Where can I buy some toe nails?

@p1kef1sh (45681)
February 5, 2010 6:00am CST
I've been up and down the High Street. I've been to all the DIY stores and to the supermarkets, but nobody seems to sell toe nails. I wondered if finger nails would be as effective? Several places can sell me toe nail clippers. But I don't want clips. I want nails. Can anyone suggest where I might get some?
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@jb78000 (15139)
5 Feb 10
you do not need to buy specific nails. nails are nails - this is why you don't get picture nails, wood nails, furniture nails, etc either. just go and buy a box of 'nails'.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
5 Feb 10
Just like a woman!
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@jb78000 (15139)
5 Feb 10
why am i scaring you? the starter asked a straightforward question about nails [i am no intention of trying to find out why he wants to nail toes. i don't want to know] and i provided a straightforward answer.
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@jb78000 (15139)
5 Feb 10
owlwings. ahem. i am a rabbit. your stereotyping made no sense there.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
5 Feb 10
On your feet? They grow there you know...
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
You mean I've already got them. For free!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
5 Feb 10
exactly
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@Theresam (1177)
• United States
5 Feb 10
I have never heard of toe nails-are they like acrylic ones you use for your fingers. I woudnt use the ones for your fingers different shape. Wouldn't a nice pedicure be worth it instead.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
They are like nails. Metal like you use for wood. I need to nail some toes on.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
5 Feb 10
Any shop that also sells gurning irons, left-handed hammers and long weights should be able to help you. In my youth we had a REAL hardware store right in the middle of town. Upstairs they had the larger stuff in displays so cramped together that one was constantly saying 'excuse me' to the other customers. The place smelled of wood, paraffin, paint and rope, together with that exciting smell of iron. Downstairs was the small goods counter and the assistant there (who wore the regulation brown coat) had row upon row of small and large drawers full of every imaginable size of screw, bolt, nail, window fastening, glazing tack, rivet ... you name it! If you needed just five number 8 3/4" brass round-headed screws, that is what you got and what you paid for, wrapped in a small piece of strong manilla paper. There was no messing with huge triplicate sheets of invoice/delivery note for three halfpence of screws, such as our building merchants seem to rejoice in doing today (and if you had been in a few times before and seemed about to be a 'regular', you were politely offered the option to put it on credit). Many the young lad was sent down to Piggots for a left-handed monkey wrench or a long weight (these were generally kept out the back in some obscure place and were generally, after meticulous and lengthy checking, 'out of stock and coming in some time next week'.) The great thing about the staff of these places was that they all had a sense of humour and fully played the game.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
As a young apprentice hole borer (true not joke) I was sent for a "long Stand". I had trouble charging that one to a job I recall. In the town of my youth, Wallingford in Oxfordshire, there is a similar hardware store or Ironmongers named Champions. If they don't have it then it cannot be found. If you want a washer, then they split the packet and sell you one. Now I'm off to turn a thread on a piece of square section pipe.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
5 Feb 10
Clares accessories I have seen them at but they are false manicured ones will they be any use to you xxx
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
6 Feb 10
Well I am blonde you know I have never heard of them I thought you meant actual Toe Nails (sigh) xxx
@p1kef1sh (45681)
6 Feb 10
I meant the sort that you hit with a hammer Gabs! LOL. XXXX
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@BarBaraPrz (47274)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Feb 10
I've seen them before, but can't tell you where.
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@BarBaraPrz (47274)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Feb 10
No, I mean I don't remember... I would tell you if I could, honest!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
I've got a hammer. If you remember where you saw the nails then I'll be nailing my toes back on in no time!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
Go on. You can tell me. I'm nice.
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@nannacroc (4049)
5 Feb 10
Fingernails wouldn't be strong enough. Have you totally lost the plot or are your toes in need of repair?
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@nannacroc (4049)
6 Feb 10
That's a shame, the world would be so much better if there were more people looking at life your way.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
I've lost the plot. Seemed entirely plausible this morning but now I realise that not everyone is as daft as me.
@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
8 Feb 10
never heard of toe nail extensions or fake ones - I guess if your toes are narrow enough for fingernails...
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
8 Feb 10
ohhh - if they are falling off I strongly suggest you go to the doctor not nail them back on - after all, oh f1shy one, you do have socialized medicine...
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
8 Feb 10
I meant nails to secure toes to my feet Elic!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
8 Feb 10
I love that term "socialised medicine". Makes it sound like we all sit around the fire eating comfort food and nattering whilst we wait to see the Doc. Instead we listen to piped muzak, small children sniffing, embarrassed looking young girls (Yes dear we know that you're here for the pill). But at least we get seen and don't have to pay. I prefer it my way to yours. $95 and counting (to $500) for daughter's visits to the Dr in NC. LOL.
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@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
6 Feb 10
I could send you mine, I had a pedicure a month or so ago and had acrylics put on and think it's time to take them off. Does it matter if they're used or not? I think you might be able to find some new ones at the hardware store, they keep them in the same aisle they keep the hammers.
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@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
6 Feb 10
Okay, as long as you don't mind that they're bright pink with white squiggly lines and some glitter! I think they might have a little bit of toe jam, too....long as you don't mind, they're on the way!!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
6 Feb 10
They'll go beautifully with my feminine side. Thank you. Toe jam? Sounds scrumdiddlyupmtious!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
6 Feb 10
Send them and I'll see if they suit! LOL.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
6 Feb 10
oh pikey you really had me going. ah ha ,toe nails as in toeing a joint or some such malarkey that carpenters use. So go to a store that sells nails and screws and bolts and all such stuff. And do not get toe nail clippers for those toe nails either. wont hold up at all. I really cannot see driving finger nails into the wood,they would just bend.he he he he he. Here you would go to Home Depot or Lowes stores but dont know if you have them over there in England. toe nails wow.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
6 Feb 10
I'm pleased that you understood it Hatley. So many didn't!
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
5 Feb 10
Well you could go to a place that does gel nails...some places will also do pretty gel nails on your toes! Makes for awesome beach toes!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
Gel nails? What are they. They sound all rubbery.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
5 Feb 10
The ones I've gotten are a gel that hardens really hard (ive gotten fingernails) they fileyour regular nail down a bit along the surface then build it up with the "gel" even can extend them to make them longer. They hurt like a SOB when you break them off though!
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5 Feb 10
Hi p1key, Well it all what kind of toe and what kind of nails? have you been to Boots lol! hugs. Tamara xxxx
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
LOL. I like that one Tamara. XXXX
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
5 Feb 10
We sell nails here, P1ke you'll have to do the dance...lol...you know, dance around a boiling cauldron and chanting a few native words....lol...and it won't cost you anything.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
Promise me that you won't take a photograph Jen. LOL.
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
5 Feb 10
I would imagine that any tattoo/piercing parlor could help you. Make sure the boss brings the camera so that there will be pictures to share. Or, if you aren't sure, only do one foot. The use the press-on nails on the other. If you spend a day or three with open-toed sandals I'm sure that you will gather enough opinions to help you make up your mind. Oh, and post a picture of that too, ok?
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Feb 10
Will they be able to nail my toes on? If not I guess that it's just toe bad!
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
5 Feb 10
If you do decide to get nailed, make sure they are precise with their aim. Indeed, you would not want to end up with a hang nail, would you? Don't forget the picture!
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
5 Aug 10
Uh, I had not thought that they actually sold artificial toe nails..but upon searching for them I did find some. I seriously should consider getting me some. I hate my toe nails alot. I checked eBay out and it appears they have them there as well..wow thanks for bringing this to my attention. Maybe I can have pretty toe nails now.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
13 Feb 10
Golly Pike, you can be so dense sometimes. You buy toenails from a toe nail shop!!! De-err. Or they might be in the toe nail aisle in the Hardware store. If that fails...try a second hand store.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
13 Feb 10
I have no idea what that means
@p1kef1sh (45681)
13 Feb 10
But I don't want finger nails that they'd sell there. Maybe I need a Scot to First Foot me!
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@littleowl (7157)
8 Feb 10
Well p1ke, it alldepends what you want the nails for really..how about going for a pedicure or nail shop am sure they will be able to steer you in the right direction..hugs LoLo
@p1kef1sh (45681)
8 Feb 10
I was thinking more ironmongery LoLo. XXXX
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