{"id":1537,"date":"2009-04-07T22:46:38","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T06:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:00:48","slug":"a415-stainless-steel-tweezers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/?p=1537","title":{"rendered":"#a415 :: Stainless steel tweezers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/040709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1538\" title=\"040709\" src=\"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/040709-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"040709\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/040709-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/040709-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/040709.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Down near the very root of my DNA chain lies the chromosomal sequence for opposable thumbs.<\/p>\n<p>I use tools.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because they grant me the otherwise elusive super-powers for cutting, twisting and manipulating things too hard, small, tight or delicate for my meaty paws to manage.<\/p>\n<p>Because they are often heavy and cold and sturdy, pleasing to the touch and indispensable to the job.<\/p>\n<p>And because, well, my fingertips can&#8217;t grasp anything with near the precision of cheap Pakistani steel tweezers honed to a needle tip.<\/p>\n<p>Got these last weekend for just four dollars at the import-tools seller&#8217;s tent &#8211; a moveable feast, and one of my favorite places in the world.<\/p>\n<p>For just a few bucks, you, too can have superpowers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Down near the very root of my DNA chain lies the chromosomal sequence for opposable thumbs. I use tools. Why? Because they grant me the otherwise elusive super-powers for cutting, twisting and manipulating things too hard, small, tight or delicate for my meaty paws to manage. Because they are often heavy and cold and sturdy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}