So, lets add a little life to this forum with this little tidbit...

How long are your fingernails? Do clip them, paint them, bite them?

Me?- I've been a chronic nail biter all my life. The ends of my fingers are always longer than the nails. The nails just cover the distal surface of each nail.

I wash the hands good all the time and use sani-cloth wipes regularly on my keyboard (to keep it clean).

I seem to be able to type faster than anyone and prefer having no nails in my way.

Your turn, tell us all about your fingernails

Okay... I keep my nails clipped to just past the end of my fingers. I have trouble typing when they get too long, and then I have trouble typing after they have been long and I clip them - takes me about a day to get used to the new length. I paint them sometimes, most times. I went to school with a girl who had EXTREMELY long nails, and she said they did not get in her way. Okay, next ...

Right now mine are short, but it depends on my mood. I had long ones from August until October last year. I usually only paint them if I am growing them out--strengthens them to put polish on.

Neither seems to affect my keyboarding skills in a negative manner, though usually it feels weird if I have had them long and cut them all off (usually because I have multiple breaks so I just get rid of them all instead of having different lengths).

Next . . .

Interaction! Now this is a great move for the forum!

I've never had long fingernails in my life

next...

Used to be a nail-biter, so the solution was to keep them short. Now, I can`t stand to have them as long as my fingers, because they catch on the keys above the ones I want to type on.

In the nail-polishing years, I could never polish them w/o making a big mess, and the polish never lasted more than a few hours w/o chipping.

Now I`m 73 and can`t bite them any more because of plastic teeth , but I still don`t let them grow.

SHORT. I bite them.
Judy

^^^ yummy yum

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cmt:
[QB] Used to be a nail-biter, so the solution was to keep them short. Now, I can`t stand to have them as long as my fingers, because they catch on the keys above the ones I want to type on.

Me too. It makes me nuts when my nail start hooking up on other keys, so there's barely any white on my nails most days. I've never been a biter anyway, but I always keep them trimmed.