Re: Apple Slices Recalled Due to Listeria Danger
Originally Posted by
Panama Girl
Lazy... I slice my own apples.
About 4-years ago, a retired friend of mine dropped his website host because they eliminated his ability to delete email in bulk by clicking a “select all” box.
Of course, he never bothered to explain the reasons for his displeasure to the hosting site’s customer service—he lost his right hand in an automobile accident when he was 52-years old.
It’s no big deal for me to select the first item for deletion; hold down the shift key while scrolling down to the last item for deletion; and then just click delete.
As well, I can just as easily select the first item for deletion, hold down the control key while scrolling though the list and clicking on various non-sequential items, and then click delete.
However, I have two fully functioning hands; my fellow retiree had only one. I even tried some bulk deletions using one hand only. Talk about Biblical revelation!
I’m not picking on your response, PG, because I’ve read enough of your posts to know when you’re using tongue-in-cheek. But, your reply slammed my curiosity meter’s needle to the right.
I began searching sites for information on the number of cases where the use of one’s hands would be restricted or outright impossible. The number of sites is too long to list here.
On top of this, it took me about two hours, using manual extrapolation, to segregate upper extremity problems which have a direct bearing on the use of one’s hands from lower extremity problems which have no bearing at all.
I gathered my numbers using quick and cursory extrapolations, a process I consider a bit statistically sloppy However, the number of people, in this country alone, who have lost the effective use of one or both hands due to varying reasons, totaled about 3.3-million.
If I state this number as a percent of the total U. S. population, it means that approximately 1 in every 95 people would have difficulty slicing their own apples—ranging from not-worth-the-effort to downright impossible.
And, if I state the number as a percentage of only the adult population (18-years old and over), it means that approximately 1 in every 72 people face the problem.
The last place I checked—and it was simply a last-minute thought—was the Department of Health and Human Services. They keep tabs on these matters and if they’re to be trusted, 2.7-million Americans have had upper extremity problems. Accordingly, their meter pegs at 1 in every 114 people experiencing some degree of difficulty in slicing their own apples.
So NOW you know, PG. If you’re ever at a party and this topic comes up, you’ll be ready. On the other hand, if you’re ever at a party and this kind of crap comes up, you should bail out IMMEDIATELY!
Regards,
Joe Walther
Drinking under a different name is not the same thing as joining Alcoholics Anonymous.
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I love when Milburn Orchards has apples in season. We go there almost weekly. They do have berry picking too, along with other fruit trees. You can sign up for their email notice which is nice too. My kids go in phases with fruit. We usually keep bananas, grapes and some apples, navel oranges when they are on sale. Lately I've been getting a lot of berries too. I've been loving the blueberries this year. My oldest just got braces so I haven't bought as many apples the last few months. Another fruit the kids and hubby were really into this summer was plum tomatoes! I got them in huge containers from BJ's and they ate them by the hand full. The only thing that drives me absolutely crazy is when I buy a bunch of fruit and they just let it sit. Makes me so mad! That's why I started just cutting stuff up and setting it on the counter. If it's out they'll usually pick at it at least 
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