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Snaggy

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posted July 24, 2004 13:59

I've got sunburned shoulders! [Embarrassed]

Nitro is calling me The Lobster Man. [Mad]

Damn it, why did I ever go outside!!! [Mad]

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GMx

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posted July 24, 2004 15:15

Ever heard of sunscreen? [Wink]

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Snaggy

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posted July 24, 2004 15:29

DOH!

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Ivan
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posted July 24, 2004 16:57

Make some camomile tea and let it cool, then soak a towel in it and place it on your shoulders. Feels nice.

Aloe feels good too, unless you're allergic to it, like my mom =/

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Snaggy

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posted July 24, 2004 17:08

I've been doused in aloe since day 1, but it hasn't been a miracle cure. I'm kinda surprised how long this has lasted... I'm up to 48 hours now and it still hurts [cry baby]

Will try the camomile... thanks :-)

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Ivan
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posted July 24, 2004 17:11

I just hope this doesn't raise your chances of getting skin cancer. All of my mother's side of the family is covered w/ it (no pun intended). Nasty stuff.

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TMBWITW,PB

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posted July 24, 2004 17:32

Any sunburn shots for the webcam? [Razz]

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dragonman97

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posted July 24, 2004 20:44

quote:
Originally posted by TMBWITW,PB:
Any sunburn shots for the webcam?

Hey now...don't beat a guy while he's down.

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Allan
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posted July 24, 2004 21:27

quote:
Originally posted by dragonman97:
Hey now...don't beat a guy while he's down.

You wouldn't hear me complaining [Wink]

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posted July 24, 2004 22:32

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I've got sunburned shoulders! [Embarrassed]

Pfft! You ever had a sunburned scalp? Nothing like a headache on the outside of your skull.

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Xanthine

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posted July 24, 2004 22:49

You trying to be a macho man and run around with out a shirt? [Razz]

Slather on the aloe every chance you get. You should feel better in another day...as opposed to another five, which is how long it hurts when you DON'T use aloe. The deeper the burn the worse it is.

I had a blistering burn on my shoulders once due to riding my bike sixty miles in a tank top. That was the first and last time I forgot that little detail about sunscreen. I had to tape the shoulder seams of my t-shirt, it hurt so bad. I've got permanent freckles where the blisters were. I watch them for sudden changes.

I've burned the part in my hair, but that wasn't much. Kinda tender when brushing but nothing I couldn't ignore. I have burned the roof of my mouth climbing. Not as painful as it sounds, but it is odd. The insides of my nostrils get toasted pretty much every time I go out on the glaciers...AFAIK there's no sunscreen to put there. Sunburned lips are the worst, especially when they start to heal, peel and bleed*. But that's what lipblock is for. I've also gotten great helmet-strap tan lines from climbing, as well as the "reverse racoon".

*: One summer my family did RAGBRAI, a bike ride across Iowa. I wore lipscreen, and sunscreen, but sweat it off faster than I could reapply, and scorched my lips. I knew from prior experience that Blistex helps the healing process along, and when we settled at my grandparents' farm for a couple days of resting at the end of the ride I very politely asked my mom to get me some when she went on a store run. She ignored me. So I asked again, still politely, the next day when she had to make another store run (I had no access to a car and no idea where to go on a bike). She ignored me again. That night at dinner, I wiped my mouth and took some peeling lip away with the napkin. Someone, either my dad or one of my siblings, yelped "You're bleeding!" That got all kinds of attention. The next day, I got my Blistex. Nothing like a bit of blood-letting to get your parents to take you seriously. [Roll Eyes]

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littlefish
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posted July 25, 2004 02:54

I once got quite a nasty sunburn waiting in line for a cable car to take me to the top of table mountain in cape town. I'd applied sunscreen to all my visible bits. Unfortunately I still managed to get sunburn on my shoulders through my shirt. Blistered up nicely, and for the next few days, my clothes would stick to the weeping sores. Lovely.

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csk

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posted July 25, 2004 03:19

quote:
Originally posted by Xanthine:
Nothing like a bit of blood-letting to get your parents to take you seriously.

I'm sure Lumina would agree with you there.

/from the out of context quotes department [Wink]

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Allan
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posted July 25, 2004 04:19

My worst was getting sun burn on the soles of my feet. Fully screened with factor 30, kicked off the flip flops and got comfy sun lounger... couldn't walk for days afterwards, but at least I could sit with my feet in the pool.

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Stibbons
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posted July 25, 2004 05:30

quote:
Originally posted by Xanthine:
I have burned the roof of my mouth climbing. Not as painful as it sounds, but it is odd.

I did the same thing, though by falling asleep with my mouth open in what passes for the bullpen in Britain at a baseball match, nothing as exciting as rock climbing. It doesn't really hurt, just feels really strange. I guess "odd" is the best description. It also took an age to disappear [ohwell]

Hope the lobster affect clears up soon Snaggy [Big Grin]

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Snaggy

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posted July 25, 2004 08:36

lol PB

ahhh.. today feels much better... I'm transforming from Lobster Man into the Man with the Golden Tan. Looks like the aloe did work.. I don't seem to be peeling either. [Smile]

My worst sunburn was on the back of my knees... walking becomes unbearable. I used to get that while painting houses while using an extension ladder. heh, after that, if I ran out of sunscreen I used to paint the back of my knees. [Cool]

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Ivan
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posted July 25, 2004 08:47

quote:
Originally posted by Snaggy:
heh, after that, if I ran out of sunscreen I used to paint the back of my knees.

The bad part was he got this sudden sexual stimulant [blush]

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Xanthine

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posted July 25, 2004 09:07

quote:
Originally posted by csk:

quote:
Originally posted by Xanthine:
Nothing like a bit of blood-letting to get your parents to take you seriously.
I'm sure Lumina would agree with you there.

/from the out of context quotes department

Except I don't do it deliberately. In fact, I'd rather not have that kind of parental attention at all. Bleeding is fscking annoying.

Allan, you're the only person I've ever heard of who's managed to burn the bottoms of their feet!

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The Famous Druid

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posted July 25, 2004 15:35

red hair
fair skin
hot country

I feel your pain Snaggy. [weep]

/me has a lot of long sleeved shirts.

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Xanthine

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posted July 25, 2004 18:06

When I attempted Denali last summer one of my teammates was a very fair-skinned blond Englishman. I expected him to turn into a lobster within 48 hours of being on the mountain, but he didn't. He turned a nice bronze instead. Puzzled, I slipped a look at his sunscreen.

SPF 60. 'Nuff said.

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spungo
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posted July 26, 2004 02:43

<Billy Connolly>You see that? *points to underside of forearm* My skin's a sort of pale blue. It takes me two weeks of sunbathing just to turn white. </Billy Connolly>

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posted July 26, 2004 04:23

I'm fortunate. I rarely burn. I usually just tan nicely. [Big Grin]

However, my scalp is one of those places where I burn quite easily. And when I used to style my hair like in my profile, (spikey), going to day-long concerts like Edgefest, SARSstock, etc, would cause my scalp to burn. I always remembered to put sunscreen on everywhere else, but forgot about the ol' noggin.

Nothing more gross than running your hand through your hair and having huge chunks of skin come out because your scalp is peeling from a sunburn. [blush]

Fortunately, I don't style my hair like that anymore, and it's no longer an issue. [Big Grin]

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posted July 26, 2004 06:45

I burn. Badly.

My friend Nancy is even whiter than I am. I noticed once that she was slatering on sunscreen just to walk from the one block from our hotel to a convention we were attending. She turned to me and said "It takes a lot of work to cultivate my pastiness."

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Cap'n Vic