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So, what kind of gloves to you stock in your life for varous tasks? Have you got supplies of any kind put by, and for what purpose, and are they still usable (i.e. plastic gloves have possibly rotted in storage)?
I keep a couple of pairs of these handy (in the car, the main BOB and the bulk emergency crate in the shed)
http://www.thesafetysupplycompany.co.uk/p/9164789/supreme-ttf---value-cut-5-safety-gloves---conforms-to-en388-4543---ht-rtf-501.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgJ3DuKPk1gIVK7HtCh0XNAGREAQYAiABEgLqdvD_BwE
(not this brand, but this type. My PetrolHeadMate gets me them, they'reunbranded but the same thing and don't impact on dexterity)0 -
Greyqueen - referring to your points about catching diseases. I read some time ago about a keen gardener/allotmenteer who saved up dead leaves in black plastic sacks to make leaf mould for the garden. He opened up the sacks after several weeks and became very sick with a fungal pneumonia caused by inhaling aspergillus spores from the leaf mould. So, watch it, all you allotmenteers, when handling dead vegetation. (You listening there, Fuddle?)One life - your life - live it!0
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Nargleblast wrote: »Greyqueen - referring to your points about catching diseases. I read some time ago about a keen gardener/allotmenteer who saved up dead leaves in black plastic sacks to make leaf mould for the garden. He opened up the sacks after several weeks and became very sick with a fungal pneumonia caused by inhaling aspergillus spores from the leaf mould. So, watch it, all you allotmenteers, when handling dead vegetation. (You listening there, Fuddle?)
I've never forgotten that, Nargleblast.
I don't do leaf composting. I have nowhere like a garden to collect leaves from and wouldn't want to take them off the road for the probability of them being contaminated by fuel and tyre rubber residues. This is apparently a thing, not my being neurotic.
Otherwise, I compost veggie scraps in a Dalek for a couple of years and dry out and burn non-compostable veggie matter.
Thinking of going to the hardware store for some of those type of gloves, they look excellent. And, frankly, a lot of what is marketed as so-called gardening gloves are little better than useless. Such as flimsy cotton or knit ones with little dimples on them, all of which come unstitched on the finger seams/ wear through on the fingers in no time at all. They seem to be aimed at ladies who do nothing more demanding than snip a few flower stems.
Whereas we allotmenteers are more like the shock troops of the gardening world. I have to bramble-wrangle frequently. I don't allow brambles on my lottie but they are on neighbouring plots and, as is their growth habit, are prepetually trying to climb into mine.
I don't have a car, but a pair of such gloves would be a useful addition to a car kit, if I did have, for roadside adventuring of the tyre-changing nature, etc.Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
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I don't have a car, but a pair of such gloves would be a useful addition to a car kit, if I did have, for roadside adventuring of the tyre-changing nature, etc.
They're even better than that - since I started carrying them I haven't need to change a wheel!
(Just jinxed myself, haven't I?)0 -
Oh my. There's a lot of really important information on here! Thank you all.
BB - there's a whole subplot about pet dogs that goes throughout the book, but I was just looking at my ecopy now of One Second After, and this is a quote from a meeting about 6 weeks after the event, its a proposal up for discussion:
"Loose animals will be shot and given to the communal food supply.
Owners must keep pets inside or leashed. If an owner decides to dispatch a pet on their own, they can keep it for their own food supply."
2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Like GQ we’ve had a water related crisis this weekend! At about 4am Sunday morning the hot water tank in the airing cupboard sprang a leak. DD1 heard strange noises and found water dripping through the lounge ceiling. Cue call to plumber who drained the (very large) tank and disconnected it and the boiler.
No heating or hot water Sunday but a promise to return first thing Monday morning. On Sunday morning dripping restarted It appears there was a large quantity of water still between the floor and ceiling. That was quickly drained, but during the night on Sunday a full sized piece of plasterboard collapsed onto the lounge floor.
The plumber duly arrived on Monday morning to measure up the tank - it has to be made to order because of the size. I rang the insurance company only to be told that we should shut up the room and not use it until asbestos testing could be carried out . If the test is positive, the whole ceiling needs to come down, otherwise one half (of a 25ft room) has to be repaired.
Plans were made with the damage inspector this morning for furniture to go into storage, ceiling to be repaired/replaced and replastered. Then there will need to be redecorating and a specialist cleaning firm for the carpet. The tank will be replaced on Thursday. Thank goodness for insurance, both house and contents insurance and home cover who have been wonderfully efficient, supplying a plumber within an hour at 4am on a Sunday morning. What an interesting week!!!Dor0 -
Oh S_Wales_Saver, what a stressful thing to happen Very impressed about the plumber though! I hope it will all be sorted soonest. 0
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I've worked in an infectious diseases ward and seen Weils Disease in sewage workers. Pretty horrendous what it does to men. And that's all I'm saying lol.Nargleblast wrote: »Greyqueen - referring to your points about catching diseases. I read some time ago about a keen gardener/allotmenteer who saved up dead leaves in black plastic sacks to make leaf mould for the garden. He opened up the sacks after several weeks and became very sick with a fungal pneumonia caused by inhaling aspergillus spores from the leaf mould. So, watch it, all you allotmenteers, when handling dead vegetation. (You listening there, Fuddle?)
I'm listening nargle. No leaf mould for me now so thank you. I was intending on collecting but that was before these last few weeks. I'm as careful as I can be on the plot because one lady contracted Weil's on the plots a couple of years ago. They tell me that they were unkempt back then and the council has since taken a firmer cleanliness/tidiness stance but a lot of things are playing in my mind about the plot right now. Leaf mould wasn't one of them so thank you.
I always wear gardening gloves the quality will be improving and anti bacterial gel will be sought. I guess all I can do is keep my plot as clean as possible and remove dead vegetation. 0
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