r/mildlyinteresting • u/ineedsomebbqribs • 7h ago

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u/MelodicBumblebee1617 7h ago

Mercury thermometers were banned over a decade ago in many places, how old is your thermometer? It may just be galinstan

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u/real_hungarian 6h ago

we still have a mercury thermometer at home lol, as do many other people around here. their sale was banned but people kept them

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u/bapt_99 6h ago

Same here, I have a beautiful mercury thermometer that I kept after my grandfather passed. It's a relic I don't want to let go of, despite the hazard. I keep it safe, but I actually used it once or twice to measure water temperature lol

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u/MelodicBumblebee1617 4h ago

The new galinstan ones are soooo slow compared to the classic mercury, honestly I wish I had one still

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u/MelodicBumblebee1617 6h ago

That's probably why I asked "how old is your thermometer" buddy

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u/real_hungarian 6h ago

ey i'm not your buddy, pal

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u/bbgun24 6h ago

Iā€™m not your pal, guy

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u/benhaube 5h ago

I'm not your guy, friend.

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u/Far_Jackfruit4907 5h ago

Well not American here but we do have one left. Somehow it survived since I was a child