On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 23:30:37 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 01/02/2015 21:13, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 18:26:46 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> When you are cooking with chillies.
>>>
>>> Ouch!
>>>
>>> And ouch again.
>>
>> That gets me on occasion when I neglect to put on gloves for handling
>> the chilis.
>>
> White ones? :-P

Powder-free nitrile exam gloves are what we use.  Excellent for food 
handling, and disposible.

> It doesn't usually bother me as the skin on my hands is used to being
> roughly treated. 

It generally doesn't bother me until I go to rub my eyes - and then I 
remember.  That comes as a result of my allergies, hence the need to use 
gloves. :)

> But it is winter and I have a hack (cracked skin) about
> 3/16" long and down to the meat. The tomato sauce I was making was not
> spicy enough so I crumbled a couple of dried chillies into it.
> I thought that with this being a computer oriented group. The word play
> would be appreciated.

I actually wasn't aware of that usage of the word 'hack' - now that I do 
understand, that is a bit of fun wordplay.

> How's the job going? BTW.

Excellent.  We just finished a software RTM last Friday - my first major 
release - and it was hectic and crazy, but a lot of fun.  The most fun 
I've had anywhere I've worked, actually - I get to play with new software 
and figure out how it works, and then write about it.  And my coworkers 
on the teams I work with are just FANTASTIC.

We just signed the second year lease on our apartment, so we're staying 
here for at least another year. :)

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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