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I forgot how tiresome it is to put a picture in an LJ entry, so you're gonna have to follow me on this one -- you know the kind of door handle that is not a door knob, and not a horizontal bar, but like a vertical handle that has a thumb press tab on the top, which is the latch for the door? The more industrial kind that are in office buildings, I don't think I've ever seen one in a home. ANYWAY. That's what I'm talking about.
The door on our storage room at work has type kind of handle, and it's a heavy door, and the tab needs a firm press. I'm in and out of the storage room fairly often, so I know that when you goes to open this door, you have to approach the endeavor with a strong, hearty grip and throw your whole arm into the unlatch and open movement. At some point this afternoon, the door was locked -- I'm not clear on what happened here, we generally don't lock it during the day -- so it was locked unbeknownst to me. And then when I went to open it, I went to it with my usual zest, and it was like a lesson in inertia because nothing on the door latch was moving. It was so unexpectedly painful, can you sprain all your hand and arm muscles at once? Holy cow.
It was also amazing (although not pleasant) to then realize, for the rest of the day, that a lot of those muscles get called into action whenever you use your opposable thumb.
The door on our storage room at work has type kind of handle, and it's a heavy door, and the tab needs a firm press. I'm in and out of the storage room fairly often, so I know that when you goes to open this door, you have to approach the endeavor with a strong, hearty grip and throw your whole arm into the unlatch and open movement. At some point this afternoon, the door was locked -- I'm not clear on what happened here, we generally don't lock it during the day -- so it was locked unbeknownst to me. And then when I went to open it, I went to it with my usual zest, and it was like a lesson in inertia because nothing on the door latch was moving. It was so unexpectedly painful, can you sprain all your hand and arm muscles at once? Holy cow.
It was also amazing (although not pleasant) to then realize, for the rest of the day, that a lot of those muscles get called into action whenever you use your opposable thumb.