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posted by [identity profile] don-fitch.livejournal.com at 02:12am on 16/01/2015
In the '70s? More like (IMHO) the '20s, and the 30's (when I was a child, and when few or no automobiles had heating). Since then... I don't recall ever knowing anyone who used them, in my geographical & social sphere in the U.S.
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 08:11am on 16/01/2015
The answer to "What should I get Daddy for Christmas?" in late 70s/early 80s was often "a new pair of driving gloves". Maybe your fancy American cars were better than ours.
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posted by [identity profile] pentamer.livejournal.com at 12:04am on 21/01/2015
I've always mocked people who got their male relations such presents, but having removed the ice from the car two days in a row with my UL membership card, I begin to wonder, :-) .

Never sure about driving gloves myself. I kind of suspect Nigel Farage wears them for some reason, but nobody else. I'd be worried that my hands would slip at the wrong moment. When you're steering you feed the wheel through your hands by friction and stuff (I suspect this is one of the things youre told not to do!) and the exact rate is kind of important. Badly fitting driving gloves could be a disaster if they slipped at the wrong moment. Having something between your grip and the wheel would be disturbing.
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