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I Went To Bed Without a Splinter and Woke Up WITH One!

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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Any Tips for Getting out Splinters?

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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Furnace filters and fiberglass splinters

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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Somehow I got a splinter in my thumb last night while I was sleeping...

reinydawn @reinydawn (11642) • United States 14 Dec 08

Yes, you read that right. Last night when I went to bed, I don't think I had a splinter in the crease of my thumb, but this morning when I woke up I sure did! And it HURT!!! Now, how could I have gotten a splinter while I was...

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What do you do about splinters and cactus pokies and other things in your skin?

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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What's the best way to remove a foreign object?

Woodpigeon @Woodpigeon (3710) • Ireland 15 May 07

Let me clarify: I don't have any splinters, glass or other foreign objects that I personally need to remove at the moment. When I get a splinter, my method is to get the little devil out straight away while it is still...

foreign objects

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When barefoot, does it bother you that your soles are getting dirty?

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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Safely Remove Splinters

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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Need suggestions for removing splinters PLEASE!

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...

removing splinters

tricks for removing splinters

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What kind of a book gives you splinters?

kk_84in @kk_84in (1686) • India 27 Dec 06

Matchbook? Since matches are made of wood...

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