Here's a dumb one(question,that is...)

[ilporcupine]

This is kinda old, now, but I don't think you read the whole exchange. That part was always understood.
Actually, the new 1ml syringe I got has a rubber cylindrical extension on the plunger, which completely fills the "needle nipple" portion. So only the needle itself retains any liquid. If you look at the exchange between zoiDman and myself, it was covered more fully. What he called 'between the lines' measurement was the solution to measuring with air between liquid and needle. By the time I had finished, I had worked it out in my head, and made the same realization.

 

[ilporcupine]

BTW. Liked your sig line.
"Sitting quietly, doing nothing; Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself." —Matsuo Bashō"
Probably not to the satisfaction of the Homeowners Association, though.