A small sacrifice for MYLOT..but i feel better..
By yanjiaren
@yanjiaren (9031)
February 8, 2007 9:17am CST
fisrt time in my life i got false nails..and yes they looked quite pretty..but they were making me useless and slow in everything..i couldn't button up my shirts properly..can;'t open cans properly..my fingers would slide off the keyboard as i would type and impair me..so i thoght..sod it..excuse my french i am going to cut the ruddy things off and file them..so i did..i was a littl sad but when i saw my hubby's face glisten with joy and my typing speed increase at mylot..i think the small sacrifice was worth it..my hubby said you look better with the shorter nails..
that helped..and i managed to do 25 responses of decent length in an hour..that's the fastest i have ever done..
what small sacrifice have you made that was really worth it and you saw the benefits from it?
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21 responses
@blueeyeshyip (373)
• China
8 Feb 07
Although you loss nail,but you get another something.
I believe that you have make a right decision for you.
@yanjiaren (9031)
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8 Feb 07
heheh you all made me laugh today..hi Bizziebod..how is it being in the 500 gang now?
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@elisata (568)
• Netherlands
8 Feb 07
Congratulations on losing your nails! Although I like well groomed nails myself, I never understood women with false nails. I mean, we women have not only to do our work to earn some money, but run around in supermarkets for groceries and doing work in the house... How can you keep your nails intact, I always wonder. Besides, I do not really like long nails ;-))
And with my ceramics... not practical at all!
My small sacrifice so far for MyLot is that as a writer and journalist (retired) I was used to get paid well for my writing... And here... well, I don't have to tell YOU, do I? So I write and write and post and post, for nickels and dimes... but it's okey! No benefits yet, unless you all $1.87 in almost 6 weeks a benefit...;-)
@yanjiaren (9031)
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8 Feb 07
well you are here and we are enjoying your company lol..glad you agree that i got rid of the ruddy things was a good ides..thank God i have quite slim fingers..and they are not completely short to the bone..they just cover the tips of my fingers..lol..
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@Niggywm (308)
• Latvia
8 Feb 07
I like long nails very much really but then again - when mines are long long - then as you said - it's hard to type. Slow, tons of typos etc etc. So usually i keep them until I feel, I can't type normal anymore, then cut them off lol. Then I let them grow again =))
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@hopefoo (1145)
• Malaysia
8 Feb 07
The things we do for MyLot. Tsk tsk LOL but I'm glad you got those nails off ya cause that means you replied to my post! hahahah Yes don't deny it, I saw it! :) What sacrifices have I made for a better cause? Let's see, I gave up eating chocolate and dessert just to lose weight, does that count? I can't say that I've done any major sacrifices.
You;re at 888 now! I hope you get to 1000 tonight!! Good luck! I'm still working on mine. I'm not even at 500 yet! Argh! okay..I'll try to get to 500 tonight. *LAUGHS*
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@hopefoo (1145)
• Malaysia
8 Feb 07
I think I'll just eat chocolate cake til I burst tomorrow. I didn't make it. It's 3am now and I have 342 posts. That's another 156 to go. I wish they'd include replying to threads to the count as well, then I woulda made it to 500 already! LOL but oh well...never give up!! right jie? :D
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@yanjiaren (9031)
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8 Feb 07
you can do it gal..ye meimei..go for it..
we will eat choc cake together tomorrow..lol
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@roque20 (518)
• Philippines
9 Feb 07
everytime i just spend my sparetime here in the net and i cant mingle with my classmates anymore because of mylot i really focus on mylot. and i think its a very big help to me bacause it helps to widen my vocabulary and have shared my thoughts and ideas here in net.
@yanjiaren (9031)
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9 Feb 07
very nice..i rated plus even the guy that wrote no commnet..i think that made the post of the century lol
@Bizziebod (3497)
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8 Feb 07
Oh it's a shame you have had to sacrifice your nails in the name of mylotting! Are you feeling better now they are smaller? You need to let your nails grow naturally sometimes anyway! I have false nails on once every six months and usually keep them on for a few weeks at a time! It doesnt really affect my typing as I have been wearing false nails on and off since I was 21!
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@divir_vij (1591)
• India
8 Feb 07
surely you deserve some appreciation. I think mylot should give you some bonus for this.
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@dareformore (794)
• Pakistan
9 Feb 07
Yes you have done a good thing. It is really a good thing and myLot is really a place for which anyone will sacrifice . Thanks and keep it up
@jtmblossom (470)
• Philippines
9 Feb 07
WOw!your doing great. I always have a short nails. I am not used to having long nails or putting false nails coz its true that it hinders your work plus long nails is not healthy 'coz its where most bacterias thrives.
@34momma (13882)
• United States
8 Feb 07
that is a great story. those nails you have to get use to. i have my nails done, but i keep them short and i just love the way my hands look. somethings are just not for eveyone. I have made sacrifices all my life. i took my sister in when my mother passed. we have different fathers but i took her into my home when she was 12 and i had two kids already. why did i do that becaus she is my baby sister and i love her. she is now 25 and a beautiful woman who still leaves with me. i think that sacrifice is over and she needs her own place!! LOL
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
8 Feb 07
I don't blame you for removing those false nails. I couldn't imagine not being able to type quickly, lol! My typing speed already frustrates me sometimes. (Well, not really my speed so much as my innacuracies. I actually type at about 80 words per minute, according to a test I took online awhile back. You can check your typing speed too, if you like, here: http://www.typingtest.com) I can't imagine how frustrated I would be if I had nails that were causing me to slow down and causing my fingers to slip off. I am glad that you are back up to your regular typing speed now! I probably make about 25-30 quality replies in an hour, myself, so I think that you're doing great! ^_^
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@he_honey1986 (28)
• India
8 Feb 07
we;; thats a comman preoblem find the solution by ur own way
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@etheljeah (98)
• Canada
9 Feb 07
i had to leave everythn back and start a new life. i must admit,that one was really hard..
@Lavera1 (896)
• United States
9 Feb 07
I had the same experience with the fake nails and cut them off too. But the sacrifice I'v made was to put my life on hold for my children so they could be raise in the way they were supposed to go so that when they became grown they wouldn't turn away from my teaching because they not only heard me but saw me live the life that I talked about in front of them.
Now I can say that it's was and is worth it because I have three beautiful and successful childern and three most gorgeous grands.
I look at my children and see in them and hear, how I behave and talk. Living mini me's.
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