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[gfish]

I have a sunburn from arc welding! (An arcburn?) Whee!

Oh, and electronic auto-darkening welding helmets are TEH HAWT. Not that I really need one for the gas welding I can do at home, but lustlustlust.

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(I'm ashamed to admit I own an autodarkening mask and have never used it...)
I just found out, in reading a book about mountain flying and use of supplemental oxygen, that people have received medically significant burns from use of oxygen while wearing lipstick/chapstick/lip balm, since the oxygen makes the waxes and oils oxidize *very* rapidly. Not QUITE bursting into flame, but close. Kind of a sobering thought, and definitely a burn worth remembering.

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Shandryl mentioned to me last night that some of them don't darken quite quickly to prevent longterm eye damage.

And, um, ouch. Still better than hypoxia. If you're the pilot, anyway.