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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/19/2008 10:43:38 AM
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mashelle
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I love my nails longer and I stopped the horrible habit of biting them about 7 years ago. However from the amount of typing I do they never seem to get very long. I usually end up breaking one somehow and I cant stand to have nails that aren't all the same lenght so I file down the rest.
I usually only have clear polish on.
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/19/2008 7:01:20 PM
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humbleinspirit
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The scratching of long nails probably kept the boys at bay as well.
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/19/2008 10:32:11 PM
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The scratching of long nails probably kept the boys at bay as well.
Are you kidding?! Back then and who knows maybe now. But guys just adored her. She was petite, blonde, and acted both cute and dumb.
A guy drove over 30 miles to take her out! The only problem was, she wasn't home, rotfl!
I felt bad for him, but not that bad!!!!! 
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/21/2008 7:40:04 AM
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humbleinspirit
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Well, if she played it that way then...
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/21/2008 10:25:52 AM
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My nails have always been strong and fast growing. I keep them long and usually do my own french manicure. I prefer that to colored polish.
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/21/2008 4:22:31 PM
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humbleinspirit
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Now Fritz, how do you do that? Isn't a french manicure include the massaging of the hands?
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/21/2008 6:59:05 PM
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I'm on the other side of things, I refuse to let my nails grow even to the tips of my fingers, let alone past them. Usually clip off all of the white part, but once in a while I leave it to almost 1/16".
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/21/2008 7:03:53 PM
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Mine aren't very long, but I do wear acrylic tips(french manicure style) and keep them about medium length. I love nice looking nails 
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/21/2008 9:19:02 PM
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losgan
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I try to keep mine fairly short - I'm pretty active, and try to play the guitar some. I file them down to about 2mm every two weeks.
However - they grow quickly and in two weeks are nearly 3x that at the end.
I paint them ... mostly to help prevent breaking. I do two coats of the pink part of the French manicure set ... and a clear coat. I don't bother doing the French manicure (the white tips).
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/21/2008 10:24:58 PM
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Mike, you ask the most unusual and fun questions sometimes! 
And because of this thread, I just went and did something I have never done . . . I measured my fingernails.
From the quick to end of nail, mine are currently, on average, a little over 1/4" long . . . which is actually pretty long for fingernails (although not really long).
I grow my own and have always preferred it that way.
I do not put polish on them, but I do buff and shine them . . Actually, I give myself mini manicures and pedicures every day as part of my routine and I give myself deeper 'cures as is warranted / needed.
And while I don't polish (paint) my fingernails, I do most certainly polish (paint) my toenails.
I've never noticed my fingernails getting in the way of my typing; although sometimes I do tend to let them get a little too long to do calligraphy; and then I just file them down a bit.
The only times they're really vulnerable is if I'm doing a lot of packing or unpacking. When that happens, I just cut and file them down to nothing and then let them grown out again after all the packing / unpacking. That way, I don't risk ripping a fingernail past the quick.
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/23/2008 9:48:18 PM
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humbleinspirit
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Mike, you ask the most unusual and fun questions sometimes!
Thanks, I just ask them as I think of them.
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/24/2008 4:18:25 PM
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Like hisprincess59, my nails grow out crooked, on one hand (because I smashed the fingers in a sliding glass door when I was a kid). So I generally keep them pretty short, just a little white showing. It's also much easier for typing.
I like the way they look as they're growing, but then they start to go crooked. It's so sad when I have to cut them! I wish there was a way to stop them from growing.
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/24/2008 7:05:32 PM
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humbleinspirit
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What a fun thread Mikey
Thanks!
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I like to keep mine fairly short, about 1/8", but since they grow really fast, they are usually more like 1/4" most of the time. No polish, just buffing to give a nice shine. Colored polish rubs off on documents and looks really bad. (Just a teenie little pet peeve of mine  )
Yes, there was a situation at work in the not too distant past where a female was handling documents and her fingernail polish was "damaging" the copies.
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I like the way they look as they're growing, but then they start to go crooked. It's so sad when I have to cut them! I wish there was a way to stop them from growing.
I am reminded of a story that I read back in school about a women (or was it a man) who never cut their fingernails and they grew so large that they curled.
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/24/2008 9:03:11 PM
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Medium? Long enough to be painted when needed (special occasions only) and short enough to not break when I'm throwin the ball around with my kids.
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/26/2008 1:34:08 PM
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emmanuelle.
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My nails are weak so I can't grow them (I probably wouldn't anyways). I keep them just slightly passing my fingertips, but they're always painted.
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RE: Long Finger Nails - 1/26/2008 10:53:47 PM
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humbleinspirit
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I have to admit that I learned something new from this thread: that not all finger nails are strong.
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). One rule the players made (and enforced) was that all players had to cut their fingernails short. There is nothing worse than someone digging into your skin with nails, then sweat pouring over the gash! 
Trust me... Other teams didn't have that rule and I experienced the pain firsthand! 
