[fireman15]

I took off my glove and the nail was just hanging there, so I pulled it off the rest of the way.

I have been there on that one. I had deformed fingernails for years. I still have visible scars on the tops of some of my fingers from accidents that happened 35 years ago.

[woodbutcher1963]

We would go to the Conrail main yard and sort through the 16’ long used cross ties they had pulled off the railroad. We would buy those for $10 each, cut them if half and sell them installed on jobs for $12-15 for an 8’. This was back in the early 80’s.