I'm cold, leave me the hell alone.

[solidmetalgear19]

This is another old story of mine which happend a winter or two ago.

Back story: I had gotten a black trench coat for Christmas one year and liked to wear it around during my "goth faze" which I've never completly gotten over.

Also, when winter rolls around it does a real number on my hands. We're talking cracking, bleeding. The kind of stuff that requries you to soak your hands in a vat of lotion.

Anyway, I was working one night and the trash needed to be taken out. Now, I had worn my trench coat to work and there was no way that I was wearing it outside while handling garbage. Granted the weather outside was below zero and all I had on were my pants, shirt, and vest. (yes I know, not exactly a smart move on my part. but what can i say, I'm anal like that).

So I go outside and brave the freezing temperatures to deliver the garbage to the gigantic compactor we have. I really don't enjoy the winter or the cold to begin with so I was not a happy camper. So when I was finally done I head back inside.

My extremeties are freezing and my entire arms are shaking. (yeah I know, stupid me) And the only thing that I can think of is "get your ass to a sink and hit the hot water" which may or may not be a good idea, but at this point I could give a rats ass. Cue cruel twist of fate.

OA: Old ass
Me: Mr. Freeze

OA: Excuse me.

Me: <in my head> fuck

Me: Yes?

OA: Could you tell me why you're not showing Capote anymore?

Are you freaking kidding me? I'm risking hypotermia here and this asshole wants to know why we aren't showing a movie that has probably finished its run.

Me: Well sir it could be because that the movie has run its course and we stopped carrying it.

OA: Yeah well you didn't have it here that long.

Me: <GO AWAY!> "well, it could also be because it was only schedualed to be here for so long, people stopped coming to see it (etc... etc... here I just kinda feed him a string of bullshit, hoping that he'll leave me the hell alone).

OA: Well okay then"

And he goes and watches a movie that isn't even Capote. Thanks for wasting my time and letting me freeze man!
Can people not put it together that its cold outside, i had just come from there, and that I was minus an article of clothing that would provide valued warmth?

[TonyDonuts]

Can people not put it together that its cold outside, i had just come from there, and that I was minus an article of clothing that would provide valued warmth?

Oh, you mean like paying attention to one's surroundings, drawing accurate conclusions from the visual clues around one, using mental faculties to figure out what's going on? That kind of thing?

I gave up on customers doing that after watching a "customer" crawl through the window of a restaurant under construction in order to inquire as to that morning's specials.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Don't make the water too hot, it'll just dry out your skin more. Keep it warm and dry thouroughly with a towel and use a petroleum based cream afterwards...I like Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand cream...it looks more like Vaseline and a little goes a looong way I also keep a bottle of Dove hand wash on my desk at work...I wash my hands a lot and the soap in the bathrooms kills my skin!

What's the point of asking why a movie isn't showing anymore? It's not like the theater is going to bring it back just for you.... It's probably one of 2 basic reasons, anyway: either it was planned as a limited run or it's no longer selling tickets...shut up and go see something else!

-ams- who gets very dry and itchy in the winter... (Aveeno lotion is great for itchy legs )

[Greenday]

Last winter, I could be caught walking around campus wearing shorts, a sleeveless t-shirt, and flip flops. Even when there was snow on the ground or it was still snowing, that's what I'd wear. The looks I got from some people were priceless.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

My fingers split in the winter time. Excruciating. Especially my left hand, where the calluses are thicker from guitar playing. I've actually shown up for practices unable to play in the winter.

Of course, if we have to play outside when it's cold, my fingers splinter like balsa wood the following week. Pain. Lot's of pain.

My cure (which works pretty well, actually) is to take a razor and carefully shave off skin layers around the split until I have a raw spot there (which is less painful than the split). Coat with Neosporin and cover with a fingertip bandaid till it heals. It won't heal with the damaged skin still on, you have to remove it.

This will keep it from splitting again for a long time. The skin will grow back without a weak spot from the split. Sound kind of crazy, but it really does work.

[zzapp the witch]

Lansinoh, its pure lanolin made for breastfeeding mothers. When I'm working in the winter and my knuckles are trying to crack, I slather that on there and cover it with a warm flannel.

Watkins Camphor Salve is good, too.

[Foxglove8778]

Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand cream

Best Stuff EVER!

[Horsetuna]

A suggestion I got for split skin. I have cracked heel syndrome I guess you could call it, and when i worked in kitchens or outside when it was wet a lot around your feet, mine would split to bleed.

I also have a 'recurring wound' on one finger... Its been gone for a while but a split forms at the top of my right middle finger under the nail and wlil not heal. People say 'put lotion on the splits', but the lotion just makes the skin SOFTER so it splits more....


Krazy glue.

Seriously. Hold the split shut, apply glue. Wait to dry. you can even 'glue' a bandage strip down over it and it will hold even BETTER. Dont apply if its' bleeding though, but seriously the amount of toxins in a tiny drop of superglue on your skin won't kill you (If it did, I would be dead two hundred times over). I used it on my heels and my hands... It works wonders for papercuts too, especially if they're on knuckles or areas that you bend a lot.

[cinema guy]

Krazy glue.

Seriously.

Superglue was used to seal wounds in Vietnam.

[Bloodsoul]

That's why I'm glad my trenchcoat is the all-weather kind; yeah, I'm in my own little goth faze of sorts, but damned if I'm going out in a blizzard without that thing. XD

[Becks]

I gave up on customers doing that after watching a "customer" crawl through the window of a restaurant under construction in order to inquire as to that morning's specials.

Sadly, I can both believe that AND picture it in my head.

[Pagan]

This is what I use when I get a cut or something: http://newskinproducts.com/liquid-bandage.htm
Hell of a lot easier to get off than SuperGlue!

[Banrion]

There is a sterile superglue out there. It's called dermabond, it it superglue in a lip gloss roll tube for easy application. It is mucho expensive though, and I'm not sure if it is available to the public, or just medical facilities.

Pagan, in my experience, the liquid bandages don't hold anything together, they simply cover, so if you have a wound on a knuckle or a knee, it doesn't really do much.

[wagegoth]

Lanolin is the best; it's better in the long run for your skin than petroleum or mineral oil. I used it nightly on my hands in the winter when I lived in Nevada. I also wore those little gloves to bed to keep it on my skin and off the sheets. Sometimes I would use it on my feet and wear socks to bed. Great stuff.

[Gawdzillers]

Why is it that when you get something new, like shoes, you're always careful not to get anythign on them, but years later, the same shoes are shot all to hell and they're still your favorite?