Have you ever had frostbite?

[yvr girl]

I have - on my hip - I know, it's a weird location.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Both ears when I was in the military...

There was a lot of that going around that week on base. The funny ones were the people who had frostbite in one ear and only that one was swollen.

[underpants]

2. All my fingers and some of my toes -military too

When any of my finger tips turn white (and numb) it is time to go inside.

[yvr girl]

4. You were in the military

I find that so hard to imagine?

[underpants]

8. They couldn't get their head around it either

I was a smart ass but highly decorated (for Peace time). They couldn't argue with results.

[yvr girl]

11. I just imagine you constantly having to clean floors with your

toothbrush.

[underpants]

14. NO no no I am no amateur

You push them to a point...that REALLY pisses them off.

The worst trouble I almost got into was when I was dead tired (6 hours of sleep in a week-Sgt. hated me) and I was ordered to go to another guard duty. I told the Sgt. (I was steaming pissed) "Have a nice day" and everyone knew what I really meant by it. He tried to bust me for it but when he wrote up the report he was laughed out of the office.

[yvr girl]

16. My hat is off to you

That's a fine line to walk.

[Liberal Veteran]

7. Hurts like hell too....like a giant bruise or something.

Although the worst pain is during the initial thaw as the frostbitten area warms.

[underpants]

10. I can't say I have it that bad

The first ime yeah it was horrible (no where to go no heat in my Bradley) but now it is manageable.

[RagingInMiami]

3. On your hip?

Maybe that male DUer had your hip pressed against the window last night.

[yvr girl]

5. It's not that cold in Vancouver

And that was a dream - not real life.

Curious?

[RagingInMiami]

6. About the frostbite or the dream?

[yvr girl]

12. This is the frostbite thread

[RagingInMiami]

17. So it wasn't a DUer that gave you frostbite

[yvr girl]

20. My frostbite was prior to 'the Internets' getting big

Long before there were DUers.

[Dzimbowicz]

9. Frostbite, no... Heat Stroke , yes

It looks like the military has gotten quite a few of us, only I was in hot places.

[yvr girl]

13. I've had both

but I've never been in the military

[Dzimbowicz]

19. Which did you consider to be the worst experience?

[yvr girl]

21. Heatstroke by far

It was also accompanied by a 2nd degree sunburn. I just remember being in bed, wearing nothing but a sheet, my head pounding, feeling nauseous. It was awful.

[da_chimperor]

15. Yep, got plenty of it back in 'nam.

That's why they call me 3-finger willy.

[izzie]

18. Once my feet got so fat from cold I could not walk.

I do not know if that was frostbite or not.