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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I spent 9 hours working in the heat and humidity of one of Connecticut's hottest days yesterday. The sort-a-day that just burns ya and rubs your parts raw in the moisture.... and then drove 8 hours home, arriving in the wee morning hours...
Waking this morning was tough but, I dragged my heat-chafed pieces outta bed for the usual office day routine and in my half-dazed state commenced with the morning quaff... pulling necessary personal products from the shaving kit with barely-open-eyes....
which widened rapidly, as I applied antiperspirant under the second pit... noticing a confusing wintergreen scent... followed instantly by a severe stinging sensation under both arms.
If you are prone to post-travel morning drowsiness, might I suggest purchasing both your deodorant and topical muscle analgesic (in this case, "Icy-Hot") in "Stick" applicator form.
It will wake-your-sleepy-ass-up. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I share your pain, Jeff. Did a similar switch years ago between Vaseline and Vicks the morning after riding a bicycle all day long on washed out mountain mining roads. The sad part was that I then had to get back on the bicycle and pedal my sorry tail out of there. I only wish it had been my arm pits. |
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Location: south east Michigan | At least you were attempting to deal with under-arm odor and not jock itch.
Concider yourself lucky. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Also be very careful with Preparation H. :D |
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Location: big island | yeah, it will make your lips shrink. |
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| At last - I spent hours swapping the labels over when I ws there in May. Shows how often he washes. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I choose not to discuss the "AstroGlide" incident. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Back in high school; first year JV football; pulled a groin muscle; got home and found just the thing I thought: Ben-Gay ointment; I got a little too liberal and suffice it to say if I could have found a knife through the tears, I would not have children today! :eek:
Blessings... |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
Back in high school; first year JV football; pulled a groin muscle; got home and found just the thing I thought: Ben-Gay ointment; I got a little too liberal and suffice it to say if I could have found a knife through the tears, I would not have children today! :eek:
Blessings... you probably would have ben-gay too. :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Oh that was bad. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | And by the way, it was hotter today. About time summer got here! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | go run through the sprinkler. |
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Location: closely held secret | No kidding, Bill. 100 here today, 98 tomorrow. Not as hot as a lot of places, but it's hot for here!
Jeff, maybe I'll go set off the sprinklers in the server room. Then I can go home, too. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
...Jeff, maybe I'll go set off the sprinklers in the server room. Then I can go home, too. You have sprinklers? We have halon. I occasionally ponder how long certain cow-orkers would last if I happened to pull the pin while they were in there. The official word is that you have about 2.5 seconds from pulling the pin until all of the O2 is displaced. I'm thinking they wouldn't get anywhere near the door.
It's the heat that makes me think those things. Really.
ProfessorBB: Ouch! |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by cruster:
Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
...Jeff, maybe I'll go set off the sprinklers in the server room. Then I can go home, too. You have sprinklers? We have halon. I occasionally ponder how long certain cow-orkers would last if I happened to pull the pin while they were in there. The official word is that you have about 2.5 seconds from pulling the pin until all of the O2 is displaced. I'm thinking they wouldn't get anywhere near the door.
It's the heat that makes me think those things. Really.
ProfessorBB: Ouch! |
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Location: CA | Ever notice how Prep H looks amazingly like toothpaste if you don't have your glasses on? 'Nuff said. |
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OT: A word for weary travellers.