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gerundino63
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Joined: Jul. 11 2003
From: The Netherlands
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RE: Do you take care of your hands? (in reply to Guest)
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Hi All, I had a bad pink through the lot of practice new and stretchy things. It troubled me for over a year, and got aware of everything i did with the hand. Driving the car tense the hand up a lot, and little things to do are worse than big things. F.I. put a wire through a needle can be much more tensefull than dig a hole in the ground. using a screwdriver is bad for the hand, you close your hand a lot, and there is a lot of pressure. Ofcourse, when you have no trouble at all, you never notice it, bu it is perhaps something to think about. I use meridian balls to get the fingers loose up. In the morning before playing, and in the evening before I go the bed. It is a good practice for the fingers, it warms up good, with no tension. Ofcourse you must not overdo it also. For people never heared of it, here is a link to see. http://home.tiscali.be/jp.macao/exercice.htm I do not really believe in chinese health things, so I use stone ones with no sound. Just for the movement for the hands. Peter.
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Date Feb. 1 2006 8:34:46
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Ryan002
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Joined: Oct. 18 2005
From: Singapore
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RE: Do you take care of your hands? (in reply to Guest)
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Well the truth of the matter is that usually, if you don't mind the noise and the crowd, the outdoor food centers give good portions at good quality for a much lower price than a restaraunt here. I am forced to admit that yes, many restaraunts here are very stingy with food and where I am we are definitely guilty of imposing rules like not allowing certain combinations of food (for money reasons). In order to understand this you have to realize that land space in Singapore (which incidentally is small enough you can walk across it in a day) is at a serious premium. How bad is rent? Well without going into numbers, let me just point out that "doing well" for a local restaraunt usually means 6-9 months steady loss, breakeven from 10th month to the end of the third year, and marginal profits after. Most locals eat at the outdoor food centers. The only time they go to a restaraunt is usually on dates, corporate functions, etc. in which case, decor and ambience weigh more than sheer quantity of food. So we spend a bomb on decor, pay insane rent...and compromise on food quantity (though not usually quality). Singaporeans do tend to be quite short so perhaps smaller sizes are more common in the shops.
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Date Feb. 1 2006 16:24:18
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Miguel de Maria
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Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ
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RE: Do you take care of your hands? (in reply to Guest)
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Thanks for the info, guys. I'm fascinated by far away places, though I haven't been anywhere for awhile. I've been to Panama, New Zealand, Spain, Mexico, and Hawaii (grew up there partaways). This summer I get to go on a cruise to Alaska, and hopefully next year we'll go to Germany to visit my brother and do a Mediterranean cruise. Well, we can dream at least :) 1.7 m looks like about 5'7", which is a short man here in America. Probably the average male here is about 5'10, 5'11. The younger generation is taller, older generations shorter. I'm 5'8", which makes me a bit short. The average woman is probably 5'5". Although again, the young kids seem to be inching up, literally. But the way Kim (my wife) described it, the average man was only about her height, 5'3". Maybe she was in a special short part of Singapore.
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