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Heavy Gardening Gloves
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Martin wrote: On Fri, 24 May 2013 17:12:01 +0100, Tom Gardner wrote: If you can find an astronaut with no vestibular (semi-circular canal) function, I will be a little surprised. I'd have thought that was a distinct advantage for an astronaut. I suspect when the fluids float around in the labyrinths they generate all sorts of spurious signals that cause nausea. No signals = no nausea. If you can find somebody with no vestibular (semi-circular canal) function, who can walk about without falling over using only his sense of touch I will be a little surprised. Then prepare to be surprised. I am just one such - but, then, I am lucky because I have had a lifetime to adapt. I can even ride a bicycle and ski, but I need a very stable one of the former, and it took me 150 hours to learn the latter where people with normal abilities take 30. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 24/05/2013 22:39, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 24 May 2013 13:01:20 +0100, David Hill wrote: Tools slipping out of my hands. Failing to realise that what I am relying on for balance (and I balance entirely by touch) is not stable. But the former is the main one, and applies to almost every user of potentially dangerous tools. It's a known cause of industrial accident, in most cases a price worth paying because of the reduced risk - but sometimes it is the protective gear that is the main risk. If astronauts can cope, so can you, Nick :-) Yes But Astronauts undergo at least 2 years if intensive training Not to do gardening. It isn't rocket science. No, the compost would be a problem in the space station and they wouldn't do well outside But they do have a lot of training how to use tools in space with heavy gloves. I wonder how brambles would grow in low gravity. |
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Martin wrote: If you can find somebody with no vestibular (semi-circular canal) function, who can walk about without falling over using only his sense of touch I will be a little surprised. Then prepare to be surprised. I am just one such - but, then, I am lucky because I have had a lifetime to adapt. I can even ride a bicycle and ski, but I need a very stable one of the former, and it took me 150 hours to learn the latter where people with normal abilities take 30. I have had recurring vestibular (semi-circularcanal) function problems. I couldn't stay standing up without leaning against something or holding on to something. You must be almost unique. That is normal - I may be a bit unusual, but I am by no means unique. There are a fair number of people around who have had none since birth and you won't notice - many of those will be profoundly deaf, too, of course. I have heard about someone who lost his vestibular function in old age (20s) and adapted as well as I have - now that IS rare! I almost certainly lost the function after I had learned to walk and while still very young, so I could still develop new neural pathways (both for balance and hearing), which is why I am lucky. But using both all day is very, very (physically) tiring - I can carry a 50 lb pack all day over Scottish hills and be less tired than after a day of interacting with people. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Martin wrote:
On Fri, 24 May 2013 23:05:45 +0100, David Hill wrote: I wonder how brambles would grow in low gravity. out of control? No change there, then |
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On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:09:37 PM UTC+1, Tom Gardner wrote:
I have some brambles and roses to clear and would like to have a /thick/ pair of leather gloves so I don't experience involuntary acupuncture. I currently have one glove which is completely made of thick (1mm, probably 2mm) leather. It does resist thorns almost completely. Having looked in my local garden centre and DIY shops, all I can find is a myriad varieties of sort and/or thin and/or fleecy gloves that have leather on one side. Any hints as to how to locate heavy-duty leather gloves would be appreciated. Or anything else that is suitable for brambles (and preferably homicidal macaws, but that's another story). Thanks I use Briers Lined Hide gloves for just about everything from gardening through to carrying heavy sharp objects. I keep a pair in the car as well as in the garden shed, those in the car come in very handy if you have to change a wheel as I recently found out - dry and clean hands afterwards. The only place I've seen them sold recently is Waitrose. |
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"80/20" wrote in message
... On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:09:37 PM UTC+1, Tom Gardner wrote: I have some brambles and roses to clear and would like to have a /thick/ pair of leather gloves so I don't experience involuntary acupuncture. I currently have one glove which is completely made of thick (1mm, probably 2mm) leather. It does resist thorns almost completely. Having looked in my local garden centre and DIY shops, all I can find is a myriad varieties of sort and/or thin and/or fleecy gloves that have leather on one side. Any hints as to how to locate heavy-duty leather gloves would be appreciated. Or anything else that is suitable I use Briers Lined Hide gloves for just about everything from gardening through to carrying heavy sharp objects. I keep a pair in the car as well as in the garden shed, those in the car come in very handy if you have to change a wheel as I recently found out - dry and clean hands afterwards. The only place I've seen them sold recently is Waitrose. As has been mentioned on here before. I and others wear welding gauntlets for such work. Very thick and inexpensive from machine tool retailers. Mike |
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Tom Gardner wrote:
I have some brambles and roses to clear and would like to have a /thick/ pair of leather gloves so I don't experience involuntary acupuncture. I currently have one glove which is completely made of thick (1mm, probably 2mm) leather. It does resist thorns almost completely. Having looked in my local garden centre and DIY shops, all I can find is a myriad varieties of sort and/or thin and/or fleecy gloves that have leather on one side. Any hints as to how to locate heavy-duty leather gloves would be appreciated. Or anything else that is suitable for brambles (and preferably homicidal macaws, but that's another story). Thanks for all your help. The gloves I found in the builders' merchants and similar were "bog standard" and didn't have thick enough leather for me to feel they would be useful. Most of them also had woven material on the back of the hands, which definitely isn't good enough. Eventually I found some welders gauntlets in Arco. Their leather is noticeably thicker and they have an extra lining as well. Having just removed 10% of the brambles, only one thorn went through the glove, even though I was sometimes pulling on the bramble as hard as possible to get the very long stems out. I had far more pricks where the d*mn things caught me elsewhere. So, the welders gloves (enable me to) do the job. Thanks for all your help and advice. |
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