Old Enough To Remember?

[Andrew Shadow]

I'm guessing I'm not the only one here that still does that, can't imagine going to urgent care over something that simple.

I'm guessing that you are right. I just dug a wood splinter out of my finger two days ago.

For wood splinters my tool of choice is usually a razor blade. They are sharp enough to easily cut the skin open to gain access and then the corner is nice and sharp and pointy to go digging to get the splinter out. For metal splinters I usually try a metal file first. Often if you file the skin in the direction opposite to how the splinter entered the teeth of the file will drag the splinter out. If that doesn't work I resort to my trusty razor blade and go digging.

In the case of large splinters it always feel sooooo good when the splinter finally comes out.