Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes?

I use kitchen tongs.

Just kidding. I use my teeth.

@hilde45 , 😆

@mclinnguy ,

I believe it was John Harvey Kellogg.

Yeah, no matter how you pop tubes in and out, be careful of smearing the printing.

I grab it at the top, gentle wiggle back and forth, then pull it up by the bottom.

@mclinnguy ,

I always get those two mixed up...

I’m sure someone is going to dispute this, live and learn!

@faustuss ,

You are correct!

I’m totally disputing this. Since the ideal material for storing acids is glass, and highly corrosive hydrofluoric acid is about the only acid that etches glass, this is pegging my Poppycock meter to the point I had to unplug it and take an aspirin. Some manufactures literally acid etched their date codes on their tubes without stressing the integrity of the glass after decades. 🤔

@texasblues1959 ,

I'm confused by your response, which is not unusual for me. Are you agreeing? Disagreeing? While you decide, I'm going to take another aspirin.

@texasblues1959 ,

It's all right, they're baby aspirin. I'm Quite delicate...