Evelyn, Try "HARD as HOOF" nail strengthener cream. It works good for me & you can find it at Wal-Mart. It stops splits, chips, & cracks. Janey > From: "evelyn" <ebcooper@copper.net> > Date: 2005/04/10 Sun PM 01:20:16 GMT > To: NYNIAGAR-FOLKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FOLKS] Don't give up on your fingernails > > Hi all - > > Now that the subject of fingernails is up, and it looks like I'm not the > only one who can't seem to have nice nails, I wonder if anyone has found > anything that helps theirs stay strong and not so brittle (and near > useless). > > Mine chip off with the slightest things I do. Dang it anyway. ;-( > > Evelyn > > > > > Dear Folks, > > > > I've been procrastinating turning my wristwatch ahead to Standard Time for > > only one reason. The little knob on the side of it is impossible to pull > > out. In the past my fingernails have managed to pry it up but not > tonight. > > > > I turned to my handy dandy very tiny thin screw driver knowing full well > > that it could do the job. All I wanted to do was to set my watch ahead. > I > > pried and I pried but nothing happened. So what do you do under such > > circumstances? You turn back to your fingernails and try again no matter > > how chipped they've become. And with the last desperate measures, the > knob > > finally gives in and your watch is set ahead. > > > > I guess the only moral to this message is to not to give up on your > > fingernails. They've served you well in the past and they'll do a good > job > > in the future. Just don't get bent out of shape when you chip or break > one > > of them. If they're real, they'll grow back in again and if they aren't > > real you know where to find a replacement. > > vee > > > > > >