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The Pipettes

JDTraynor [Edit] [Delete] 34 replies 13:56 May 24th, 2005
At school, I found pipettes to be disappointing. The objective when using a pipette is to transfer liquid from one location to another by depressing the rubbery end, immersing the other end in the liquid and then releasing the rubbery end to create a vacuum that is occupied by the liquid. The liquid is released by depressing the rubbery end. A simple process that achieved its objective but it was always aesthetically unrewarding: The rubbery end had no resistance to pressure, it depressed too easily, there never seemed to be sufficient quantity of liquid filling the vacuum and the emission of the liquid was so insipid: It dribbled out rather feebly and flaccidly. The process was fiddly.
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  • Re: The Pipettes

    Why did you post this John?
    Don't you have a job or a life?
    Psyche | 24 May '05, 13:58 | X | ^ This | Reply

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    There's only one 'rubbery end' around here
    Miserabli | 24 May '05, 13:58 | X | ^ This | Reply

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      see what ya did there!
      ladyoftheflowers @Miserabli | 24 May '05, 13:59 | X | ^ This | Reply

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      I really do feel sorry for you John, I really do.
      If you have nothing to occupy your time or your mind with by posting these long threads on here then you really ought to find something to do. Talking about lab equipment and putting it into a long essay....are you really that bored?
      Psyche @Miserabli | 24 May '05, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

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        It took about two minutes, as an aside while I am doing something constructive, since you ask.
        JDTraynor @Psyche | 24 May '05, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply

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          so you admit that this is totally non-constructive and pointless then?
          commandercool @JDTraynor | 24 May '05, 14:08 | X | ^ This | Reply

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          What would that be?
          Picking bits of wallpaper off the wall?
          Straightening Chairs?
          Curtain Twitching?
          I'm sorry but anyone who can write like that in such a long winded way about something like a Pipette must have some kind of social problem.

          I don't hate you John like the majority of people here, I feel sorry for you. You must have something lacking in your life if you make posts like that.
          Psyche @JDTraynor | 24 May '05, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply

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    Haha.
    Countless opportunities for freudian interpretations here.

    We had proper squirty pipettes in A-level chemistry, didn't make the titrations any less tedious though, or stop everyone making up their results to avoid doing them
    matt | 24 May '05, 14:12 | X | ^ This | Reply

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      You say you found Pipettes "disapointing"
      Why? It's a Pipette? What expectations did you have of it?

      I'm sorry John, but there is something seriously wrong with you that you want to get help for.
      Psyche @matt | 24 May '05, 14:14 | X | ^ This | Reply

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      Yeah, experiments at school were rubbish. You always knew what the answer was going to be before you did the experiment. Now where's the point in that...

      And we always had to do two titrations and get them within a few milliltres of each. That was really annoying. I think most people did one, then made up the second.

      I really shouldn't be thinking about this 6 years later...
      ImageChange @matt | 24 May '05, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply

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        I wondered about his (John's) disillusion with pipettes. Maybe you should start with something less fiddly, more swooshy like a turkey baster for experiments on a grand scale then once you get to the hard, more delicate stuff you can move onto your standard pipette.

        Not that I really know, I only did single science GCSE such was my loathing of drawing diagrams of beakers and gauzes.
        Slicky @ImageChange | 24 May '05, 14:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

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    I was always trying to get a better glimpse of my lab partner's tits, and she was inept. (She is now a radiologist and I am now an ex-con, go figure.) The lab prof would keep a close eye on us as he feared something would explode at any moment.

    But the next morning we'd always come in with near perfect results. It was a simple matter of reading ahead a little bit and dry labbing (?) the exercise. The prof knew what I did and I knew that he knew but no one else could figure it out. Dumbshits. It sure did piss off a lot of my classmates!
    oceanRain | 24 May '05, 18:03 | X | ^ This | Reply

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    Meh, I use pipettes. A lot. There's a certain skill to it. Trust me, when you've spent upwards of 25 hours a week pipetting material you've just spent a week making, you learn quickly.

    You can also get auto-pipettes as well, which just require you to set the volume on the side with little rollers, then push the button in and it gets exactly that amount. Amazing things.
    SuperSheep | 24 May '05, 21:59 | X | ^ This | Reply

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    The Pipettes are playing a FREE gig at the Borderline on Monday (May 30th) with Louie supporting. It's going to be GOOD.
    shadyadie | 25 May '05, 10:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
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