Good idea, if I can fit a 3/8 drive knuckle to the end of my shlong (err shlort in my case) ,,,, no dirty hands
If you rub it on a magnet it could also double up as one of those magnetic grabber things for when you loose a bolt down the side of an engine.
I have a box of blue nitrile gloves I bought from GSF that I use when I work on anything mechanical. It keeps the muck and grease out of the edges of my fingernails. They're much better than latex gloves which just split at the slightest sign of a sharp edge. The problem with the "wash your hands afterwards" approach is that you can't always get all the grease and muck off your fingers and you end up looking trampy.
How many of my old mechanic mates have died of cancer? Engine oil is a carcinogenic Tony and the kids are more savvy today. I learned this when I worked on waste oil tankers collecting the stuff from garages!
Indeed. I believe testicular cancer was common in Victorian days, when folk used to stuff oily rags in their pockets.
I heard that most Victorians gentlemen had their testes removed and replaced with wooden ones, or ivory if they were well off..... or was that teeth?
Wearing gloves also makes it easier to do jobs while ive got the little ones. If my hanfs are covered in oil I can't just grab my kid if they need grabbing, if I can just rip a manky glove off I can tend the kids !
Slightly unrelated - but on my ward last year there were 3 fella's in for lung cancer all caused by asbestosis. All three were in their mid/late 60's and had worked as fitters in the motortrade - all of them said, on the lorries, you simply used the airline to blow the brake dust out - no masks, no ventilation. They were in a huge support group for people with a similar thing....top bunch of lads, each with a terrible prognosis, all of them had ops that made mine look like a walk in the park.
Do you use yours to check for cracks....a high pitched ding means all good, a muffled thud means cracks?
I concur old chap And there was no joy quite like the squeal of an eleven year old stuck up your chimney.
