"brianlanning" wrote in message
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After complaining to my wife about the situation, she suggested rubber
gloves. You know the type, the thick yellow rubber ones swmbo uses to
do the dishes. They're thicker than latex surgical gloves, but thin
enough to feel what's happening. I stretched them over my hands and
proceded to move wood. I was surprised by how good they were. They
kept my hands warm (probably too hot in the summer), prevented
splinters, and provided an extra rubbery non-slip grip.

I plan to fix the car with them this weekend.

Actually, there's little hotter in warm weather and little colder when you
sweat in them in cold. Sort of like the nomex suits we flyers had to wear.
For EMS, they make cotton liners to absorb the sweat in winter, but even
then there's a lot of numb when working a car accident in the snow.