Re: Ho hum

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 00:26:44 +0000 (UTC), David Scheidt
<dscheidt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


The little spot on the tip of the finger drives me nuts typing,
though. I'm not diabetic, but I give blood every 8 weeks or so, and
always insist they stick my left thumb.

Yeah; I've had cluless techs do that too. The trick is to *insist*
that they do it on the side of the finger, not the tip, not the front.
That way, the parts of the finger that get used aren't affected.

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