I need to invent reading gloves
By LilyLoretta
@LilyBeBack (1994)
United Kingdom
November 7, 2017 2:30pm CST
I've managed to go to bed early for the first time in months (it's nearly 8.30) and I'm warm under the quilt, but I need to read for a bit and my hands are absolutely freezing!
I think if they don't exist already then I should invent some sort of reading gloves. Essentially they'd just be normal gloves but with an adaptation that means you can turn the pages easily with them on. Maybe a rubber tip on the thumbs and pointing fingers.
Hmmm... 
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@1creekgirl (40523)
• United States
7 Nov 17
Maybe those gloves that are designed for using a cell phone would work?
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov 17
Oh yeah! I actually had some of those years ago, my boyfriend at the time got them for me. I never ended up using them but I bet I've still got them somewhere...
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@1creekgirl (40523)
• United States
7 Nov 17
You sound like me. I can't sleep well in a warm room, but my hands and feet get cold. So sometimes I sleep in gloves and always in sox, even if I'm in a summer gown!
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 17
Do you keep the socks on all night? I put them on and go to bed, then I take them off halfway through the night once I've got my use out of them 
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@1creekgirl (40523)
• United States
8 Nov 17
@marlina I thought years ago that I had it, but my hands don't get too bad now, mostly my feet.
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Nov 17
I wonder if you could rig some warm gloves and just add/glue something on the fingertips of the fingers you use to turn the pages with . . . like cutting some old rubber glove fingers and gluing them over the warm glove fingers?
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Nov 17
@LilyBeBack A billion dollar idea maybe?
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
10 Nov 17
@much2say If it is then I'll go halves with you
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@Orson_Kart (6114)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov 17
That's early to bed, Lily. Are you hoping to get healthy, wealthy and wise?
Have you tried audio books? I often listen to Book at Bedtime on Radio 4, but that's a bit late for you I guess.
Or maybe you just need a page turner with warm hands? Of course he doesn't need warm hands if he is only turning pages. Did I say he? Who could I be talking about? 
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 17
The only person I can be bothered to invite into my bedroom these days is Leonard 
I don't take in information very well just by listening, plus if I was using earphones I wouldn't be able to hear if Leonard woke up, and if I didn't use headphones then it would wake him up 
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@Orson_Kart (6114)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 17
@LilyBeBack Bothered! Bothered? 
I'll have you know, Milk Tray Man, aka The Warm-handed Page Turner, doesn't need an invite to enter a lady's boudoir, he gets there by stealth. He could be in and out before you could shout, "where's that draught coming from?" 
I'll have you know, Milk Tray Man, aka The Warm-handed Page Turner, doesn't need an invite to enter a lady's boudoir, he gets there by stealth. He could be in and out before you could shout, "where's that draught coming from?" 1 person likes this
@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov 17
The air gets too stuffy, I don't like breathing warm air, lol. It's a tricky business, this reading lark
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@sallypup (57888)
• Centralia, Washington
7 Nov 17
@LilyBeBack Just don't get a crick in your neck.
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@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
7 Nov 17
yeah. using sensor technology one can do that.
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 17
They would just need something on the fingertips that would allow the paper to be moved easily 
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@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
8 Nov 17
@LilyBeBack yes. we can do anything provided that intention and zeal is there.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
7 Nov 17
I use the pencil eraser sometimes in turning pages 
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov 17
Yesss! Problem solved, gloves and a rubber
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 17
I never used to get cold hands but I think my circulation is failing, lol
@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
10 Nov 17
I'm pretty sure there are other bedtime readers who would love to have such gloves. Someone should start making them and sell them on Etsy or something.
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov 17
I know about fingerless gloves but they don't keep your fingers warm
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov 17
Lol I never have the heating on at night, it gives me headaches, and now I've got Leonard I can't anyway because high temperatures can cause SIDS
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