Comments on: Saving Money By Staying Healthy http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/ Smart Reasons to Save, Use and Invest Money Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:16:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Katana: Spring Cleaning and Moving Forward « Finance Blog http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-797 The Katana: Spring Cleaning and Moving Forward « Finance Blog Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:22:30 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1628#comment-797 [...] “Saving Money By Staying Healthy” is a hilarious read by Money Reasons which any germaphobe will [...] [...] “Saving Money By Staying Healthy” is a hilarious read by Money Reasons which any germaphobe will [...]

]]> By: MoneyReasons http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-796 MoneyReasons Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:21:25 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1628#comment-796 @Sam Lol, I thought I'd get a lot more ribbing on this one. I know I'm not the norm on this... but it works for me! Thanks for stopping by :) @Sam
Lol, I thought I’d get a lot more ribbing on this one. I know I’m not the norm on this… but it works for me!

Thanks for stopping by :)

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Financial Samurai Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:13:16 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1628#comment-795 Hahhaa, awesome! How do you spell "hypochondriac"?! Love the routine! I'm kinda a germophobe myself. Folks, FLOSS yo teeth and brush frequently! Don't forget to shower too, geez! Sam Hahhaa, awesome! How do you spell “hypochondriac”?!

Love the routine! I’m kinda a germophobe myself.

Folks, FLOSS yo teeth and brush frequently! Don’t forget to shower too, geez!

Sam

]]> By: Moneyreasons http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Moneyreasons Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:10:16 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1628#comment-794 Yeah, I'm a strange egg that way... While I try to avoid germs as much as possible, I don't like using chemicals to clean around the house. If I had it my way, we would use white vinegar and water for most of our cleaning. I don't use purell that much, but if it's available, and if I need it, I'll use it. I think it comes down to how strong your immune system is. Mine isn't so strong, so I adapt in other ways. Others..., they don't need to take the measures that I do, and good for them! I think that's great. I don't mind catching a simple cold every now and then, but I'm not going to go out of my way to catch them either ;) I guess I just believe it depend on what is going around, and one's history with illnesses. Yeah, I’m a strange egg that way… While I try to avoid germs as much as possible, I don’t like using chemicals to clean around the house. If I had it my way, we would use white vinegar and water for most of our cleaning.

I don’t use purell that much, but if it’s available, and if I need it, I’ll use it.

I think it comes down to how strong your immune system is. Mine isn’t so strong, so I adapt in other ways. Others…, they don’t need to take the measures that I do, and good for them! I think that’s great.

I don’t mind catching a simple cold every now and then, but I’m not going to go out of my way to catch them either ;)

I guess I just believe it depend on what is going around, and one’s history with illnesses.

]]> By: LeanLifeCoach http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-793 LeanLifeCoach Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:05:27 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1628#comment-793 Personally I think you are going a little far. I understand why you feel how you do. Been there, done that. I use to do all I could to avoid public restrooms anywhere! Then I started a traveling job... duh... what now? In time I just learned to accept that there are germs everywhere. I don't even think about it anymore. Funny thing, I am exposed to more germs by far than the average person. In over 12 years of traveling, I've been sick twice! To be honest, one of those was with the swine I caught on a flight back from Tulsa but still, look at the odds. There is also something to be said for exposure allowing your body to build natural immunity. I am sure you saw my post a few weeks ago, Ban Antibiotics... The data would show we need to embrace the germs. just another view... Personally I think you are going a little far.

I understand why you feel how you do. Been there, done that. I use to do all I could to avoid public restrooms anywhere!

Then I started a traveling job… duh… what now?

In time I just learned to accept that there are germs everywhere. I don’t even think about it anymore. Funny thing, I am exposed to more germs by far than the average person. In over 12 years of traveling, I’ve been sick twice!

To be honest, one of those was with the swine I caught on a flight back from Tulsa but still, look at the odds. There is also something to be said for exposure allowing your body to build natural immunity.

I am sure you saw my post a few weeks ago, Ban Antibiotics… The data would show we need to embrace the germs.

just another view…

]]> By: MoneyReasons http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-792 MoneyReasons Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:07:45 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1628#comment-792 @Jin6655321 It makes sense! And it's so much more sanitary, really. Good to hear that I'm not the only one. I remember being repulsed by the public phones at the grocery store I use to work at as a kid. It was indoor, so it didn't even have the rain and sun to bake some of the germs away. Needless to say, I never used that public phone... :) @Jin6655321
It makes sense! And it’s so much more sanitary, really. Good to hear that I’m not the only one.

I remember being repulsed by the public phones at the grocery store I use to work at as a kid. It was indoor, so it didn’t even have the rain and sun to bake some of the germs away. Needless to say, I never used that public phone… :)

]]> By: MoneyReasons http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-791 MoneyReasons Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:04:37 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1628#comment-791 @Debt Freedom Working on a ship, you probably constantly have to open and close doors. Guessing that such an environment is predominately male, I but using pieces of napkins would be harder to use with the rest of the guys around. Luckily, what I have been doing for the past few years is starting to spread... I see more and more people using the same techniques. @Debt Freedom
Working on a ship, you probably constantly have to open and close doors. Guessing that such an environment is predominately male, I but using pieces of napkins would be harder to use with the rest of the guys around. Luckily, what I have been doing for the past few years is starting to spread… I see more and more people using the same techniques.

]]> By: Jin6655321 http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Jin6655321 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:29:35 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1628#comment-790 I think your habits are perfectly normal. Then again, I am a pretty obsessive hand washer so I might not be the person to ask. Some people might think my preventive measures are a bit OCD but hey, I haven't gotten sick, not even a little cold, in years so, it works! I think your habits are perfectly normal. Then again, I am a pretty obsessive hand washer so I might not be the person to ask. Some people might think my preventive measures are a bit OCD but hey, I haven’t gotten sick, not even a little cold, in years so, it works!

]]> By: Debt Freedom http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/saving-money-by-staying-healthy/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Debt Freedom Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:49:10 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1628#comment-789 Ha! THis is great stuff thanks for sharing! I work on a large oil exploration ship in the Gulf of Mexico and I am constantly sharing a similar strategy as yours during our weekly safety meetings etc. With nearly 200 people working/living in close proximity to each other for weeks at a time, colds and flus travel like wild fire! I used to blame my sicknesses on my kids too, but last go around, I got sick and then my daughter had a similar sickness. I felt bad knowing that I probably gave it to her! Anyway, thanks for sharing your "personal routine" with us all! Ha! THis is great stuff thanks for sharing! I work on a large oil exploration ship in the Gulf of Mexico and I am constantly sharing a similar strategy as yours during our weekly safety meetings etc.

With nearly 200 people working/living in close proximity to each other for weeks at a time, colds and flus travel like wild fire!

I used to blame my sicknesses on my kids too, but last go around, I got sick and then my daughter had a similar sickness.

I felt bad knowing that I probably gave it to her!

Anyway, thanks for sharing your “personal routine” with us all!

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