Stuff you've learnt the hard way

**OakLeaf** · 07-19-2011, 06:38 PM

90° is NOT too hot to wear long pants while weedwacking. Not unless you like having poison ivy on your ankles.

**Kiwi Stoker** · 07-19-2011, 08:57 PM

A friend of mine-

After a hard ride, don't have a hot bath, especially if you are a hotel manager that lives on site without his family.

Calling the security manager to help you out of the bath is also very embarassing- for him and you.

**Tri Girl** · 07-20-2011, 04:38 AM

don't put the cayenne pepper next to the cinnamon. It might make sense alphabetically, but even tho they look similar, they do NOT taste similar. When you're expecting a cinnamon roll and get a cayenne pepper roll you will not be pleased.

Self-acceptance is hard- even tho it shouldn't be. The size on my clothes or the number on the scale shouldn't define me.

**tulip** · 07-20-2011, 04:43 AM

It's okay to be happy. Really.

**limewave** · 07-20-2011, 05:01 AM

Tulip--I know! Why is that so hard to learn.

Ahem . . . . To keep bedroom items and medicine cabinet items completely separated! Thera-Gesic does NOT make a good replacement of Astroglide. DH had to retreat to a cold shower and I didn't see him again for at least an hour.

**Tri Girl** · 07-20-2011, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by limewave

Ahem . . . . To keep bedroom items and medicine cabinet items completely separated! Thera-Gesic does NOT make a good replacement of Astroglide. DH had to retreat to a cold shower and I didn't see him again for at least an hour.

OK, I know I shouldn't laugh at this, but I did. Poor guy....

**Bethany1** · 07-20-2011, 05:36 AM

Always make sure to take everything off the stove when cooking or you might end up melting a bottle of Goo-Gone because you turned on the wrong burner.

It will require having the fire trucks, police cars and an ambulance showing up at your house and you go to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

No, there wasn't a fire as I managed to get the bottle off the stove and tossed it outside, but the smell was terrible and I coughed for two days.

Always have an animal carrier close by so you can grab your kids, cat and get out of the house safely.

Next rule..make sure you have working smoke detectors as I didn't.

**Catrin** · 07-20-2011, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by Kiwi Stoker

A friend of mine-

After a hard ride, don't have a hot bath, especially if you are a hotel manager that lives on site without his family.

Calling the security manager to help you out of the bath is also very embarassing- for him and you.

Yikes, that would be embarrassing... but what is the problem with doing this? What happened? Not that I would find a hot bath attractive after a hot ride, that is what lukewarm showers are for

Originally Posted by tulip

It's okay to be happy. Really.

+10,000! I am coming to learn this myself....

**grey** · 07-20-2011, 07:27 AM

Do not dice 3 cups worth of hot peppers for salsa without gloves.
My hands are STILL hurting, and I did this 20 hours ago.

By the way, no, nothing works to stop the burn once it starts. The capsiacin oil has already traveled through all the outer layers of skin into the subdermis - so it's like closing the barn after the horse is out. It didn't keep me from trying though: vinegar, rubbing alcohol, benadryl gel, citrus, soap and water, bleach, aloe vera, burn spray, baking soda, milk.... NOTHING. I went to sleep clutching an ice pack.

**OakLeaf** · 07-20-2011, 07:31 AM

Yikes!

I wonder if you don't have a sensitivity??? (Or if what's burning your hands now is things like bleach, or the combination of chemicals you used??) Anyway I hope you feel better pronto!

In terms of washing the oils off so that at least I'm safe to remove my contacts or - ahem - more intimate things, I learned that it's best to treat capsaicin as though it were 90wt gear oil (without the smell). Scrubbing with a hand cleaner designed for the garage does the trick for me every time.

**Owlie** · 07-20-2011, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by grey

Do not dice 3 cups worth of hot peppers for salsa without gloves.
My hands are STILL hurting, and I did this 20 hours ago.

By the way, no, nothing works to stop the burn once it starts. The capsiacin oil has already traveled through all the outer layers of skin into the subdermis - so it's like closing the barn after the horse is out. It didn't keep me from trying though: vinegar, rubbing alcohol, benadryl gel, citrus, soap and water, bleach, aloe vera, burn spray, baking soda, milk.... NOTHING. I went to sleep clutching an ice pack.

OUCH. I did this with one jalapeno and my hands burned for most of the rest of the evening. I spent a lot of time running cold water over my hands.

Here's another one:
Bagel guillotines: Totally worth it if you're a klutz. Also, medical-grade superglue is really expensive.

**Kiwi Stoker** · 07-20-2011, 11:31 AM

[QUOTE=Catrin;589387]Yikes, that would be embarrassing... but what is the problem with doing this? What happened? Not that I would find a hot bath attractive after a hot ride, that is what lukewarm showers are for

A fellow rider told him a bath would help is muscles recover. I assume the rider meant a "cold or lukewarm" bath. Poor friend ended up with cramp in his legs.

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