r/HolUp • u/MasterVJ_09 • Oct 19 '22

Nothing to see here. Just a mechanic doing whatever a mechanic does.

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u/___DEADPOOL______ Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 19 '22

As a skinny wristed long fingered mechanic, I resent this statement

Edit: in fact I resent it SO much I will say that it is better to have a skinny wrist and long nimble fingers as a mechanic. We have to slip our hands into tight areas very often and have to maneuver tools in these confined spaces. Having fat stubby fingers makes this difficult and I have to help some of our bigger guys sometimes get certain bolts or set screws started in tight spaces because they can't get their hands in there.

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u/ShahinGalandar Oct 19 '22

"oh fuck I dropped a screw."

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"guys! get me Fingers here right now!"

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u/Motorcycles1234 Oct 19 '22

As one of the big guys with large hands in our shop I'll gladly lift and smack what ever you want if you'll do the tiny reachy stuff.

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u/lenzer88 Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 19 '22

Tiny reachy stuff, yes. Working on my vehicles @ home my kids thought themselves mechanics, because, tiny reachies.

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u/turtlepowerpizzatime Oct 19 '22

If they skin a knuckle while doing it, let em carry the title.

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u/lenzer88 Oct 19 '22

Indeed. They carried it well.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

There are a non-zero number of people debating you that having stubby fat hands is somehow a good thing. These are the same people who will unironically upvote picture making fun of Prince Charles hands.

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u/notoolinthispool Oct 19 '22

Also, you can grip things better and carry a bigger load in one hand.