoresce with a black light.
Seems to be a lot of uses for them,
http://catalog.miniscience.com/catal...ack_Light_Uses.
html


Someone wrote to go look in my own bathroom. Urine fluoresces great!
I didn't know I was big enough to splash that far. I have seen TV
programs about health, and they do public bathrooms, and it makes you
want to go behind their businesses and do your deed by the dumpster.

Steve


Wonder if all blacklights work the same? Nothing in my bathroom (other
than normal stuff washed in laundry detergent and some paper products)
fluoresce at all!

Erik


different "blacklights" have different spectra,and lamps are filtered
differently. Short-wave UV can harm the eye,cause it to cloud up,so most UV
lights are filtered to only pass long-wave UV.

"UV" is a band of wavelengths.

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We used to use them to look for signs of rodents in warehouses.
The
urine would fluoresce with a black light.
Seems to be a lot of uses for them,
http://catalog.miniscience.com/catal...ight_Uses.html

Someone wrote to go look in my own bathroom. Urine fluoresces great!
I
didn't know I was big enough to splash that far. I have seen TV
programs
about health, and they do public bathrooms, and it makes you want to
go
behind their businesses and do your deed by the dumpster.

Steve

Wonder if all blacklights work the same? Nothing in my bathroom (other
than normal stuff washed in laundry detergent and some paper products)
fluoresce at all!

Erik


Look at and around the toilet. Carefully. On the walls. If you have
nothing on your walls, floors, or toilet, I commend you or whoever it is
who
is doing your cleaning. They are doing a mighty fine job.

Steve


I do the cleaning... and although I'm no Martha Stewart, I was surly
expecting to see at least something. But no, zilch. Even waited a minute
in the dark for my eyes to adjust, but still nothing. Strange...

Erik


Makes me feel like a pure D slob .............

Steve


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There once was a man from Nantucket
Who went and ****ed outside of the bucket
He found the stain groovy
He was shining his UV
Now, his urine glows greenly and fluorescent

Now for his nightly whiz
The toilet he truly miss
Now carefully remind it
With flash light he can find it
And sponges used to mop up the pizz

With technology served on a platter
No excuse exists for that spatter
Best hit the bowl
We're on a roll
And no more ****ing from top of a ladder

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Someone wrote to go look in my own bathroom. Urine
fluoresces great! I
didn't know I was big enough to splash that far. I have
seen TV programs
about health, and they do public bathrooms, and it makes you
want to go
behind their businesses and do your deed by the dumpster.

Steve



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I do the cleaning... and although I'm no Martha Stewart, I
was surly
expecting to see at least something. But no, zilch. Even
waited a minute
in the dark for my eyes to adjust, but still nothing.
Strange...

Erik


Makes me feel like a pure D slob .............

Steve



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