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Pierced coffee mug

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I found myself the ideal coffee mug for the lab yesterday- one with a CBR going through the rim. Since I am the only modded person in the lab, there is no question about who this mug belongs to For the German RABbits who might be interested: The company making them is called "Kahla" and you can buy them in those expensive, conservative tableware stores with really uptight- looking employees, for 16 DM. Nina — About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com

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: I found myself the ideal coffee mug for the lab yesterday- one with a : CBR going through the rim. Now that makes me wonder how one would go about stretching that hole… i.e. would you use a tapered drill ? Heh. Or: what jewellery options do you have ? frank    replace .com with .de to reply.     –  It’s a man’s life in the British Dental Association.

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>I found myself the ideal coffee mug for the lab yesterday- one with a >CBR going through the rim. >Since I am the only modded person in the lab, there is no question about >who this mug belongs to >For the German RABbits who might be interested: The company making them >is called "Kahla" and you can buy them in those expensive, conservative >tableware stores with really uptight- looking employees, for 16 DM.

You can get them with tribal work on, too Thomas

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>Now that makes me wonder how one would go about stretching that hole… >i.e. would you use a tapered drill ? Heh.

I guess it’s one of the very few pierces that you can get from 14 ga to 00 in two seconds . >Or: what jewellery options do you have ?

There’s a 14 ga CBR in it now, but I guess you could get a 12 ga in. Maybe a CBB, or a circular barbell. But I don’t have any leftover jewellery at the moment. I guess you could make a rim ladder too. Or a trans-rim industrial. You’d have to leave a spot empty so you can still drink from the mug . Nina – "Communication" is the magic word!                -Steffen (my husband) About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com Please remove "damn.spam." to send me email

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You know what I like about DMs? their worth about the same as the cndn$ so I don’t have to figure it out in the Sin-o-matic catologue (hehehe, before I was using the US price and converting that to canadian, then i realized the prices were comming up the same as dm’s hehehe kewl..) Ok, I am soooo going to have to do this now, get some cheap ass mug at a garage sale or Value Village and get my other half to drill a hole in and put in this damn BB that my upper cart just won’t accept (it’s 14ga, the hole’s about 18 or 20, and just won’t accept anything bigger > I found myself the ideal coffee mug for the lab yesterday- one with a > CBR going through the rim. > Since I am the only modded person in the lab, there is no question about > who this mug belongs to > For the German RABbits who might be interested: The company making them > is called "Kahla" and you can buy them in those expensive, conservative > tableware stores with really uptight- looking employees, for 16 DM. > Nina > — > About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com

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: : I guess you could make a rim ladder too. Or a trans-rim industrial. : You’d have to leave a spot empty so you can still drink from the mug : . : How about a handle ladder ? That would make for an interesting ‘feel’ holding it. frank    replace .com with .de to reply.     –  It’s a man’s life in the British Dental Association.

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Nina, If you get a chance could you please put the picture of the mug on your site.  Thanks, Len – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I found myself the ideal coffee mug for the lab yesterday- one with a > CBR going through the rim. > Since I am the only modded person in the lab, there is no question about > who this mug belongs to > For the German RABbits who might be interested: The company making them > is called "Kahla" and you can buy them in those expensive, conservative > tableware stores with really uptight- looking employees, for 16 DM. > Nina > — > About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com

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>Nina, >If you get a chance could you please put the picture of the mug on your >site.  Thanks,

I’ll do that tomorrow Nina – "Communication" is the magic word!                -Steffen (my husband) About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com Please remove "damn.spam." to send me email

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Thanks, I’ll definitely check it out!! Len – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Nina, >If you get a chance could you please put the picture of the mug on > your >site.  Thanks, > I’ll do that tomorrow > Nina > – > "Communication" is the magic word! >                -Steffen (my husband) > About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com > Please remove "damn.spam." to send me email

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>: I found myself the ideal coffee mug for the lab yesterday- one with a >: CBR going through the rim. >Now that makes me wonder how one would go about stretching that hole… >i.e. would you use a tapered drill ? Heh. >snip<

Hmmm…from a health & safety point of view, that would be unsafe. Seeing as I sell both coffee & piercing & tattoo books, I’d love to customise our mugs in this way. Unfortunately, chipped cup-rims or intentionally pierced ones harbour bacteria & have to be avoided, especially by those with immune system problems. Never had any trouble meself, but know people who avoid them scrupulously. So, unless the mug was *made* with the hole in it before glazing, it’s not safe if you are HIV positive. Just one of those piercing hazards… Lucy (*) (who also makes her own mugs…hmmm…) — "I stood naked in a dark & bleak eternity & filled it with my exultation"                                             Wynn Westcott (1848-1925)

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>Hmmm…from a health & safety point of view, that would be unsafe. >Seeing as I sell both coffee & piercing & tattoo books, I’d love to >customise our mugs in this way. Unfortunately, chipped cup-rims or >intentionally pierced ones harbour bacteria & have to be avoided, >especially by those with immune system problems. >Never had any trouble meself, but know people who avoid them >scrupulously.

Good point! >So, unless the mug was *made* with the hole in it before glazing,

That’s the way mine was made. Nina – "Communication" is the magic word!                -Steffen (my husband) About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com Please remove "damn.spam." to send me email

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Even if you pierced the mug after glazing, a liberal dose of hydrocortisone would probably be a good thing.   When the mug inflames before the infection .. hoo boy, now that is ugly.  (just kidding) Geoffrey – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Hmmm…from a health & safety point of view, that would be unsafe. >Seeing as I sell both coffee & piercing & tattoo books, I’d love to >customise our mugs in this way. Unfortunately, chipped cup-rims or >intentionally pierced ones harbour bacteria & have to be avoided, >especially by those with immune system problems. >Never had any trouble meself, but know people who avoid them >scrupulously. >Good point! >So, unless the mug was *made* with the hole in it before glazing, >That’s the way mine was made. >Nina >- >"Communication" is the magic word! >               -Steffen (my husband) >About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com >Please remove "damn.spam." to send me email

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->: I found myself the ideal coffee mug for the lab yesterday- one with a >: CBR going through the rim. >Now that makes me wonder how one would go about stretching that hole… >i.e. would you use a tapered drill ? Heh. >snip< >Hmmm…from a health & safety point of view, that would be unsafe. >Seeing as I sell both coffee & piercing & tattoo books, I’d love to >customise our mugs in this way. Unfortunately, chipped cup-rims or >intentionally pierced ones harbour bacteria & have to be avoided, >especially by those with immune system problems. >Never had any trouble meself, but know people who avoid them >scrupulously. >So, unless the mug was *made* with the hole in it before glazing, it’s >not safe if you are HIV positive. Just one of those piercing hazards… >Lucy (*) (who also makes her own mugs…hmmm…)

Make some with various jewelry in it! I’m sure there are a few UK rabbits who would buy one off you, I think I would Smeg (pierced coffee mugs, how cool!) — http://www.bigfoot.com/~smeg-head . I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way. . The truck backed through my windscreen into my wife’s face. . The pedestrian hit me and went under my car. . The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before       I hit him. . In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.                 *Insurance claim excuses.

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says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Make some with various jewelry in it! I’m sure there are a few UK > rabbits who would buy one off you, I think I would > Smeg (pierced coffee mugs, how cool!) > — > http://www.bigfoot.com/~smeg-head > . I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way. > . The truck backed through my windscreen into my wife’s face. > . The pedestrian hit me and went under my car. > . The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before   >     I hit him. > . In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole. >                 *Insurance claim excuses.

Same here, my south park cartman mug at work is looking a little grubby now anyway, and a pierced one would certainly give the narrow minded tossers i work with something to talk about! Steve — ICQ no. 11231236 "My advice to all you boys and all you girls is never try to be old" Stay young, Ultrasound

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> Even if you pierced the mug after glazing, a liberal dose of hydrocortisone > would probably be a good thing.   When the mug inflames before the infection > .. hoo boy, now that is ugly. >  (just kidding)

Oh man! A pus-weeping coffee mug. How disgusting. Well, if it doesn’t clear up, it has a staph infection and the handle will rot off. Nina — About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com

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> Thanks, I’ll definitely check it out!!

It’s up! I had trouble connecting to the FTP server over the weekend, so it took a little longer… http://nina.baltes.8m.com/mug.html NIna — About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com

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Well I guess you could keep mud from a stream in it. Geoffrey – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Even if you pierced the mug after glazing, a liberal dose of hydrocortisone > would probably be a good thing.   When the mug inflames before the infection > .. hoo boy, now that is ugly. >  (just kidding) >Oh man! A pus-weeping coffee mug. How disgusting. Well, if it doesn’t >clear up, it has a staph infection and the handle will rot off. >Nina >– >About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com

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> Well I guess you could keep mud from a stream in it.

Only as long as the natural glaze flora is not disturbed. Nina — About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com

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:> :> Well I guess you could keep mud from a stream in it. : : Only as long as the natural glaze flora is not disturbed. : OK. But what happens in the dishwasher ? I should expect most of the bacteria that might have settled inside the hole to have vanished after the detergent/heat treatment; though I don’t want thios to be understood as an option for sterilisation prior to piercing. frank    replace .com with .de to reply.     –  It’s a man’s life in the British Dental Association.

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> OK. But what happens in the dishwasher ? I should expect > most of the bacteria that might have settled inside the hole > to have vanished after the detergent/heat treatment; though > I don’t want thios to be understood as an option for > sterilisation prior to piercing.

The temperatures reached in a dishwasher, together with the detergent, would certainly get rid of most germs. But not every mug piercer can afford to buy a dishwasher. I, for example, married one instead . Nina — About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com

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I think my mug has an infection. I filled it with tea this morning, took a sip, and when I put it down, I noticed that the hole leaked some clear brownish fluid. What is it? Is my mug sick? Could it be because I used it for tea, not for coffee? Nina

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Did it have an odor?   Did the cup appear to heat up for no apparent reason? Did it swell or shake… OK, don’t panic.  Get the mug to a mug hospital and ABOVE ALL DO NOT DROP IT.   It is in a very fragile state when it is leaking like this.   Since the mug is not human, a veterinary hospital would be OK if that is the nearest thing.    It needs a silicon injection to help the glaze recover. Possible lithium after that will help the underlying fascia recover it’s strength and sense of reserve. Geoffrey – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I think my mug has an infection. I filled it with tea this morning, took >a sip, and when I put it down, I noticed that the hole leaked some clear >brownish fluid. What is it? Is my mug sick? Could it be because I used >it for tea, not for coffee? >Nina

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>Did it have an odor?   Did the cup appear to heat up for no apparent

reason? It did! Right after I poured the tea in! Omigod, now I’m scared!     It needs a silicon injection to help the glaze recover. >Possible lithium after that will help the underlying fascia recover it’s >strength and sense of reserve.

Isn’t there something more *natural*? Nina – "Communication" is the magic word!                -Steffen (my husband) About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com Please remove "damn.spam." to send me email

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OK… First I do not think that any of the physiological diseases that effect tea cups are cross species.  Of course, if it is dirty … that’s another story.   If it is dirty… Soak it in Wavacide for a week and then put it in an autoclave.   It will be dead but it will not infect you. Assuming that you wish to keep your cup alive and are willing to face the very dangerous conditions (as defined by RAYMOND PEARSON) which this could entail … I still would recommend The Silicon and Lithium protocol.   However, if you are determined to follow the natural root here is a suggestion… Take some Lichen which eats Lithium and put it in a glass with some Red Clover… Brew this thoughly.   Take the infusion and dilute it by 1/2. Shake towards the earth.   Keep diluting and shaking.  Repeat until you have diluted and shook 100 times.   Poor the resulting admixture into the patient cup.    Stand there.   At this point you have lost your job and possibly your husband… So …the only thing you have left in the world is your pierced cup.   You will feel an overwhelming wave of love overtaking you for that cup.  The cup will feel it and it will feel the magnetized lichen molecules pulsing within it’s heart.    Your cup will be cured. Geoffrey – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Did it have an odor?   Did the cup appear to heat up for no apparent >reason? >It did! Right after I poured the tea in! Omigod, now I’m scared! >    It needs a silicon injection to help the glaze recover. >Possible lithium after that will help the underlying fascia recover >it’s >strength and sense of reserve. >Isn’t there something more *natural*? >Nina >- >"Communication" is the magic word! >               -Steffen (my husband) >About me: http://nina.baltes.8m.com >Please remove "damn.spam." to send me email

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no problem, just take it in the shower with you, soak and wash it and give it salt water soaks!! > Oh man! A pus-weeping coffee mug. How disgusting. Well, if it doesn’t > clear up, it has a staph infection and the handle will rot off.

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