I find that as more years pass, I have more problems with dry hands.
My solution is a "folk solution". It is Bag Balm. Bag Balm is sold at all of your better feed and livestock supply stores. It has also made it to some of the trendy outdoor outfitters. Bag balm says right on it "for veterinary use only". It is a product to keep the udders of cows from chapping. I've known some people to use it as a cure for diaper rash on babies also. It is greasy but it has worked well for me for 15+ years. It has a much longer effect than any hand lotion I have tried and seems to aid in repairing split fingers and such.
Moooooooooooooooo
Ed
At 12:43 PM 1/25/2004, you wrote:
on 1/25/04 12:09 PM, Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> While Bic pens without the ink cartridge work well for tying half > hitches. I teach them to use their little finger. I like to keep it a > simple as possible.
Ed, I like to keep it as simple as possible too. But I agree with teaching the Bic pen (minus cartridge) technique. My skin is so dry that my fingers crack badly in the Winter (and always have).
Any beginners with a similar problem (and with a group that big, there are bound to be one or two) will have terrific problems making a half hitch using their finger, because the thread will catch in the cracks in the skin.
I prefer doing a whip finish 'by hand', but have to use a Matarelli whip-finish tool in the Winter.
Allan -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
