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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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[niac.livejournal.com]

cow told me you were taking a welding course. Tell me more about this class, if you please. :) metal is neat (http://www.dreamingcrowforge.com/)

[callmem.livejournal.com]

Heh. One of my co-workers got sunburn on her hands from a sterile hood; she didn't realize you are meant to turn off the UV lamp before you start working...

[darlingfreak.livejournal.com]

Sunburn from welding?

Wow... I think you beat out my injury from last year when I fell of a tight rope.

[anansi133.livejournal.com]

OK, that's really just goofy. I'm impressed less by the skin damage, and more by the geek/chic value.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

(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.