Peter-Lucas wrote on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:56:26 +0000 (UTC):

>>> I buy a box of 100 gloves for about $6.95.
>>
>>> They last a looooooong time.
>>
>>> I only use them for the 'dirty' jobs.... garlic (more than
>>> 3-4 cloves), onions (not that we use them all that often),
>>> raw meats, frigging around with the BBQ or Weber etc.
>>
>>> And quite often I'll have nicks or cuts or scrapes on my
>>> hands, or I've cut myself with the damn knife!! So they
>>> need to be covered as well.
>>
>> I'm sorry since I deplore the urge to have the last word and
>> I seem to be doing it,

> There's *never* "the last word" on this medium :-)

>> but I have found that disposable gloves just seem to make
>> life difficult or fall off at inconvenient times :-)
>>
> You must have *very* small hands, or have the wrong type of
> glove. I use latex gloves that fit like the type used in
> operating theatres..... except not as long.

Round we go again :-) Latex gloves are a bit expensive for one-time use,
IMHO.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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