Gross Stat of the Day

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I've never heard this before, but in the last couple of weeks I've heard it twice:

The average 8 year old mattress weighs twice as much as it did when it was brand new...This is due to the accumulation of dead skin, dried sweat and dead bed bugs.

Gross.
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  • eww. i could have went all day and not know that.
  • Um...well..uh....thanks for that one, Kurt. (gag). I thought you meant gross as in "before net". Holy cow.
  • Oh, great, Kurt! Now I'll have to sleep on the couch!

    Thanks for sharing, uh...I think...

    If I were still selling Kirby vacuums I could use that information.
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    • i *really* don't want to think what the couch 'gross' factor would be
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  • Since I've heard this (twice), I've been trying to think of ways to sleep standing up, like leaning in a corner or trying a hammock, or water bed. Maybe just change mattresses every time we change sheets?

    PS..Sal, in a way "gross" would fit both definitions, since we are talking about the weight of the mattress. It's the gross weight of the mattress that's gross.
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    • Actually it's dead dust mites, billions of the little guys.
      Unless you ment bed bugs in the generic sense.
      But then since DDT was banned bed bug populations have exploded.
      Just think of all those little mites climbing all over you while you sleep:rolleyes:
  • Less dangerous than all that DDT sinking into your skin, Thom.

    Doesn't anyone ever vacuum their mattresses any more? Or sprinkle
    salt on them under the mattress cover to keep out bugs, molds, fungi, etc?
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    • And more profitable
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  • Is this serious. My grandmother always told me stuff like this but I thought she was just losing it haha.

    I will certainly start cleaning my mattress more or better yet, get a new one hha!
  • In another life I sold Electroux vacuums...

    Vacumming a mattress then dumping the contents back out on it was a sure deal closer...I could even convince them that pile on their mattress was moving if they would just look enough.
  • I'm gonna take my AK and blast the hell outta my bed
    before I go to bed.

    Problem solved.

    Related note...

    I've "heard" that it's a similar story with carpets. Seems
    they can be many times heavier than originally due to
    all the various crud the vac couldn't remove.

    Probably have mites in me carpet, too. Where's my AK...
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    • Ken,

      That doesn't work. They keep coming back. I've already tried that a few times in the kitchen cupboards.
  • I want to thank everyone who contributed to this thread. Every inch of my body is now itchy and I don't believe I'll sleep right ever again.

    Good work!
  • nice..... I wondered why it was getting heavier when I turned it lol
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    • 4" think memory foam mattress pad and a cover. Replace the pad annually. End of problem. Well, most of it, anyway.

      Want gross? Check out http://www.peopleofwalmart.com

      THAT is gross.


      Paul
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  • I've never heard of Gibtown, Thom. So why do I get the feeling I don't wanna go there?
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    Gross Stat of the Day

    I've never heard this before, but in the last couple of weeks I've heard it twice: The average 8 year old mattress weighs twice as much as it did when it was brand new...This is due to the accumulation of dead skin, dried sweat and dead bed bugs.