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Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

I have to ask- when you're measuring outside of the lab, do you still find yourself placing the container on the counter to make sure the meniscus is where its supposed to be? Whenever I'm measuring anything, I still find myself doing that, and my friends look at me like I'm nuts. I can't measure a cup of water without placing it down, and pouring it in while I'm eye level with the measuring cup.

I do that all the time. Between all the chemistry classes I took as a kid, and the fact that I learned to cook from my mother (who is a doctor and therefore also took a bunch of chem classes), I have to put the beaker - er, measuring cup - down on the counter and look for the meniscus.