Lorn, I worked in an analytical lab where we would get freebies from vendors and one of my favorites were these beakers that had handles added to them and they were intended for use as coffee cups. One day the safety committee came along and accused us of drinking out of labware (big no no). Henceforth we had to do our drinking surreptitiously, having a preplanned place to stuff it if someone came along. I'm not talking about drinking in the lab but in our offices!
Glad to hear some of my seeds are still coming along. I haven't been on the forum much lately though I check it out daily. Right now I am not happy with my seedlings as they somehow became infected with aphids and their whole life has been in the house under lights. I have now put them out on the front porch for the winter. Not sure what to do about the problem and it probably won't get cold enough here to kill them off. Of course they are on the BOTTOM sides of the leaves; hard to get at without snapping the leaves off
.
I like the idea of calibrating thermometers. Right now I don't have a dial type adjustable thermometer to use for calibration. Need to pick one up.