On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:47:10 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
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>> So apply some hand lotion after you wash your hands. It's a no-brainer
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>I've never really understood the hand lotion thing. First you wash off
>the grease, then you put some grease on? I guess if I developed chapped
>and dry skin I would have to re-evaluate this!

Work a winter outside in the midwest and you'll re-evaluate the first
cold day. Your hands get dry and crack. It's very painful and they
bleed. The best thing to do is cover your hands with loads of lotion
and sleep with socks on your hands. Home paraffin dipping machines
weren't as cheap when I worked outside but they would have helped.
We've got one now and I use is once in awhile during the winter even
though I don't work outside anymore.

Lou