{"id":381,"date":"2020-04-19T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/?p=381"},"modified":"2020-04-19T20:01:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T00:01:15","slug":"ay-theres-the-rub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"Ay, There’s the Rub"},"content":{"rendered":"

To glove or not to glove . . . sorry, Hal, but that\u2019s no longer the question! That gauntlet got tossed (down) a long time ago. The quandary now, to continue the Prince\u2019s equivocating ways, is which glove? <\/p>\n

The most complicated piece of prep before heading to the grocery store used to be remembering the list. Smart phones kinda obviated that bit. Then came the days of reusable string bags. Aside having to excavate and disentangle from all the other trunk junk, that one got solved too: get a green bin. And now it\u2019s the glove dilemma. So many choices, so many considerations. With the weather finally warming, sliding by with the winter woolies just doesn\u2019t fool anyone anymore. And so a brief primmer on the pro\u2019s and con\u2019s of what\u2019s out there:<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1366\"<\/a>The beauty at the left is fast becoming \u2018standard issue\u2019. Cheap, disposable, chic (if black is still the new black), and available thru\u2019 my son in law\u2019s generosity. (He keeps a, now dwindling supply for work on the oilier jobs with his 2CV \u2014 tantamount to surgical procedures in some instances). I\u2019ve \u2018test-driven\u2019 this model. Easy off, full tactile experience (whatever that means), and clearly (as long as Simon\u2019s supply holds out) affordable. The rub, as it were, is \u2018easy off\u2019 does not mean \u2018easy on\u2019. Anticipating the problem, I spent some considerable time in our parking garage (to avoid embarrassing moments in the store lot) donning these babies. I found \u2018pre-stretching\u2019 an essential: standing on the cuff and pulling upwards, gently but firmly, toward the knee. (A measure of economy is lost with several pairs being lost to the process.) Then looping the (now expanded) cuff over the opposing thumb, clenching teeth over same (cuff, not thumb) and pulling for all one\u2019s worth. Makes donning compression socks look like a dream \u2014 or just maybe a viable alternative. <\/p>\n

\"IMG_1367\"<\/a>The latex-faced, nubby-palmed construction model has much to recommend it. Unlike it\u2019s limp sibling (above), it\u2019s a breeze to put on. No more dropped bottles of cheap red, boasting excellent qualities of adhesion to those slippery surfaces. And no risk of incidental electrocution. Downside: punching the touch screen on your smart phone is a fool\u2019s errand. The ease of on and off is compromised with the need to do just that, several hundred times \u2014 as the list fades to black. Expensive, but washable, reusable and not wholly unattractive. <\/p>\n

\"B450DE68-BD93-4671-89E3-24AFCB773447_1_201_a\"<\/a>The Jack and Jill is next up. Gender accommodating, for those of us born in the mid-last century. Readily available in most households \u2014 although the provenance of used gloves may need to be confirmed if found under the bathroom sink. Covid-19 is one thing; residual . . . well, best left to the imagination. Smart screen responsiveness can be variable. <\/p>\n

\"IMG_1369\"<\/a>Sadly, the hockey bag, the cycling shelf, and \/ or the baseball locker, despite offering up a wealth of choice, have some obvious limitations, generally begging the question.\"shopping-1\"<\/a>\"shopping\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And so to Prince Hamlet\u2019s parting ambivalence: <\/p>\n

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
\nThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
\nOr to take arms against a sea of germs
\nAnd by opposing end them.<\/p>\n

Not an easy call!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To glove or not to glove . . . sorry, Hal, but that\u2019s no longer the question! That gauntlet got tossed (down) a long time ago. The quandary now, to continue the Prince\u2019s equivocating ways, is which glove? The most complicated piece of prep before heading to the grocery store used to be remembering the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidhowardpsychologist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}