re: When’s the last time you lost a finger or toe nail?

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I brushed my fingers into a moving table saw blade.

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Time to buy a Sawstop.

It is interesting so many of the stories are contemporaneously linked to a hurricane.

I have lost my right big toenail about every couple of years for the last 30. It comes from rock climbing in shoes that feel two sizes too small and lots of foot and toe jams crack climbing. No discernable trauma it just starts coming off a couple of days later. Then I have to monitor it for months as it grows back to prevent an ingrown toenail which is the only time I actually have any pain from the process.

Lost my left thumbnail on a lime scooter in Little Rock last year. Hammered and decided I didn’t want to walk back to the hotel. What a good idea.

Only other time I’ve lost a nail was much more wholesome. I was working at the Ike Expo center in West Monroe during high school and dropped a trailer tongue on my left foot. Big toe nail peaced out a little while later.

Ironically, my big toenail is still malformed, and my thumbnail I lost as a result of drunken shenanigans came back perfectly.

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interesting so many of the stories are contemporaneously linked to a hurricane.

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Yep, the live oak tree I was splitting logs from had just been trimmed back to a broccoli stalk because Ida split it down the middle. Had it trimmed to remove weight to save it from falling all the way. So far it’s doing great. The crack has started to close and bark over again and my nail is doing well too