Rant number 267
I've been being creative today! I've been making a gift for my wife.
Like many creative activities this involved quite a lot of making holes in things (I used a kitchen skewer, two different pairs of scissors (one of which I snapped) and a large sharp kitchen knife) and of course joining things together.
The weapon of choice for joining things together for me - as with any person, is glue.
I had some paper and cardboard to join - which was easy - I used pritt stick.
For the more complex parts, I had to use the titular product: super glue.
Now, superglue is great for joining stuff together that doesn't want to join. It makes a really tough and permanent bond in fact.
This strength is one of its advantages. It is however, also one of its disadvantages for the inexperienced gluer.
Superglue, was invented during the second world war and was initially rejected for sticking to just about everything - an undesirable feature for weapons manufacturer.
Every time that I work with superglue, I end up glueing various different parts of my hands and fingers - which feels just terrible. I want to join stuff together - but not me! It's also nearly impossible to remove from your fingers - so you end up with a hard chitinous layer on your fingers.
This stuff won't come off for bloody days - and I'll end up picking at it. Even as I type, I am acutely aware that the ends of my fingers feel just too hard to be comfortable.
Bloody glue!
Rant over.
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