Re: Therapeutic Craft Gloves -- Update for August 2008

["Chris Morton" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Intersting to learn I'm not the only one. Seems the frostbite I got when
still living in Michigan has a long term effect.

> Chris

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>wrote:

> The hot, sultry days of summer have arrived. The office air conditioning
> is cranked up full blast. Brrrr!
>
>
>
> Everyone else seems comfortable enough. The other guys are wearing
> short-sleeved polo shirts. I am 5 foot 11 inches tall and 130 pounds
> soaking wet. I am cold all the time, especially my hands.
>
>
>
> My keyboarding gloves from last year were fraying and coming apart at
> the seams. I took them home to repair. I sewed them up this weekend. I'm
> going to wear them at home this fall and winter when my mitts are cold.
>
>
>
> I had to get new gloves to wear in the office. I went back to Michael's,
> an arts and crafts store. I found them in the stitchery section, near
> the beading and sewing items. This time, I found I could buy them TWO
> gloves per package, but only in Large. Same price as the smaller Medium
> gloves, which still come ONE glove per package. Must pay careful
> attention here.
>
>
>
> That's one Medium glove per package for $9, which means I would have to
> spend $18 for a pair. Or I could get one pair of Large gloves per
> package for $9, which means I would have to spend only $9 for a pair.
>
>
>
> I took the time to actually take the gloves out of their packaging and
> try them on. Okay, my wife told me to. GRIN. She was right, of course.
>
>
>
> Well, the handy-dandy size chart on the back left something to be
> desired. According to the chart, I am exactly a medium. But when I tried
> on the large gloves, they fit perfectly. Sensibly, I chose the Large
> size, and spent $9. I wore them yesterday in the office when the air
> conditioning began blasting, and my hands were happy.
>
>
>
> The lessons I learned were, don't trust the size charts, try the gloves
> on, and the gloves are now available two per package (in Large, anyway).
>
>
>
> Thought I'd pass this on.
>
>
>
> Craig Cardimon
>
> Technical Writer
>
> Marketing Systems Group
>
> ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com
>
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