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have you ever gotten frostbite?
Poll ended at 26 Dec 2011, 10:39 am
NO i have never gotten frostbite 47%  47%  [ 8 ]
YES i have gotten frostbite (first degree, aka frostnip) 53%  53%  [ 9 ]
YES i have gotten frostbite (second degree or worse) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
i googled frostbite and threw up in my mouth, a little 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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12 Dec 2011, 10:39 am

i was talking to someone who doesn't live in Canada, and i mentioned how every Canadian that i know in real life has gotten frostbitten or at least frostnipped someplace on their bodies. it's not too unusual because the temperature routinely goes down below -30'C (-22'F) for at least a few weeks in my city, and sometimes even -40'C (-40'F) or lower, especially at night.

plus since i am an older generation, parents and schools were not too paranoid about the weather (we always had to go outside for recess no matter how cold/windy/snowy/rainy, no exceptions. and the school never closed due to weather). we would go out tobogganing with no snowpants, wearing thin little mittens that nana knit for us.

so... i have light frostbite (first degree frostbite called frostnip) on my cheeks and on my thumbs. the long term effects are that those skin areas cannot handle cold too well. how about you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frostbite


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12 Dec 2011, 10:47 am

lord, i can't even handle british cold



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12 Dec 2011, 10:51 am

^ Hey, -11 (12) is still potentially deadly, I'm sure

As for me, no, and I don't plan to.


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12 Dec 2011, 10:54 am

edit: i can't even handle southern british cold



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12 Dec 2011, 10:55 am

The only place cold enough for that where I live is either Eastern Oregon in the winter, or Mt. Hood. 8O


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12 Dec 2011, 11:58 am

someone else voted yes!! !! hello, mystery lurker with lingering sensitivity to cold!! !!


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12 Dec 2011, 2:06 pm

I clicked YES but after reading the wiki article I've changed my mind. I licked the inside of the freezer when i was a small kid and got my tongue stuck. Can't remember exactly what happened afterwards but i was told it was frostbite. I don't think this is the case :oops:


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12 Dec 2011, 2:25 pm

bucephalus wrote:
I clicked YES but after reading the wiki article I've changed my mind. I licked the inside of the freezer when i was a small kid and got my tongue stuck. Can't remember exactly what happened afterwards but i was told it was frostbite. I don't think this is the case :oops:

i think it is frostbite. i tried googling it and it seems like it is. i can't believe you did that!! ! why did you do it?


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12 Dec 2011, 2:37 pm

hasn't every kid gotten their tongue stuck to something cold?



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12 Dec 2011, 2:37 pm

hyperlexian wrote:
bucephalus wrote:
I clicked YES but after reading the wiki article I've changed my mind. I licked the inside of the freezer when i was a small kid and got my tongue stuck. Can't remember exactly what happened afterwards but i was told it was frostbite. I don't think this is the case :oops:

i think it is frostbite. i tried googling it and it seems like it is. i can't believe you did that!! ! why did you do it?


I was odd when i was a kid. i deliberately rolled down the stairs when i was about 4; loads of other random things


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12 Dec 2011, 2:37 pm

hasn't every kid gotten their tongue stuck to something cold?



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12 Dec 2011, 2:39 pm

OneStepBeyond wrote:
hasn't every kid gotten their tongue stuck to something cold?


OneStepBeyond wrote:
hasn't every kid gotten their tongue stuck to something cold?


apparently

apparently


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12 Dec 2011, 2:43 pm

lol^^^ imma gonna leave that double post.

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hasn't every kid gotten their tongue stuck to something cold?

erm, i didn't. i was like a little grown-up, very mature and boring. i act younger now tahn when i was a kid.

what i really meant was, why lick the inside of a freezer specifically? to see if it tasted like snow?


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12 Dec 2011, 2:49 pm

Never had to deal with anything below freezing.


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12 Dec 2011, 3:42 pm

Frostnip when I iced my foot for too long

That's ironic that Brainfre3ze_93 has never dealt with anything freezing. :lol:


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12 Dec 2011, 3:58 pm

^^^OUCH that sounds painful!


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