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i love segs

i love segs

a left hand strings thing.

i find when i play alot, my fingertip segs get very thick, which lowers the risk of pain if i keep playing really too much, but also playing seems to be easier overall, i assume this is partially due the lack of sweat getting through the thick skin.
then i have a long bath,
and i wrecks me segs in de hot water.

i read an interview with a mountaineer who actually wears rubber gloves in the bath, to prevent loss of hard skin on his hands. i havent done this (yet!) but i wonder if any of you gonques do so.

also i was glueing a guitar today and got superglue on my fingers. as it stuck me, it struck me that superglueing your segs might be a good way to thicken them up temporarily.

i need to get out more.

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by rumpole

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yes i should use hide glue, but i cant find it.
too well hidden etc

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by rumpole

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Always wear a rubber when trying to have segs.

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by anvilcoyote

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I really must brush up on my regional slang. What section of the globe uses "segs" to describe calluses on the tips of ones fingers?

I do agree however, that super-glue is useful when the digits become raw or cut from over-playing.

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Jusa Nutter Eejit

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Yorkshire, Lancashire and Old Norse speakers.:-)

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by

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ecky thump, kind sire

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by rumpole

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What's a gonque?

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Pat Mustard

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Blunt force to the cranium.:-)

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by

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i thought that was ecky thump...?

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by rumpole

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i think a gonque is the same as a gonk, but with airs and graces.

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by rumpole

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What's a gonk?

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Pat Mustard

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sort of an oiky gonque, i think

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by rumpole

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Up she flew, and the cock flattened her... she never lost a feather...

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Pat Mustard

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thats hilarious!!! :-) but now i'm confused...................

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by rumpole

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Now you know how I felt... :-D

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Pat Mustard

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Here we sometimes drive Segs, but try not tu put them in a hot water. Don't know about cladding them in rubber - usually we just clean them with a damp cloth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway_PT

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Janek

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That there mountaineer is only being a pretentious ponce about the rubber gloves. I've never heard owt so daft.

When you get out of the bath and dry off for a few hours your segs will return to their previous hardness.

And anyway, only dirty people bath in the first place.

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by showaddydadito

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http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=23003

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by RichardB

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Segs are the nails in the soles and heels of your tackity boots. Great for sliding on concrete. The black discs on the ends of your fingers are called opercula. Honest.

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by gam

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Incidentally, did you know that the:

"Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) is the largest solar energy generating facility in the world. It consists of nine solar power plants in California's Mojave Desert..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Energy_Generating_Systems

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler

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"Segs are the nails in the soles and heels of your tackity boots. "

Nah, they're blakies (sp?)

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by spindizzy

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Blakeys, now known as Pennine Castins, have been manufacturing segs since 1902. They are now considering expansio into the drugs and rock and roll markets.

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Bernie 29

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Castings
expansion
bugger

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Bernie 29

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Hmmm... Segs are the little metal bits protecting the toes and heels of your boots (clogs, whatever), maybe that's where calling calluses segs came from ... finger protectors.

# Posted on November 26th 2009 by spindizzy

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