On 2012-05-08 17:10:05 +0000, Brooklyn1 said:

> On Tue, 08 May 2012 04:08:54 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> On 5/7/2012 5:53 PM, gtr wrote:
>>> As if.
>>>
>>> I just burned the hell out of the side of my thumb shuffling salmon
>>> about in the broiler. Any ancient wisdom on how to treat it?
>>>
>>> I've got a blister 1 inch by 1/4 inch. I'm dosing it every hour with a
>>> fresh application of aloe vera goo.
>>>
>>
>> If you cook, you're going to get burned. I've gotten burned so many
>> times that I usually ignore it.
>
> Then you're a lousy cook, a klutz, and a menace...

Tools fail, sometimes you lose your grip on something, accidents happen
even to experts in every field.

> €¦a good cook is far less likely to suffer burns, cuts, or other cooking
> calamities...

€¦and less likely still means occasional...

> just like a good driver is far less likely to suffer driving accidents.

€¦until they encounter a bad driver...

> People who are unsafe in one thing are unsafe in all things.

One-size-fits-all platitudes fit no one.