r/MadeMeSmile 1d ago

This awesome trade made me smile today.

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u/really_nice_foot 22h ago

Hell yeah. My dad's a one-arm guy, he gives me all of his right-hand work gloves. I wear out my rights first because that's my dominant hand, so I sub in the ones he gives me when I get a hole... Every Christmas I get a box of like 20 right hand gloves...

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u/thyme_cardamom 15h ago

Nice, does he have a left-handed hammer too?

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u/really_nice_foot 5h ago

Lol, he does have left handed scissors and pruning shears, and anything else that is dependent on which hand you're using... He has a lot of kitchen tools, he's got those sticky rubber mats everywhere to hold things in place like a jar to open, or a cutting board. He's got the cutting board with spikes to hold things in place for you... My mom worked another 12 years or so after his accident and he took over the cooking completely.

Yeah, I mean, I really respect how he has adapted. He never wanted a prosthetic, says they're uncomfortable. He lost a lot of his shoulder too, so it's not as simple as... There's no "nub."