People describe something very familiar as, “I know it as well as the back of my hand”
Who studies the back of their hand?
If a suite of pictures of similar sized hands were on display, could you correctly pick your hand?
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I check mine for wrinkles, all seems Ok at the mo.
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The backs of my hands have a few distinctive marks, so I might be able to pick them out of a lineup. I wouldn’t be able to even guess with the palms of my hands.
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After so many years of caring for my nails, i assess my hands daily. Yes, I’d know my hands anywhere, in any group.
I am almost sure I would not be able to pick out the back of my hands in a lineup. 
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I think I’d know if the backs of my hands looked like someone else’s.
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Both my hands have different veins protruding. I don’t recognise them as mine but they are.
Trying not to clench my fist and tighten the skin …
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Mine vary according to what I’m doing with with them at any given time…
As one ‘Familiar’. With this being discussed. And tactile Qwerty impaired!
Thus >>
The following link, may be of interest. To those experiencing the onslaught
Clk "Play. To learn “Muscular System”.Which spells it out.
That with muscular deterioration, Nerves Veins & Bone. Are prone. To cause considerable eventual pain. Typically starting in the RHS shoulder!
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