Nancy Young wrote:
> 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

Nancy - try using nutcrackers. Works for me.
Dora