On 11/14/07 10:47 PM, in article ,
"Jangchub" wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:59:31 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

On 11/14/07 2:57 PM, in article
, "Sheldon"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Depends more on the pair -

Obviously the OP means each of the same material... would be silly to
compare the insulating quality of latex surgical gloves with asbestos
oven mitts.


Sheldon - blow it out your ass

LOL, Cheryl, I don't think I've ever seen you say anything like that
before :_) It gets a LOL AND and smiky face.

Victoria...in Texas where it was 87 degrees today, and it is 50
tonight. Finally cooling off, but it won't last as it's expected to
be up around 75 in a few days.
He just irritated the **** out of me for nth time and I probably shouldn't
have posted that. Wouldn't want to ruin my nice guy reputation.

On 11/15/07 12:09 AM, in article , "Jim"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Jim wrote:
Cheryl Isaak wrote:

It too cold here to think about much beyond the mittens and scarves.

which keeps your hands warmer, gloves or mittens?

Depends more on the pair - the pretty ones of either sort are USELESS,

that is so very funny to me and just about what I said to
my wife about my truck, it's a work truck, its useful, its
not supposed to be pretty.

And my truck, much battered looking, scares the dent and run jerks at the
rinks. Thing needs to keep running another 100K miles, 'cause college is
coming soon, and DD thinks she might want to be a goalie and ......

but my thinsulate gloves are great
as are the pair of windstop polar fleece
mittens.

thinsulate is some good stuff. my wife gave me a pair of really
warm gloves to wear while driving tractor doing winter land cut
overs. they are leather with thinsulate lining. before that I'd
put a jersey cloth glove inside of a leather work glove and before
that I'd put 3 pairs of socks over my hands.
I don't know if they are still around, but I had a pair of "Hot Fingers"
that kept me toasty. DH has several pairs he wears when plowing the drive.
C

Jim wrote in
:

enigma wrote:
but it can be hard to actually work while wearing
mittens.

kind of like trying to type while wearing boxing gloves.

i guess... i have nerve damage in my left hand so i type using
only my thumb & index finger of my right hand. i found out my
left ring & pinkie don't type after paying a nonrefundable #
200 for typing lessons
however i could type faster & more accurately two fingered
than my ex-ISP boss who could type 70 WPM, so it's not a big
deal

the 'best of both worlds' solutions is to have gloves
with a fold back mitten flap.

I saw a pair of those at one of the extreme outfitter
stores.

i make mine.

i make my under gloves without
fingertips because i need to keep a grip usually g,

sounds like a competitive shooter's glove where the palm
is covered with a recoil pad and usually with rubber
inserts to enhance grip while leaving the fingers exposed
for improved trigger sensitivity. past makes a really
good one.

the shooter's gloves i've seen have had a seperate index
finger (sometimes covered & sometimes open ended) & the rest
of the fingers in a mitten. i haven't tried knitting one like
that yet.
lee

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 11/14/07 10:47 PM, in article
, "Jangchub"
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:59:31 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

On 11/14/07 2:57 PM, in article
,
"Sheldon" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Depends more on the pair -

Obviously the OP means each of the same material...
would be silly to compare the insulating quality of
latex surgical gloves with asbestos oven mitts.


Sheldon - blow it out your ass

LOL, Cheryl, I don't think I've ever seen you say anything
like that before :_) It gets a LOL AND and smiky face.

Victoria...in Texas where it was 87 degrees today, and it
is 50 tonight. Finally cooling off, but it won't last as
it's expected to be up around 75 in a few days.
He just irritated the **** out of me for nth time and I
probably shouldn't have posted that. Wouldn't want to ruin
my nice guy reputation.

at least he thinks you're a female. he thinks i'm a guy
lee

On 11/15/07 7:42 AM, in article
, "enigma"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 11/14/07 10:47 PM, in article
, "Jangchub"
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:59:31 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

On 11/14/07 2:57 PM, in article
,
"Sheldon" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Depends more on the pair -

Obviously the OP means each of the same material...
would be silly to compare the insulating quality of
latex surgical gloves with asbestos oven mitts.


Sheldon - blow it out your ass

LOL, Cheryl, I don't think I've ever seen you say anything
like that before :_) It gets a LOL AND and smiky face.

Victoria...in Texas where it was 87 degrees today, and it
is 50 tonight. Finally cooling off, but it won't last as
it's expected to be up around 75 in a few days.
He just irritated the **** out of me for nth time and I
probably shouldn't have posted that. Wouldn't want to ruin
my nice guy reputation.

at least he thinks you're a female. he thinks i'm a guy
lee

We know differently!

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 11/15/07 7:42 AM, in article
, "enigma"
wrote:
at least he thinks you're a female. he thinks i'm a guy

We know differently!

wanna tell him i do have a saphouse & make maple syrup? he
says i *obviously* don't know anything because i don't call
the saphouse a "sugar house" or something silly like that.
oh! i *finally* ordered a barn! it should be up before the
holidays (hopefully before snow so i don't have to lug hay
down bale by bale... unless it ices, then i can slide downhill
on the bales. i did that when i was 6 months pregnant.
wheeeee!)
anyhow, we're going to move the boiler up to the barn (one 12
x 12 area will be the brewery/sapboiler area) & get a propane
arch. the sap still has to flow downhill, so we'll need to
pump it back up from the current saphouse, but still...
oh, & i'm pretty sure Perl has menengial worm. hopefully hers
won't be fatal. i like her.
lee

On 11/15/07 9:30 AM, in article
, "enigma"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 11/15/07 7:42 AM, in article
, "enigma"
wrote:
at least he thinks you're a female. he thinks i'm a guy

We know differently!

wanna tell him i do have a saphouse & make maple syrup? he
says i *obviously* don't know anything because i don't call
the saphouse a "sugar house" or something silly like that.

Well, if you share the syrup this year!
oh! i *finally* ordered a barn! it should be up before the
holidays (hopefully before snow so i don't have to lug hay
down bale by bale... unless it ices, then i can slide downhill
on the bales. i did that when i was 6 months pregnant.
wheeeee!)
Good for you!
anyhow, we're going to move the boiler up to the barn (one 12
x 12 area will be the brewery/sapboiler area) & get a propane
arch. the sap still has to flow downhill, so we'll need to
pump it back up from the current saphouse, but still...
There is that
oh, & i'm pretty sure Perl has menengial worm. hopefully hers
won't be fatal. i like her.
Poor thing
C

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 11/15/07 9:30 AM, in article
, "enigma"
wrote:
Well, if you share the syrup this year!

if they get the logging finished so i can run sapline! they
did get 3 loads out before the rain made it too boggy again,
enough to cover the property taxes & they've barely started.
if i can't run line we do about 10-20 buckets, but that's not
a lot of syrup, especially with at least 10 gallons of sap
earmarked for beer...
they'll be back to logging as soon as the ground freezes
(hopefully it will before February this year)

oh, & i'm pretty sure Perl has menengial worm. hopefully
hers won't be fatal. i like her.

Poor thing

i'm a bit peeved the vet hasn't called me back yet. there's
pretty much nothing you can do once it's symptomatic though. i
can just hope she ends up with minor neurological damage, like
a dragging foot or blindness
she's eating well & her mom is being supportive, as in
spending lots of time near her. it was really sad when we had
DNS put down. his mom spent weeks laying on the grave... she
doesn't go near it anymore now though.
lee

On 11/15/07 12:52 PM, in article ,
"Jangchub" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:25:39 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:


He just irritated the **** out of me for nth time and I probably shouldn't
have posted that. Wouldn't want to ruin my nice guy reputation.

Your rep is in tact. On Usenet I give people ten million chances
before my cork blows out.

I rarely blow up on or off line, and I usually ignore him, but this
time....
C

enigma wrote:

Jim wrote:
enigma wrote:
but it can be hard to actually work while wearing
mittens.

kind of like trying to type while wearing boxing gloves.

i guess... i have nerve damage in my left hand so i type using
only my thumb & index finger of my right hand. i found out my
left ring & pinkie don't type after paying a nonrefundable #
200 for typing lessons
however i could type faster & more accurately two fingered
than my ex-ISP boss who could type 70 WPM, so it's not a big
deal

never to accept defeat! it is always good when we overcome
what seems insurmountable. good job Lee.


the 'best of both worlds' solutions is to have gloves
with a fold back mitten flap.

I saw a pair of those at one of the extreme outfitter
stores.

i make mine.

talent admired and noted.

i make my under gloves without
fingertips because i need to keep a grip usually g,

sounds like a competitive shooter's glove where the palm
is covered with a recoil pad and usually with rubber
inserts to enhance grip while leaving the fingers exposed
for improved trigger sensitivity. past makes a really
good one.

the shooter's gloves i've seen have had a seperate index
finger (sometimes covered & sometimes open ended) & the rest
of the fingers in a mitten. i haven't tried knitting one like
that yet.

my grandmama could knit and crochet. I'd watch her and not
knowing the difference I'd ask, "grandmama are you knitting
or crocheting?" sad to say, that knowledge passed on with
her.

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Jim wrote:

[....]
that I'd put 3 pairs of socks over my hands.
I don't know if they are still around, but I had a pair of "Hot Fingers"
that kept me toasty. DH has several pairs he wears when plowing the drive.
C

http://www.heatmax.com/

http://www.heatmax.com/HotHands/index.htm

the product known as HotHands-2® is a wonderful thing to
have in your pocket while camping in the higher elevations
of the NC mountains during the wintertime.

http://www.heatmax.com/HotHands/hothands2.htm

On 11/15/07 11:52 PM, in article , "Jim"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Jim wrote:

[....]
that I'd put 3 pairs of socks over my hands.
I don't know if they are still around, but I had a pair of "Hot Fingers"
that kept me toasty. DH has several pairs he wears when plowing the drive.
C

http://www.heatmax.com/

http://www.heatmax.com/HotHands/index.htm

the product known as HotHands-2® is a wonderful thing to
have in your pocket while camping in the higher elevations
of the NC mountains during the wintertime.

http://www.heatmax.com/HotHands/hothands2.htm


Had some in the "survival box" for scouting, should find them and toss them
in the truck...

C

On 11/15/07 11:52 PM, in article , "Jim"
wrote:
SNIP
the shooter's gloves i've seen have had a seperate index
finger (sometimes covered & sometimes open ended) & the rest
of the fingers in a mitten. i haven't tried knitting one like
that yet.

my grandmama could knit and crochet. I'd watch her and not
knowing the difference I'd ask, "grandmama are you knitting
or crocheting?" sad to say, that knowledge passed on with
her.



So take some lessons!
C

Jim wrote in
:

enigma wrote:
the shooter's gloves i've seen have had a seperate index
finger (sometimes covered & sometimes open ended) & the
rest of the fingers in a mitten. i haven't tried knitting
one like that yet.

my grandmama could knit and crochet. I'd watch her and not
knowing the difference I'd ask, "grandmama are you knitting
or crocheting?" sad to say, that knowledge passed on with
her.

you can still learn! my 7 year old boy learned crochet in
school (not public school obviously) & he's starting to learn
to knit, although he really hasn't got the coordination quite
yet. he has been rake (frame) knitting since he was barely 5
though & has made a couple hats.
the simple way to tell knitting from crochet is that crochet
uses one hook & knitting uses 2 or more needles (i like 4 or 5
g). rake knitting is like those spool knitters but with more
nails to loop around
http://www.markmanfarm.com/
it's going on winter. you should have a bit of downtime to
learn a new skill
lee



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