splinters
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Hate2Iron
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
6 May 19
I was having such a great night. I don't think I woke up even once... until I rolled over and felt this little jab of pain in my toe. It wasn't there the night before, but every time the sheets touched the toe, there was the pain...
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ladym33
@ladym33 (10978)
• United States
4 Dec 11
I recently learned a trick for getting out deep set splinters. You soak the area in Epson salts and the splinter will come to the surface. Have you got any tips for getting out spliners?
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lindaharding627
@lindaharding627 (1442)
• United States
7 Jan 11
Hubby and I changed our furnace filters today and both of us managed to get some splinters in our fingers. I think I was able to get mine out by the home remedy of using duct tape although my finger is still sore. Hubby had to get...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
2 Jun 08
I moved my planter of cactus. Even with leather gloves some of the very fine spines poked through and are in my knuckles. I went in and spread white school glue over the affected areas, and am watching it dry while I type at...
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elizabethbathory
@elizabethbathory (1132)
• United States
22 Apr 07
I love to go barefoot in the summertime, but if the ground is dirty, I'd just as soon wear my flipflops. If I'm not in proximity to a watersource, where my poor, tired, dirty soles, I get very antsy. I've made it a habit of...
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carpenter5
@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
3 Apr 07
Removing splinters from a child's finger or foot is one of the hardest things to do, because they don't want to sit still to allow you to use a needle or tweezers.
Mine always feared that it would hurt, and would jerk away,...
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Stephanie5
@Stephanie5 (2946)
• United States
11 Feb 07
Hello! We have recently moved to a house on the ocean and all my children keep getting splinters from the darn deck. I keep reminding them to wear shoes, but they won't...atleast not everytime. And my one son had about 6 splinters...
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