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Ross, use those skin tight plastic gloves! They allow flexibility, keep your
hands clean and provide a thin layer of added warmth and protection.
Barbara
Ross Mayhew wrote:
> Dear Jim;
> If you want Cold, come on up- i have been chiton collecting in April
> when ice is still on the rocks- takes me about 2 hours just to stop
> shivering!! If chitons are not your ticket, how about scallop trawling
> in the Northern Gulf of Maine in January? My hands have poor
> circulation at the best of times, but the eternal Quest for Molluscs is
> stronger than my dislike of Blue Fingers (as long as they are in the
> water, frostbite doesn't set in, and on the trawler, one can always wimp
> out and duck into the cabin from time to time (have to use bare fingers
> to pick up the little guys, so things can get dicey!). Even one trip
> out of Yarmouth in early July, we had frost 3 out of 5 mornings (then
> two weeks later i went down to the Jacksonville edition of the COA, and
> nearly melted!!!).
>
> Yours in the Great White North,
>
> Ross M.
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