"Rubbing my nails together gave me good results": A Relaxed Hair Health Reader Experience

About a year ago, I wrote a post about rubbing the nails together to promote healthy hair. After writing that entry, I was pleasantly surprised to receive several comments from folks who tried this technique and experienced great results. One such experience comes from a reader who contacted me yesterday telling me all about her nail rubbing experience.

Here's what she shared:

"I was reading about the posting you had about rubbing your fingernails together.
I tried it and it really works. My hairstylist who is Cuban told me about it from
a stylist from India that works with her. And I still do it it's like a habit
now lol. She told me that the women from India would rub their finger tips
together to make their hair grow. She also showed me how it was done. From then on I would do it constantly while sitting in the chair getting my hair done at the shampoo bowl, or sitting under the dryer etc. I would massage my scalp afterwards. It just became a habit. I would feel tingling in my finger then going through my arms then my scalp would get tingley then itchy but I would keep doing it 'til I was tired."

During our email exchanges, she mentioned how over the past five months while continuing this practice, she's gotten good results. She was even gracious enough to share some pics of her gorgeous hair.

For those of you hearing about this technique for the first time, the "science" behind the theory of rubbing nails for healthy hair is linked to the art of reflexology where parts of the body are stimulated to active and heal other, specific areas. If you take a look at this diagram, the finger tips are connected with the top of head and brain. Thus, by rubbing the finger tips (nails), you are able to reach and stimulate the head and scalp.


In her book, Hand Reflexology: Key to Perfect Health, Mildred Carter devotes a chapter to stopping hair loss, growing new hair, and prevent grays through the use fo Reflexology. She shared the advice of another famous reflexologist, Dr Joe Shelby Riley, to rub the fingernails together 2-3 times a day for around 5 minutes a session. We can further enchance the experience by being intentional and visualizing the scalp as we rub our nails together. I'd like to thank the reader who reached out and reminded us of this wonderful practice. I myself saw some great results whenever I was consistently rubbing my nails. Perhaps, I can pair this habit this to my scalp massage practice as my reader did to help me remain consistent.

Here are a couple of the comments I received from other believers in this process. They shared their feedback with me when I first posted on this subject:

Anonymous said...
Hi, I have been rubbing my nails for the past 3 months and I have noticed I don't lose as much hair as I used to. I am 27 years old and my hair started thinning after using hair dyes and perming my hair twice when I was younger. But this technique has helped me in just 3 months my hair has stopped falling a lot and my hair looks healthy/shiny compared to before when it was dry and weak. I had lost some of my baby hairs but even that has come back. I realised this after my mother noticed that my hair doesn't look as thin as it did 3 months ago. I have also changed my diet, which means a lot of fruits and veg is involved, I make sure I drink 2 litres of water daily, massage my scalp for 5 minutes with my finger tips everyday and I do yoga everyday. All this is helping internally therefore I feel it's showing on the outside. Do try keep it up as I stopped few years ago and the hair thinning started showing it's ugly face. It's only after I realized how much I want my thick hair back I have kept it up.
Even I wanted quick results, but you have to be patient and keep it up.

December 21, 2010 11:07 AM


Anonymous said...
Hello there,

I've done this for quite a while, but I've always had great hair even when not doing it. I'm 28 and male, from Ireland. My hair was already Jet-black (always has been) but I am starting to see a blue'ish tint to it which I had when I was younger (around 20ish).

When I was younger I needed my hair cut every two weeks and my nails cut every other day because it grew so fast, it's slowed down as I've gotten older but since I've started doing this again (around 3 months ago) the exact same thing is happening, I'm needing to cut my hair at least once a month and my nails twice weekly.

I can't exactly tell you HOW this works, all I can see is that you will NOTICE considerable improvements. Trust me on this.

I rub my nails when I'm on the bus going into work (10-15 minutes) then at night before nodding off to sleep (around 20-25 minutes). I also rub my nails when I am stationary and not using my hands (I've done this since I was a kid)

Would love to hear about a blonde person doing this, and see'ing if their hair gets darker

Marty

October 10, 2010 8:06 AM

Nat Geo - Heirloom Chickens

"People eat more eggs and poultry than ever, but the world’s reliance on a few high-yielding breeds is edging out hundreds of others: Nearly a third of chicken breeds are at risk of extinction. That’s alarming because many varieties have traits, like heat or pathogen resistance, that could be invaluable in the future."

I have a speckled hamburgh bantam, her name is Messy or Eunice. Depends on the day.

Thanks to my friend @sarahnow for the heads up.

New honey, uncapped.

Picture by my brother Will

Queen of the Sun Trailer

"beekeepers are chosen by the bees"

Hair One vs WEN! The battle of all battles!

This is likely the most long awaited post I've ever done. Yes my friends, it's time for the battle of all battles, WEN vs Hair One. Let the games begin!

First, I need to start off by saying that this battle was supposed to take place months ago when I first experienced WEN's Sweet Almond Mint conditioning cleanser. This opponent, however, was quickly disqualified for not meeting minimum qualifications needed to become a serious contender. I think I used it twice, then quickly proceeded to calling customer service for immediate cancellation of the monthly automatic shipping. I really wanted to like this product but it offered nothing for me in the way of moisture. In fact, I haven't used it since I got off the phone with the customer service rep. I may go back and try to soup it up with some oils or something. Either way this was a first round knock-out against Hair One - no competition.


So let's move on to the real battle shall we? It's what you all came here to see. We all know that you guys have a taste for blood and want to watch as these to contenders fight to the death finish.

"Ding!" "Ding!" "Ding!"

Price
In this corner we have Hair One coming in at only $11.00! Plus because it is sold at Sally's, you can easily take advantage of random sales and discount offers which can further lower the price. Another strength of Hair One is how readly available it is compared to it's contender. At first I could only find it at Sally's, now I have a choice of heading to my local Beauty Supply to pick up a bottle (or two).

WEN, on the other hand, goes for around $36.00 for 16 ounces. Add to that the fact that you can only get the product online. It's almost like they're saying "don't buy me, I'm expensive and hard to get." That's why it took me so long to write this post. I had to push through all the sense I had within me to pay nearly $40.00 for a glorified shampoo product.

So if you were to break it down to cost per ounces, Hair One is going for around $0.92 per ounce ($11.00/12 ounces). Wen is $2.25 per ounce (which still blows my mind by the way). I gonna have to give this round to Hair One. For $36.00 you could purchase 3 of the 4 varieties available and still have money left over for a piece of candy.


Ingredients
Many of the ingredients in both products are comparable. WEN, though, has around 7 fewer ingredients than it's contender. I also noticed that the order of the ingredients they have in common are somewhat different. Hair One has amodimethicone as #4 on the list. This same ingredient falls way lower in WENs composition. High up on WENs ingredient list are the numberous plant extracts which probably account for it's yummy smell. Hair One appears to have a few more harder to pronounce words than WEN. I felt I could make more sense of it's ingredient list than with Hair One. Some of the desirable ingredients I found in both products include: wheat protein, sweet almond oil, and Panthenol. Hair One also included Aloe Leaf Juice and Avocado oil into the mix. Even with the effort Hair One put in by including these oils, I still get the feeling that WEN is a more "natural" product compared to it's rival. So WEN wins this round.

Product
Like I mentioned before, a lot of the ingredients are shared by both products so I figured that there shouldn't be much difference between the two. But boy was I wrong. The moment I got a whiff of the Honey Fig scent, I was hooked. It smells so much like a real fig. It doesn't smell like fragrance, it smells of natural extracts. That's probably why fragrance isn't listed as an ingredient (unlike it's rival). Once I got beyond the smell, I moved on to actually using the product. Just like WEN Sweet Almond Mint, Honey Fig is uber thick. I...like....that... Feels more like a "conditioner", conditioner instead of just a "cleansing" conditioner. The biggest difference between the Fig and Mint version of WEN, is the moisturizing quality. Fig feels good. Hair One feels good to but, honestly, Fig feels better. When I compare the consistency and feel of both products side by side, WEN feels smoother and creamier to touch when I rubbed it between my fingers. The experience is a bit more decadent.



*I do want to mention that the "creaminess test" was conducted with a newer bottle of WEN vs. an older bottle of Hair One.*

So over all, I feel like WEN Fig has an edge over Hair One when I compare the products side by side.

Results
I think both products have the ability to get the job done. Both cleanse the hair without stripping it of it's natural oils etc. I feel like using a cleansing conditioner helps to continue the work of your pre-poo. Those of you familiar with this blog know that I've been signing the praises of Hair One for the longest. In fact, I made my youtube debut by doing a Hair One review. But honestly I feel like I've found a better product. Hair One is good, WEN Fig is better. It's thicker, creamier smells awesome and feels great. This doesn't mean I'll never use Hair One again. It's still a great product. I'm just glad to have access to the original product line that inspired Hair One's existence. WEN is definitely going on the staple list. I need to thank those of you who recommended WEN Fig to me. Good lookin' out.

Which came first the deep condition or the shampoo? My dry deep conditioning experience

Do you guys remember my review of Hair Fixer way back when? During the six weeks I used the product, I had to forgo using conditioner per their usage instructions. After that experience I learned to place a higher value on the pre-poo step. Since I couldn't deep condition as normal, I had to amp up my pre-poo by using higher quality product. Ever since I've paid close attention to maintain a pretty healthy pre-shampoo regimen but this time I decided to take it a step further.

Instead of using conditioners like Long Term Relationship, etc for my pre-poo, I decided to go all out and conduct a full deep conditioning (pre-shampoo) session. On dry hair, I applied a mix of my favorite high quality conditioners like Biolage, Silicon Mix Protein de Perla, Aveda Damage Repair, and other heavy hitters. I also added a little Argan oil and popped open some vitamin e capsules into the mix. Then I proceeded to part my dry hair into small sections and applied liberally.

Next I finished it off as I would any deep conditioning session, with heat. After 30 minutes or so under the dryer, I jumped in the shower and proceeded to cleanse the hair with WEN. Just before I jumped out of the tub, I reapplied some conditioner to the hair and allow it to sit on the hair for a couple of minutes before the final rinse with cold water. After that rinse, I proceeded with styling. The coolest part about this process was that I only had to jump in the shower only once which is way more efficient than my traditional way of doing things.

So the question I have to ask myself is whether or not this method is more beneficial to the hair or is the time savings the only benefit. To better answer this question one has to look at what happens when the hair becomes wet. Water is easily absorbed into our hair strands. In fact, our hair is so attracted to water that it'll readily pull water from the air. That's why we're constantly fighting against frizz in humid weather. The hair strand can expand as much as 30% when exposed to water. When I think about this swelling effect water has on the hair I ask myself, "is it possible that the absorbed water could be taking up valuable space in my strand that should be granted to my conditioner?"

If that's the case, then it would make sense to apply conditioner to dry hair, then utilize heat to open the cuticle layer, and allow the deep conditioning process to happen. I can tell you from my experience that I had less hair loss this wash then in previous sessions. Not only did I realize some great benefits during the wash, I also enjoyed great feeling hair throughout the week. Dry deep conditioning requires more product then normal deep conditioning. I found myself having to apply ample conditioner just to saturate the hair. In the long run, I'm sure it'll be a little more expensive since I use less conditioner during my normal routine. But I think the results will speak for themselves. You should also check out a post a while back sharing the details of a study that supports the importance of applying product to the hair prior to the wash for added protection to the cuticle layer.

Some might be thinking, "isn't having lots water in the strand a good thing?" Yes it can be a good thing but remember that water evaporates. If I can help it, I'd rather have the deep conditioning ingredients swelling up the strand, no just water alone. The key to making this process successful is using heat to open the up cuticle layer so the conditioner can truly penetrate. Once the cuticle is open, your hair is ready for 100% conditioner penetration. No additional water taking up any valuable cuticle space.

I'll be using this method over the next several weeks to see if the benefits are lasting. I really hope this will turn into a permanent change in my regimen. The thought of saving time on wash day and the possibility of a deeper conditioning process gets me all excited. Anyone tried this technique before?

Show off your fabulous mane & become a Pantene Hair Model

If any of you ladies plan to attend the upcoming Essence Music Festival, go visit the folks from Pantene as they host a casting call for their next round of hair models. You guys may remember Brooke, who won a chance to represent Pantene in their previous champaign. Now it's your turn!

MEDIA ALERT

WHAT: PANTENE PRO-V CASTING CALL AT ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL

Pantene, known for providing women with healthy, beautiful hair for more than 60 years, is seeking five African-American women to star in its upcoming 2012 print advertising. The search will take place at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.

WHEN: FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 1-2, 2011, 11:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Sign-ups begin at 10:00 A.M. and are limited to the first 200 people

Callbacks will be held on Sunday, July 3, 2011

WHERE: MORIAL CONVENTION CENTER

2^ND FLOOR- ROOM 226

900 CONVENTION CENTER BLVD

WHY: Pantene aims to provide women with healthy, beautiful hair and offers a variety of products for every hair structure, including the Pantene Pro-V Relaxed and Natural collection, designed to help keep African-American hair strong against damage, shiny and moisturized. As part of “My Black is Beautiful,” a campaign that celebrates African-American beauty, Pantene hopes to encourage African-American women to let their beauty shine inside and out. To find out more, women can visit www.pantene.com/womenofcolor.

MORE: Women with relaxed and/or natural hair are able to participate, however those with extensions or weave will not be considered. The winners will be featured in Pantene’s print advertisements beginning in 2012 and will receive an all expense paid trip to the print shoot location. Winners will be announced at a later date.

*If anyone needs more info. Contact me and I can get your questions over to the folks in charge of the event.*

"This I Believe" writing for school.

I believe in the power of women.

I work for around half a million of them every day, and they work for me. I am their caretaker, and they are my workers. A few thousand of them are the best engineers you have ever met. Another couple thousand are the best nurses you have ever heard of. Four of them are the best mothers ever to live, and the remaining thousands are the best gatherers and guards that the world has ever seen. They are unselfish and put their thousands of sisters before themselves. If there is a threat to their house, they will die in battle to deter the threat away. Of the thousand sisters, they have only a few hundred brothers. The brothers do not guard, clean or help any of their siblings’. All they do is consume the hard work of their extraordinary sisters. From the second these amazing ladies are born, they begin their work. This is the intriguing story of a honeybee.

When I first became a beekeeper, after four months of bee school, I realized the true power of an insect that can save the world. On mothers’ day last year, I installed my first package of bees. This was my first experience having hundreds of bees less than an inch from my skin. I became comfortable with these little insects as they crawled under my suit and started crawling on my stomach. I was unaware that honeybees are experts at finding and climbing into little holes wherever they can. As it turns out, they had found the bottom of my pant leg on my bee suit, and started crawling in. Honeybees are not meant to sting you. They are meant to pollinate and create honey. Anyway, these bees had started crawling up my leg and onto my stomach. After a couple of nervous moments, I calmly walked away from the cloud of bees and unzipped my suit. When I lifted my shirt, I found 10 baby bees clinging to my chest. I gently wiped them away, trying not to hurt them. I returned to my hives unharmed.

This was a good beginning to my hives. Now when I walk through the woods, and come the area where my bees are nestled into a little pocket of trees, I know that when I lift the top of a hive, I will be looking down at a family of the hardest workers I have ever encountered. These women are pretty powerful. We need them to survive. Plants need them to survive, and the planet needs them to survive. They might be the most powerful women in the world. Queen Elizabeth and Oprah are some very significant women, but nothing compares to the little insects who pollinate the planet. This is why I believe in the power of women.

This I believe.

My Broody Hens

For the first time in the five years of raising birds, I have had some truly broody hens. In years past, I have had birds who merely sit on the eggs for a couple of days and never hatched any. I think this is about to change. For around a week now, two of my hens are broody on about a total of a dozen eggs. Butterscotch, my Americana, is sitting on top of some fertilized silkie eggs coming from a pair of silkies in the barn. Whenever someone approaches her or walks past, she ruffles her feathers to look larger and makes a sort of growling noise. Yes, a growling noise coming from a hen. Before Butterscotch, my little girl duck, Olive, was sitting on as many eggs as she could. She is a bantam Call duck (she is very teeny), which leaves her not many feathers to cover all of the eggs. She would also guard her eggs and when I came near hiss at my hand and sometimes pecking it whenever it got too close. Interestingly after two days, a broody Blue Cochin, Sassy, kicked Olive out and claimed the eggs to be hers. She also plucked all the feathers off her chest to expose her skin to the surface of the eggs. Instead of fighting it, and maybe causing more harm to Olive, I let the birds decide who sat on the eggs and it happened to be Sassy. She has been a very consistent mother, always sitting on her eggs and never going too far away from her eggs. To help both of my broody hens out, I put a bowl of food and a full waterer within a foot of their nests. This allows them to have food and water and not let their eggs get chilled while they are eating. This is hopefully the first time that my own birds will hatch their own eggs and raise a family.

The tricky thing about broody hens is that if the eggs aren't really going to hatch they can stay broody for too long. I have even heard of hens that died while broody. Their body temperature rises when broody and they can get "too comfortable". If the eggs are fertilized cool, if not you are going to help her get "un-broody" (is that a word?)

TIPS:

1. Put water and food nearby

2. Keep her in a quite safe place, unbothered by other hens

3. A set of eggs will take approximately 21 days til hatch out.

4. If you don't want them to be broody, simply take them of the nest and keep them away from that spot for 24+ hours. And remove the eggs from the nest.

5. Don't let a hen go longer than 21 days.

Pecking Order (My first blog post, 5 years ago)

Sweet Butterscotch after healing.

Our sweet hen, Butterscotch is at the bottom of the pecking order and was quite injured as a result. "The pecking order is a well-defined hierarchical pattern of behaviour that manifests in flocks. There is a ‘top bird’ to which the rest will defer, often giving way at the food container or generally getting out of the way. The top bird is often a cock, but in the absence of a male, an old hen may hold the position. She may continue to hold sway even if there is a male, if he happens to be young and nervous. The pecking order extends downwards (just as it does in human societies), with the weakest having to survive as best as they can, dodging the onslaughts of the more powerful. The pecking order may also extend sideways, with a previously untouched bird being attacked if, for example, it becomes ill or sustains a wound that attracts the unwanted attention of the other birds."

When we initially took her to the vet where they recommended that we put her down, the injury was too deep. We decided not to do that but to try and nurse her back to health as best we can. The vet washed, cleaned and trimmed some feathers then made a little cone to put around her neck so she wouldn't get into a bad habit of picking the injury. We are also now giving her some antibiotics to help prevent infection. We have built a new little ccop for her, near her old flock but separated. I think she may never go back in with her old flock. So far it seems to all have worked, she even laid an egg yesterday.

6/11 Tips for helping birds at the bottom of the pecking order

1. Give your birds plenty of places to perch. This allows for those birds near or at the bottom to get away from their attacker.

2. Don't let your birds get bored.

3. If the bird at the bottom of the pecking order has a wound that is bleeding, it will (oddly) attract the attention of all the hens. They will be curious about it and often will begin to peck at it too.

4. Best bet is separate this bird from the flock, put her in the infirmary and let her heal. In my case butterscotch got her own coop near the the other hens and never returned to the original coop.

Lice.

People often ask me about lice.

Here is how you can tell if your bird has lice:
a drop in egg production
broken feathers
raw patches
wattles looking pale (lice cause anemia)
look near the vent to see if you can see them

1. Humans cannot get chicken lice!

2. Keep your coop very clean. I try and completely clean the coop every week.

3. Don't use hay in the nesting boxes. The lice live and rest inside the tube of the hay. Hay is a breeding ground for lice. Straw is ok, but hay is not.

4. Overcrowding promotes lice growth. Each bird should have roughly six square feet.

5. If any birds from outside the flock are coming into the coop, check them very carefully before introducing them to your flock.

6. Make sure your birds have a place to dust bathe (I use a mixture of sand and dirt). This is how they naturally take care of lice. They fluff up their feathers and dust the dirt onto their skin and lice.

7. I sometimes sprinkle a little food grade diatemaceous earth into the area where they dust bathe, DE is thought to be a natural solution for lice. I always wear a mask when working with DE.

Hope this helps.

Cheesecake. 5 years ago

Student finds passion for activism - Beverly Citizen

By Katrina Powell, June 9, 2011

Stella is a social butterfly, Alice is a chatterbox and Paprika acts as the boss lady, keeping everyone in line. While these may sound like the personalities of characters on a television series, they are, in fact, chickens.

Orren Fox, an eighth-grader at The Glen Urquhart School in Beverly, owns 23 hens, three roosters and four ducks and claims that they have as much personality as domestic pets like cats and dogs.

“They all have really funny personalities and it’s fun to see them interact with one another,” said Fox said, who lives in Newburyport.

Fox, 9, initially acquired a batch of 12-day-old chicks from a gardening and agricultural store back in 2007, and was instantly intrigued by the birds.

“I’m not sure what got me interested, but one little thing just sparked an interest inside me,” Fox said.

“My husband and I certainly didn’t know the first thing about birds when he brought them home,” said Fox’s mother, Libby DeLana. “But there’s nothing like seeing your child so engaged in something.”

Fox was in forth grade when he first brought home his birds, and despite his young age, he rose to the occasion and took on the responsibility of raising and caring for his young pets. Fox explained that the birds started out as clueless chicks and he was responsible for showing the babies how to find food and water. He now spends about a half hour each day after school feeding the full-grown chickens and providing them with clean water, as well as sweeping their cages and collecting eggs.

“It sounds like a lot of work, but once you do it everyday for years, it just becomes something you do,” Fox said.

The birds have a cozy home within three large cages that are set up inside the family’s barn, and some birds just run free inside the barn, Fox said. It’s safe to say these chickens won’t be flying the coop anytime soon.

“They definitely have plenty of room and they’re pretty happy,” Fox said. “You should have a minimum of five square feet per bird.”

A year after receiving the chicks, Fox entered the fifth grade and learned that his class at Glen Urquhart required a research project. Because of his love for his pets, he chose to conduct his project on, what else, chickens. But when he began to conduct the research for the project, Fox didn’t like what he found out.

“What really caught my eye was the egg-laying business,” Fox said. “I discovered that most factory farms will cram eight birds into an 18 inch by 18 inch cage with little food and they are literally clawing each other’s backs because there is no room. It’s really a miserable situation.”

Fox added that chickens will lay the majority of their eggs within their first year of life, and after that time, the chickens are sent to the chopping block. Another unsettling area of research for Fox was what he found on the birds that are raised primarily for meat purposes.

“The get treated so badly and they are injected with hormones and steroids,” Fox said.

Fox explained that after opening his eyes to the inhumane treatment of chickens, he knew that he was doing the right thing by raising his own chickens.

“My own birds will never have to go through that,” Fox said. “Chickens felt great as pets but then I really realized that I was doing something really good by keeping them away from bad treatment.”

Fox has been featured on NPR, Time for Kids, Ranger Rick and Yankee Magazine for his research, and even discussed his knowledge with the masses during a seminar that was held in May at his school called Greenspiration. The seminar was attended by approximately 40 people, and featured stations where students and parents could learn about gardening, farming and agriculture. Fox’s personable chickens were also in attendance.

“It was a fun little event for people to learn how to start something sustainable in their own backyard,” Fox said. “I think it was really successful.”

“The Glen Urquhart School is so incredible,” DeLana said. “To be honest, it’s amazing for a child to be able to be interested in something, anything, and no matter what it is, the children are open to it and think it’s cool.”

Although the research started out as a school project on raising chickens, it quickly evolved into a full-time commitment for Orren, as he decided to start a blog and Twitter page in 2008 to share his information with the masses.

“It just started as a hand-written journal but people then wanted to know what I was writing and they had questions about their own birds,” Fox said. “I’m now just trying to spread the word [about inhumane treatment] so that people will get their own birds and raise them in their backyards.”

Today, Fox has a blog readership and more than 3,000 followers on Twitter (@happychickens), with whom he shares his knowledge and opinions on the humane treatment of chickens and other animals, healthy eating, and the environment.

“It’s really nice to know that what I’m writing is read by a lot of people,” Fox said. “It motivates me to write more.”

Fox tries to update his blog several times a week, adding interesting articles about the subject and even pictures of his own chickens. Fox explained that it doesn’t take much to make a difference.

“Not a lot of people know about how badly chickens are treated but it’s important information to know,” Fox said. “It just a simple little thing of treating some birds nicely. I think that if I can treat some chickens nicely, it’s better than none.”

Fox added that chickens that are raised hn a comfortable setting will lay eggs that taste much better than if they are raised on factory farms. He explained that if people are unable to raise their own chickens, they can still promote humane treatment by purchasing eggs from a local farm, and finding a local supplier of meat where the animals are ethically raised.

“I would say that if you feel happy about supporting the way that the animals you eat are treated, then I would continue to buy from that supplier,” Fox said. “But if you aren’t happy about how they are treated, then I would do something about it.”