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On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 20:28, Everett Barnes wrote: > > Now days, you are looked down on if you have grease under your > fingernails. But what does that "bright kid" do when his car breaks down on > the highway. He calls the guy with the grease under his nails. > > > I wear disposable gloves most of the time so my hands don't look too bad at > work. > > I found out it was pointless a while back though when my boss said she could > tell I worked on my cars a lot because my hands were so scarred up. > I have tried using rubber gloves, but my hands sweat so much, I usually end up pulling them off. The only time I use them now is with stong chemicals. And after over 40 years, my hands are just one big scar. But after my heart attack a few years ago and the blood thinners that I take, A busted knuckle can get a little scary to someone near me when it happens. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~