I've noticed on a few posts guys are wearing a thin disposable type of glove while wrenching. Is it now widely known that this grime causes health problems or is it just bad etiquette to have black road grime under your nails. What is the scoop? How many mechanics are now wearing gloves?
Funny story staring Ed Norton:
In the good old days I couldn't write a letter and seal it without getting big black finger prints all over it and believe me I tried to avoid it. One time at a dinner party with about 8 friends suddenly the women all ganged up on the host and demanded he do the dishes. Our hands get all chapped they cried because we always do them. We guys tried to support him but the gals had done their homework and were pushing a strong case. Then I recalled an episode of the Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason as Ralph, a NY city bus driver and his side kick Art Carney as Ed Norton, a sewer worker. In the show the gals, Alice and Trixie had gone away and left the guys alone to batch. After sharing their 1st meal when it came time to do dishes big bossy Ralph was trying everything to shove the responsibility onto his buddy Ed. After Ralph's long windy drawn out excuse Ed simply agreed saying "it's ok Ralph I don't mind, my hands get wet all day in the sewers anyway, I'll gladly wash the dishes". With that, Ralph quickly jumped in and started washing the dishes. This gave me the idea to say to the gals, "I'd rather have my hands in soapy dishwater than in gasoline and transmission fluid all day". It worked like a charm, the hosts wife had nothing but sympathy for her poor transmission rebuilder husband and the gals sheepishly hustled off in the kitchen to do the dishes. I was pretty popular.
Funny story staring Ed Norton:
In the good old days I couldn't write a letter and seal it without getting big black finger prints all over it and believe me I tried to avoid it. One time at a dinner party with about 8 friends suddenly the women all ganged up on the host and demanded he do the dishes. Our hands get all chapped they cried because we always do them. We guys tried to support him but the gals had done their homework and were pushing a strong case. Then I recalled an episode of the Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason as Ralph, a NY city bus driver and his side kick Art Carney as Ed Norton, a sewer worker. In the show the gals, Alice and Trixie had gone away and left the guys alone to batch. After sharing their 1st meal when it came time to do dishes big bossy Ralph was trying everything to shove the responsibility onto his buddy Ed. After Ralph's long windy drawn out excuse Ed simply agreed saying "it's ok Ralph I don't mind, my hands get wet all day in the sewers anyway, I'll gladly wash the dishes". With that, Ralph quickly jumped in and started washing the dishes. This gave me the idea to say to the gals, "I'd rather have my hands in soapy dishwater than in gasoline and transmission fluid all day". It worked like a charm, the hosts wife had nothing but sympathy for her poor transmission rebuilder husband and the gals sheepishly hustled off in the kitchen to do the dishes. I was pretty popular.
