Hospital slippys.

willgoy said:
A young family at an ajoining table seemed fascinated that somebody would carry a knife for THAT and asked what the knife was, its tiny size seemed to impress them! This all goes to show that knives used correctly in public helps offset all the hysteria in the media, as they are shown as valuable tools. I've always hated biting chunks out of fruit, I want to slice them and prepare them, the kids at the table seemed a lot more interested in the fruit when it was prepared into portions anyway.
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I'm not real sure of the psychology behind it, but I noticed that both our own kids, and others seemed to be much more inclined to eat an apple, pear, or any other fruit or veggies if it was "prepared". It became a traditon for the kids to bring dad thier apple to be sliced up with the pocket knife of the day, a process they seemed facinated by. Our daughter in particular loved for me to slice her apple into quarters, and then share it with her by having a part of it.

These days our grandkids insist on using their pocket knives to slice up apples, bell peppers, pears and such. I have to admit it seems a bit more genteel to neatly portion up what you eat rather than just bite chunks out.
 
Glad to hear about your positive encounter and thanks for sharing it with us.

I really hope your wife recovers quickly, give her our best.
 
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your wife Jackknife.

As to fruit preparation, I've cut up fruit for my kids since they were little, and now they are teenagers they still like me to do it for them !
After our evening meal I will pass the fruit bowl round, and often they won't take any. I will pick myself an apple and begin to slice it up; they then say "oh Dad, give us a bit !" and then proceed to eat my apple:)
 
Thank you for sharing, all the best to your wife. May your lives return to "Normal" soon, whatever that means. I have grandchildren and have long forgotten what normal is or what it is suppose to be.:D:D:D
 
Let me add best wishes to the wife, JK. I had the right hand done during my last year in the Army. The left one is part my VA disability and has been really bothering me the last few years. So, I've been going through the cortisone shots every few months. YOW! Looks like I'll be following Karen's example before long though and getting the surgery on the left wrist. Let her know I really do feel her pain. LOL.
 
Amos Iron Wolf said:
Let me add best wishes to the wife, JK. I had the right hand done during my last year in the Army. The left one is part my VA disability and has been really bothering me the last few years. So, I've been going through the cortisone shots every few months. YOW! Looks like I'll be following Karen's example before long though and getting the surgery on the left wrist. Let her know I really do feel her pain. LOL.
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Don't wait any longer Amos. Apparently they have certain medical procedures down pat now to the point where there is hardly any pain, and the rebound time is very short. Karen had hers done endroscopicly, if I have the term right. Instead of opening up the wrist to the palm, they only make a small incision right over the trouble area, and go in with miniturized tools to relieve the preasure on the carpel nerves.

Recover time is so fast now, that at two weeks post op on her right wrist, she was using her right hand almost normal. It still hurt her a bit to grasp something with a fist like grip, but it was comming back very fast. In both cases, she never took a single pill of the tylenol with codene that they gave her for post op pain. The first day after each op she just layed low and used an ice pack on the wrist. Her right wrist was done on the 18th of October, and today she could shoot her K22 single action. Double action is still too much yet.

It just amazes me what they are doing these days. This past July a friend had both knees replaced at the same time. Tinker is 73 years old, and the day after his double replacement they had him on a walker. Ten weeks later he was walking around the block on a cane, reveling in the pain free walking with his new knees.

Go for it Amos, get it done.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
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