OT: Hand pain

[Muggles]

Hadn't thought about the bottle caps point of view. That's certainly interesting.

[Don Y]

I don't know if it is lack of strength, inability to "close a fist", or something else... but, it seems like manual dexterity suffers with age. I have no problems with small caps (1") *or* large (4") but many of my friends have problems with both these extremes.

[Muggles]

hmmm I have small hands and short fingers, so I don't have much of a grip when it comes to larger bottle caps or even jars, for that matter. Do you think size of hands has anything to do with it?

[Don Y]

For large diameter, sure. But, that "problem" would exist from adolescence, etc.

For *small* diameter, though, small hands shouldn't pose a problem. Indeed, larger hands can get in the way for smaller diameters (forcing the user to use fingertips instead of the length of the finger)

[Muggles]

I had a similar problem with my small hands and short fingers when I played guitar.

[rbowman]

You're not left handed are you? When they first came out with the twist off caps on beer bottles I seemed to have more problems than my friends. After thinking about it (and getting the bottle open) I realized it was like pipe wrenches or ChanelLoks. As you twist counterclockwise with your right hand, it pulls your thumb into the cap; left handed it tends to push your thumb away.

[rbowman]

Big hands and fingers are no picnic either. I never could play a barre A without muting something.

[Muggles]

I'm right-handed, and I always grabbed a cloth to put between me and a bottle cap like that. It always hurt if I didn't do that.

[Muggles]

I could never reach across to play a bar chord. Used a capo a lot.

[Tekkie®]

[This followup was posted to alt.home.repair and a copy was sent to the cited author.]

Uncle Monster posted for all of us...

What did Elvis' hands have in them?

[Tekkie®]

[This followup was posted to alt.home.repair and a copy was sent to the cited author.]

Uncle Monster posted for all of us...

g tight lids and I like the flexible silicone pads that you can wrap around a lid to help you grip it.(???)

It's about time you got a grip on it...

[rbowman]

I've got a capo but I've never used them much. I don't sing or play with a group so it doesn't matter to me what the key is.

[rbowman]

A fried peanut butter and banana sandwich.

[Muggles]

I still have my capo, but don't have my guitars any more.

[rbowman]

So you use your capo to make capons?

[Muggles]

I just put it away one day when I still had my guitars and forgot about it. Sold the guitars and found the capo years later. Never got rid of it. lol