celiac whining

[rm]

I am currently gluten-poisoned from licking an envelope yesterday. An envelope of my signature stationary. Which I usually don't lick because I can seal it with wax for the general hand deliveries I usually use it for. But I sent Patty a letter on it and had to lick it. And now I am sick as hell.

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[beemerbike.livejournal.com]

What in the world is gluten doing in paste? That just doesn't seem to make any sense.

[amberite.livejournal.com]

Oy. Blurk.

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

Are most envelopes this way? I've never thought about it before.

Cut off a little piece of a kitchen sponge for next time, I suppose.

[rm.livejournal.com]

This is apparently a very common occurence I've been repeatedly warned about, but I've used this stationary for years, so it never occured to me to worry.

[rm.livejournal.com]

This is apparently very common, yes. Stamps too.

[izzerwurst.livejournal.com]

goodness.. that is a severe allergy you have there. hope you feel better soon

[sociallyawkrd.livejournal.com]

Well that is the suck! I am sorry!

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

Sola bought some large things of glue for her bookbinding and all of them were wheatpaste. I refer to them as her jars of poison.

Have you ever had any experiences with other people's hair products, as in, if someone else was using a wheat-based conditioner and then having their hair in your bed? It seems a little far-fetched to me, since I don't sleep on Sola's pillows, and by the time her head is on them, the conditioner has been in her hair for 16 hours. But I've gotten sick from her handling bread and touching my computer, and me putting my hands in my mouth after typing. So, I don't know.

[marcmagus]

Wasn't it traditional to make a simple paste by adding a bit of water to some flour and mixing? Presumably much of the adhesion from this paste comes from the gluten which develops when mixing the flour and water.

Assuming I haven't completely manufactured this memory (haven't checked sources yet), it doesn't seem inconceivable that modern pastes might have similar components.

[beemerbike.livejournal.com]

in the 80's there was this whole thing at my school where people were dropping acid on Superman stamps. Ah, the good ole days!

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

At my office we seal envelopes by running a plain old glue stick over the glue on the envelope. We are pretty well-informed on allergies and sensitivities as we make medical-grade air purifiers and a lot of our core customer base is people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and absolutely ridiculously bad allergies.

But mostly I guess it's because the receptionist doesn't like the taste of envelope glue.

That is the suck, though, that such a small amount could do so much damage. I'm working on an article about MCS at the moment, so I've been researching sensitivities and allergies and the like, and it's really pretty sobering. And a lot more common than most people realize.

Feel better.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Oh, how completely annoying! My condolences.

They used to make a little tube of water with a sponge on the end - sort of like a glue stick - as a fancier, slightly less messy version of the sponge trick. I always had one around for receptionist/temp work in case I had to stuff envelopes. Glue sticks also work tolerably well, but sometimes glue stick plus stamp or envelope glue made a mess.

Hope you recover quickly.

do you not have access

[newwaytowrite.livejournal.com]

to postage stamps that are self sticking?

Re: do you not have access

[rm.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do! But I've been warned about this as a general problem.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

There are devices for this already :

http://www.officeworld.com/Worlds-Biggest-Selection/1748/07Q2/?gclid=CPDY3tDjxIwCFRogYQodCQnTYQ

Some come empy and you fill with water, some ( warning ) come with adhesive built in.

I use them to avoid paper cuts.

Where are you getting your wax for wax seals these days? I'm finding alo ofplaces carry low temp. plastic and not wax. Brittle and almost useless.