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Nov 12, 2005 - 07:23pm PT
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2005 - 10:22pm PT
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Now THAT'S a case of Morton's toe!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2005 - 10:58am PT
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Toenail update. I'm even more grossed out.
Went climbing last night and finally had to stop because the toenail was killing. Checked it out and see that it's barely hanging on. Won't quite come off because it's still attached to something and I'm chicken it'll hurt (and interfere with climbing).
Those with experience - leave it be? Or pull it?
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Dec 13, 2005 - 11:16am PT
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Tape it in place or cut it off (it will only hurt right after you do it). Also force camera to focus on toe next time! :)
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fareastclimber
Trad climber
Hong Kong & Wales
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Dec 13, 2005 - 11:28am PT
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These pictures are so hot. I have the same problem aswell with both my big toe nails seperating from the flesh. What I usually do is just cut the entire detached area off. Make sure to cut it all off in one chunk, so you can carry it around in your pocket and say 'hey, look how big this is'.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2005 - 02:15pm PT
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TradIsGood - true - this camera sucks. I could not make it stop focusing on my finger and instead focus on my toenail. Also, I didn't notice when I posted this originally, but the #2 toenail is coming off too. Bleack. I have the big toe taped now. Hopefully it'll come off in a big chunk. because i don't have pockets on most of my clothes, I'll drill a little hole in it, string a piece of leather through it, and wear it as a necklace. I can paint it to match my outfits! it'll look so rad!
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climber
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Dec 13, 2005 - 02:21pm PT
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Crimp, you could put a hinge on it and use it to carry parking change.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Dec 13, 2005 - 02:23pm PT
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jeez...that's sure taking it's sweet time.... Get someone to snag the thing with a needle-nose pliers and yard it off!
Or, if you think it is really still attached to living tissue.....take a nail scissors, and cut away the loose part. At least you won't have the big loose nail pressing and pulling at every movement of your foot.
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Dec 13, 2005 - 03:10pm PT
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Crimper, if you can still find it... Most cameras come with some kind of user manual. Your camera may allow you to focus, and hold the focus while moving what the camera is centered on. This is useful when you wish your subject to be located off center in a picture which is fairly common.
It may also have a manual mode - that will allow you to "screw up your shots any way you like," which can be useful in cases like this. :)
If you can't find the manual, your local camera shop might be able to show you what options you have with your camera.
And don't be such a pussy. Do what happie suggests. It will only hurt for a moment. Figure out the camera first though in case it really bleeds. :)
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Dec 13, 2005 - 04:54pm PT
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Calling a woman "pussy" just doesn't sit right in my book.....
However, I do feel that, at times, there is need for a descriptive word that conveys the same sense of desperation that the word engenders(pun,yes)for men. This new term is especially useful to women, as most ladies do not find the word "pussy" to have the satisfactory ring that seems to have endeared the usage with men.
Therefore, I have come up with a new term, for use on such an occasion, and that word is "limpid." It is taken from the more base term of "limp dick," which men do use in reference to their male peers when disgusted, though the preference is more often for "pussy."
Note, men will probably not adopt usage of the word "limpid" in thier vocabulary, and are not expected to. But it is with the highest hopes that I humbly submit the word for general use, particularly amongst us chics, when our female climbing partner, whether on the rock or off, is being....well, limpid.
So - Crimpergirl....Why are you being so limp(var.)? Hack that thing off and get on with it!
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climber
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Dec 13, 2005 - 06:25pm PT
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2005 - 07:50pm PT
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I think that fly is hurting because of the smell. You know, that fly has teeth a lot like Ramjit's teeth. Hmmmm.
I'll get in the tub and see if I can coax this beast off of me. I want it off.
Signed,
The Wuss
:)
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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Dec 13, 2005 - 09:00pm PT
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Leave it. I've lost whole finger nails before and they exist for a reason. Trust me.
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Dec 13, 2005 - 09:06pm PT
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Definitions of limpid on the Web:
liquid: clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
crystalline: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"
1. Characterized by transparent clearness; pellucid. 2.Easily intelligible; clear 3.Calm and untroubled; serene.
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OK. Sorry, Happie, and any others who silently might have been offended. I should have thought of wuss, perhaps.
But if you want to "coin" a word maybe you need to create a new word. Flaccid maybe, if you want to use an existing word. LOL.
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Northern Mexico
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Dec 13, 2005 - 09:09pm PT
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Anyone ever chemicaly remove their toenails?
I would like to just burn my big toe nails away for good.
Juanito
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2005 - 10:30pm PT
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Oh, it's flapping around like clothes on a clothes line. Any more ready and it'll be in my sock flopping around. Hopefully these photos work out better.
Signed,
The Pussy.
hahahahahha!
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Dec 13, 2005 - 10:36pm PT
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Wuss is too 1980's, and never packed the punch that its more base word had. It's like saying "dang" when you're head is screaming "damn." And TIG - so what if the word has another definition? Limpid is my new word, and I intend for it to stick.
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Dec 14, 2005 - 06:22am PT
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Crimpie, LOL. I will just call you The, for short.
Dang, happie, you are tough! You I call limpet.
From OED
1. a. A gasteropod mollusc of the genus Patella, having
an open tent-shaped shell and found adhering tightly to the
rock which it makes its resting-place.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Dec 14, 2005 - 10:08am PT
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Oh....that's actually pretty good. Though....thightly adhering to the rock in a tentlike shape.....Now we really do have another new word for someone who gets sketched and can't commit to the move!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 24, 2006 - 10:49pm PT
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Toenails! Toenails! Everywhere are toenails!!!
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