Dishwasher Pods e.g. Fairy, Micrographia and Magnifying Glasses

[ReverendBadger]

Just got a pod out and find there were 2 stuck together, tried to pull them apart and it was obviously not just stuck but the plastic outer wrappers were co-joined. No doubt a manufacturing defect but I made the mistake of continuing to pull with my defective hands and ended up splitting both and getting liquid gunge over my hands and shirt. Got it washed off the hands PDQ but that on the shirt has soaked through and given me what I assume is a slight chemical burn on the chest from the concentrated whatever.

Luckily none went in my eyes otherwise I'd be up at A&E again. So if you ever go to get a similar pod and find 2 stuck together just throw both in the bin.

Yet another example of how lack of motor skill in the hand can have interesting consequences. My left hand is the worst affected (so far) which is annoying as I am left handed. Writing is almost impossible as it comes out tiny (micrographia) and spidery. I have however discovered that I can write passably in capital letters, but very slowly, if I use a magnifying glass.

For those of you who might understand it is like putting extra gain in the feedback loop.

Micrographia is typical Parkinson' symptom, in fact when I first rang the GP and said I thought I might have a neurological problem the first question he asked was if I had noticed any change in my handwriting.

Has anybody here found a way of countering micrographia ?

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Hello to your venerable animal-ness, (couldn't resist🙂)I think it comes down to how much your brain gets exhausted by trying. Occasionally my dad's carers would put their hand over his and help him try and form letters with the pen, or do some random squiggles, in case it kept the brain signals going. But to be honest it was just too taxing for his brain after a while. Lots of places will accept a mark or an X as a signature at least.🙏best of luck!

[Derkie54]

We moved to a bungalow a couple of years ago so lots of signing documents.My wife's signature was unrecognisable but the solicitor didn't seem to mind and just accepted it.

[Yanno]

We bought a self-inking signature stamp for Jackie. We scanned the signature from her passport and purchased a stamp from Amazon for just a few quid. It’s proved invaluable- the bank accept it on cheques etc and she has signed countless documents using it. Needless to say it’s kept very securely locked away. Take care, Ian

[jacquiMalvern]

HiHave you tried a label maker? one of my son's suggested it and now I can write shopping lists, birthday card's,etc. My husband still writes letters and completes forms etc... even I couldn't read a shopping list I had just written before using a label maker!J