>>Now here is your turn to ask for a cite and quote (which I won't have): In my experience women at every socio-economic scale tend to manicure their nails.


Oh my! That isn't what I was trying to say at all. Some jobs are very hard on the hands, and nails would tend to get in the way ... I would think acrylic nails would be an impedement in a meat processing plant. I certainly wasn't trying to imply any bias to any particular 'socio-economic' category !

Barbara