{"id":17242,"date":"2016-08-07T14:19:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T14:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=17242"},"modified":"2016-08-07T14:22:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T14:22:19","slug":"lifestyle-opening-jars-why-a-cloth-or-glove-might-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/lifestyle-opening-jars-why-a-cloth-or-glove-might-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifestyle: opening jars: why a cloth or glove might help"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tutor talks about why using a cloth or rubber glove might help to open a jar.<\/h1>\n

I’m not particularly strong, so with household chores I have to improvise sometimes – for instance, when opening jars. <\/p>\n

When I was a kid I knew that a rubber glove could help with opening a jar; today I know that, in many cases, wearing the rubber glove isn’t as helpful as wrapping it around the jar. The other day I finally wondered why.<\/p>\n

The reason is that often, lack of grip isn’t the problem opening a jar; rather, it’s lack of mechanical advantage. As the grip distance from the jar increases, you get more leverage. In many cases, a thick cloth might work even better than the rubber glove, because it pushes your grip further from the mouth of the jar, possibly increasing your leverage even more.<\/p>\n

I’ll be talking more about little household tricks as I think of them:)<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tutor talks about why using a cloth or rubber glove might help to open a jar. I’m not particularly strong, so with household chores I have to improvise sometimes – for instance, when opening jars. When I was a …<\/p>\n

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