atec7 7" <""atec77\"@ hotmail.com wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> I am one of those people who need something to open twist-off
>> bottle tops. It put what can only be described as a hole at the
>> base of my thumb and that sucker never got better until I got a
>> thing with a handle to twist off caps. For some reason my fingers
>> are not strong enough to open bottles on their own. Stupid
>> fingers.

> Have a look around the $1.00 stores , many of them carry a small
> rubber pad which makes opening stuff much easier ( about 4" square)

I tried using a square of that rubberized drawer liner stuff, but
while it gripped just fine, I can't seem to twist a top without
using the base of my thumb. Perhaps I should have tried the
stuff you said. Thanks.

nancy