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                            Terry Farrell &lt;mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com&gt;;                            <br>
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                            Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">I feel the same way about having goop on my hands. Unfortunately, I have had a good few split fingertips this year - beyond those split by chisels.....<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR><BR>On Jan 1, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:<BR><BR>&gt; On 1/1/2013 3:04 PM, John Formsma wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt; I'm on my second year of no split finger tips.<BR>&gt;&gt; <BR>&gt;&gt; In the winter, I switch to moisturizing soap. And also use<BR>&gt;&gt; lotion...every night before bed, but sometimes during the day if my<BR>&gt;&gt; hands feel very dry.<BR>&gt;&gt; <BR>&gt;&gt; I remember Ron doesn't like how lotion makes his hands feel. I don't<BR>&gt;&gt; like the split tips! :-) Anyways, there are lotions nowadays that aren't<BR>&gt;&gt; greasy.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; I think it's creepy feeling and hot. I wash my hands too many times a day for lotions to be much good anyway. But then I haven't had any
 split fingers this year either.<BR>&gt; Ron N<BR><BR></td>
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