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Discussion in 'Free Fire Zone' started by Mussolini, Jun 1, 2009.

  1. LRusso216

    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Musso, while I don'[t burn easily (my Italian heritage, I guess), I have heard from my wife that cool tea helps. Use regular store bought tea bags, boil some water (as much as you need), let a few bags steep until the water cools down. Then apply the tea using gauze compresses. Supposedly, the tannin in the tea helps to reduce the burning sensation. It's worth a try.

    Good luck.
     
  2. texson66

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    ow sorry to here that man hope you start getting better soon
     
  4. C.Evans

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    The only thing that helped get me through my various sunburnings was to wear light cotton T-Shirts-if that is allowed at your Job? Anything non 100% cotten will almost feel like your wearing a shirt made out of sandpaper.
     
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    Darn foriegners-what a sense of humor they have! OWCH that photo hurt :lol: :lol:
     
  6. C.Evans

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    Hi Lou, I heard about the tea thing. However, i'd have a difficult time of it because would be using all the tea to make ice-cold tea----to drink-of which I am a fanatic of ;-)) I couldn't stand that when in Germany, NOTHING came iced-like water-tea and such.

    Thanks for the salute Luke-I still owe you one from the other day ;-))
     
  7. Skipper

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    I am not a foreigner , those who don' t have my nationality are, can't you hear my accent when you read my texts? :D
     
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    So no COD for a while then? :D

    Remember, the next stage is the peeling so you have that to look forward to.
     
  9. Stefan

    Stefan Cavalry Rupert

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    if it makes you feel any better Musso, I've currently got a rediculous tan line from wearing a helmet and goggles all weekend.

    Then again, I only managed to burn the tip of my nose so it's not all bad...
     
  10. Skipper

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    I have a redneck tan including the marks of my T-shirt
     
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    Oh, forgot to mention, I also have one brown arm and one pale, like a trucker!
     
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  12. mikebatzel

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    What the hell! It only rains in PA. Sunday I played in a golf tournament and never once did the sun come out. It was also fairly chilly. As for me, right now I would be considered albino with how pale I am.

    Hope you don't have to miss too much work.

    Mussolini - getting little sympathy from a Yankee.:D
     
  13. Mussolini

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    Stefan - I had the trucker tan too! My commute is directly North/South so only one arm gets the sun (both ways). Its actually the only part of me that did not burn (ironic).

    I look like that guy in the picture, but the burn extends up over the pasty-white parts of arm and shoulders (shoulders is what is killing me).

    Not going into work today - actually slept a few painful hours last night, punctuated with getting up to take a piss because of all the fluids I am drinking.

    The tricky part is getting the burn that i can't reach...very painful moving my arms up above heart level, so can't exactly reach that area. I do have a spray-can of Aloe (my mom found it) which makes applying that stuff elsewhere easy, if not for the fact that it goes on really cold.

    I will see if i can my room mate or something to take a picture of my sunburn to make you all wince.
     
  14. Skipper

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    Wear green underwear so you will look like an Italian :D
     
  15. Mussolini

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    lol....i'd have to wear green-tighty-whities so that it reveals my thighs, the only part of me that is white!

    Just took a cold shower (dial in shower was almost at off) and managed to get shoulders under the water. Hopefully means i can soon wear a shirt? gonna air dry for a bit then try it.
     
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    You would still have to wait until sunset before you could go out again.
     
  17. C.Evans

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    Heh heh, didn't you tell me once that you were ""Made in China?"" :lol: :lol:
     
  18. C.Evans

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    I do too, thanks to wearing a collarless shirt.
     
  19. Mussolini

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    I had the greatest tan ever when coming back from Costa Rica.

    I had the red-neck tan (wifebeater) from wearing a life jacket on the first day. Got badly burnt, so then wore a t-shirt rest of time, which gave me a Farmers Tan (sleeves).

    So my forearms were black, elbow (ish) era to shoulders were brown, shoulders/chest/belly etc white.
     
  20. Stefan

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    Ah, some of the tans I've come off exercise with were interesting. once I managed to tan normally up to my shirt-sleeve line, then wore a civvy t-shirt with shorter sleeves and burned for a one inch band around the tops of my arms. I then made the mistake of taking off my watch and the pale strap line went from white to red in under an hour!
     

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