On 2012-05-08 19:50:55 +0000, Brooklyn1 said:

>>> a good cook is far less likely to suffer burns, cuts, or other cooking
>>> calamities...
>>
>> and less likely still means occasional...
>
> "I've gotten burned so many times" is not occasional.

Really? Exactly many times is "so many"?

> I've been cooking for more than 60 years and I cook practically every
> day, often all day...

Take the rest of the day off, Sarge--you deserve it after 60 years in
the kitchen.

> I've never gotten burned... professional cooks rarely if ever get burned.

Ah, I see; I'm not a professional. But it makes me wonder how
professionals got that way. Weren't they amateurs first and capable of
fallibility before becoming perfection incarnate? Or did the spring
from the womb as accomplished short-order cooks?

I rarely burn or cut myself. For me, "that many" would be once every 3
or 4 years or something. Still I thought it might be nice to know if
people had any recommendations. I did burn myself pretty badly on
fireworks once and a remedy would have been handy.

> Those who tend to burn themselves early on and often almost always find
> a different occupation, one without heat, or sharps. People who burn
> themselves as you do, "so many times" are typically careless in all
> things including personal hygiene, especially personal hygiene.

People who making sweeping statements about other people, other people
in categories that they are eager to point out that they are not a
member of--I always have problems with credibility there.