Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 T'was terrible! My block is huge. And since I weigh 250+ pounds, I decided I MUST start walking around it for excersize. So I don't know where my shoes are right? I think it'll be fine to walk out there without shoes. MISTAKE. I swear to god, I am still picking pebbles out of my feet. And along with that, I have blisters on my feet, and I feel the need to put my toughest face on and clench my fists when black vans with tinted windows drive by. Which is surprisingly often. I am going to start adding a lap every day. I walked 2 today. I just need to remember my shoes. I can't walk to the kitchen, or bathroom without cursing in pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Why would you continue to walk without shoes instead of going inside to look for them? I mean, wasn't it obvious that it was a bad idea once you stepped on a few rocks? But exercise and going outside are generally good things, so don't get discouraged. There. That's Dikiyoba's useless advice of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 But I was already outside and was too lazy to go back in and look for them... And I thought that a little bit of pain hurt no one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Running around the block barefoot is doable if you have a (grassy) boulevard to run on. My preference goes running shoes > barefoot > hikers. (And thanks for reminding me to run. I keep falling out of the habit.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 OMFG!!! We are the same age, have the same day on the birthday (July 31, 1998), and now the same weight? Maybe I guess you are 6". Anyway, is your FB account the one with the Christmas tree? ---------- Who told you to walk around without shoes for God's sake? Oh yeah, and try excercizing for 30 minutes in a MANUAL treadmill. It's really hard and unfortunately, boring. I already lost 3 kg ---------- -WTH!!!, Nightwatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Err...Yeah... Way to go finding and stalking my facebook... Hooray? That picture was from 6 years ago by the way =.= I'm 5' 7-9. I havent checked in a while though. Just proves I need excersize that much more. I have a treadmill. It broke though. Otherwise I would be on it. Listening to music or reading ofcourse, I can't do nothing for hours on end. Hell, when I walked, I brought my IPOD out with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 You don't have to go outside to walk if you have a long enough path inside your home. It gets repetitive, but all the conveniences are within a short distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 When I go running, I do it barefoot, and I run on pretty rough sidewalk. Depending on the route, there's long stretches of gravel instead of actual sidewalk, too. I guess I'm just used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 No. I would knock something over. Besides, around the block is a clear goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Don't you have sandals or slippers? Oh gawd, blisters on the feet are sooo annoying. Because once, we performed a tribal-like, ceremonial dance thing legacy from early ancestors without shoes on rough stone, with the desert heat and frequently holding the dirty ground for breaktime. And you know what I got? Polycolitis. Blisters on the hands, arms with fever and tonsilitis. Pretty infectious though. ----------- -I recommend Reebok, Nightwatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 *runs around showing everyone his blistery foot.* CHECK OUT MAH BATTLE SCARS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 There's a simple treatment for blisters on feet, which anyone can do in a minute or so, and afterwards you can continue walking safely and painlessly. It is a little gross in places, though, so I've put it in a spoiler. I used to use it a lot every summer when I was in the reserves. Everyone was going suddenly from soft-footed civilian life to long days running around in combat boots, so we always had blisters for the first couple of weeks. Click to reveal.. 1) Disinfect a sewing needle or pin, either with flame or with some kind of antiseptic. If you use flame, let the needle cool. 2) The next step is the only tricky part. You drain the blister of fluid, using the needle, but without piercing the blister itself. Instead, you kind of tunnel the needle up into the blister from below, going through the layer of dead skin around it. Starting just a few millimeters away from the edge of the blister is good enough; there's no need to dig a Channel Tunnel from half-way across your foot. But you do want to make sure you don't pierce the fragile skin of the blister. There's no need to go deep, either; you're basically going sideways, just under the skin. Go slowly in case you accidentally go too deep and jab into live skin, which will hurt. If that happens, just pull out and try again. There's no need to be macho; if you do this right it doesn't hurt at all, because you're poking the needle through dead skin. 3) As soon as the tip of the needle comes through inside the blister, pull it back out, before it touches the blister's outside surface. Now you have a tiny tunnel into the blister. 3) Gently press the blister flat, squeezing the water inside out through the tunnel you made with the needle. Don't press hard, at first; if nothing drains out, you must not have made a good hole, so you need to try that part again. But once the fluid is mostly gone, you can press hard to make sure you get it all out. 4) Tape the now-empty blister down tightly with a band-aid, or even just with tape. Because you didn't damage the blister itself, the raw skin underneath it is not exposed at all. So now that it's taped down tight, you can keep walking and the blister won't hurt or get infected or anything. It will just form a callus, over a few days, and then you won't get blisters on that spot again (unless you stop walking for a few weeks and let your feet soften up again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 In fear of stabbing my self with the needle and bleeding out, I will let it heal the normal way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Look on the plus side: Your feet may be blistered, scarred, and in incredible pain, but at least you didn't wear one of those separate-toed shoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 That's an interesting idea, SoT. I shall try it next time I have blisters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Oh please. You don't get blisters everyday. It could be months, Years even! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 The more you do it, the more you get used it and the less the blisters happen. So I think, anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 I had TERRBILE blisters when I was in football last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 You do when you have a job that involves copious amounts of manual labor. Okay it's not that bad at all, really. I drive around and/or transplant weeds and/or collect bugs. $8.50 plus state mileage? I think yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Isn't SoT's blister technique also S.O.P. for zits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Upon Mars. Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Were' quite sorry that you are in pain and hope for a rapid healing and "un bon rétablissement". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity There's a simple treatment for blisters ... (spoiler text) I've heard of that one too; it works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Excuse me, what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I'm talking about the method SoT described here. Having had my fair share of blisters, I know his method works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan Isn't SoT's blister technique also S.O.P. for zits? what the hell, who pops pimples with a needle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I have used a needle for pimples that are just on the eyelid. Squeezing them just hurts to much and a needle with a delicate hand doesn't hurt at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Originally Posted By: Lilith Originally Posted By: Dintiradan Isn't SoT's blister technique also S.O.P. for zits? what the hell, who pops pimples with a needle Same reason you pop blisters with a needle: smaller drainage hole -> less chance of inflammation. I dunno, it just turns out better compared to when I squeeze 'em with my fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Well, this thread has turned even more gross. Kudos, all. Yeah, I quite like walking around barefoot, but it gets you some funny looks in England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I prefer to walk around barefoot but that isn't feasible with all the goat heads around and the fact that I have a gravel driveway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Goat heads are evil, evil little weeds. Dikiyoba has had a goat head seed go into Dikiyoba's foot deep enough to bleed through the canvas of the shoe and the sock Dikiyoba was wearing. Totally evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: !Trenton. I swear to god, I am still picking pebbles out of my feet. And along with that, I have blisters on my feet, and I feel the need to put my toughest face on and clench my fists when black vans with tinted windows drive by. Perfectly understandable. Blisters heal, but reputation is forever. Who needs such things as "good sense" anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 If you squeeze a pimple or blister, you risk damaging the skin underneath and causing (further) infection. For pimples in some areas of your face, the quirks of lymphatic drainage mean you risk encephalitis. It's a low risk, to be sure, but be safe and use that needle. —Alorael, who happily lances most fluid-filled bubbles of skin with needles from the outside, not laterally through healthy skin. He acknowledges that blisters on feet are something you'd probably want to be more careful about, since you're going to be stepping on them a lot and having intact skin is helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Happy Internet Birthday on Spiderweb Alorael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba Goat heads are evil, evil little weeds. I'm so glad you mentioned they were weeds. I had never heard of them before, and thought maybe Excalibur lived in an area strewn with the heads of slaughtered goats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: Excalibur I prefer to walk around barefoot but that isn't feasible with all the goat heads around and the fact that I have a gravel driveway. I also prefer to walk barefoot. The more one does it, the easier it is to do; gravel doesn't bother me at all. Goat heads are the devil, but I can still tolerate them. Really, I find it more annoying how the puncture my bike tires and flatten them. Furthermore, perhaps just for the speed of it, I find biking to be a far more entertaining form of exercise than walking. Thus, my true problem with goat heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba Goat heads are evil, evil little weeds. I'm so glad you mentioned they were weeds. I had never heard of them before, and thought maybe Excalibur lived in an area strewn with the heads of slaughtered goats. I thought of that too. Then I thought it might be a typo, and was supposed to be "goat herds"; if so, then walking barefoot would be a bad idea for, well, other reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Everytime I see this thread's title, I'm reminded of this. I'm not complaining, but maybe you could edit the title, Trenton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Funny, I kept thinking of . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 We could just do this instead... ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I have liners in my bike tires that work extremely well. I haven't had a flat tire in two years and I ride quite a few trails. It never occurred to me that "goat head" was an odd name for a weed. I got a good laugh out of Tyranicus' post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 That was... a cake? I thought it was a real sniper until I saw it's url. What's the flavor? Originally Posted By: Rowen Happy Internet Birthday on Spiderweb Alorael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: Excalibur I have liners in my bike tires that work extremely well. I haven't had a flat tire in two years and I ride quite a few trails. It never occurred to me that "goat head" was an odd name for a weed. I got a good laugh out of Tyranicus' post. Isn't that just another name for thistle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dantius Originally Posted By: Excalibur I have liners in my bike tires that work extremely well. I haven't had a flat tire in two years and I ride quite a few trails. It never occurred to me that "goat head" was an odd name for a weed. I got a good laugh out of Tyranicus' post. Isn't that just another name for thistle? Nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Goat heads: Thistle: So no, they aren't even close to the same thing. Edit: Curses! Dikiyoba has been sniped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 "Goathead" is sometimes used generically for any organic sharp object which finds its way into your bike tire and becomes nigh impossible to dislodge. Or at least, it is within the mountain biking community around here. For me, it's mostly wild rose thorns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Skwish-E Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 "Oh my dear boy ... The Pain, The Pain" -- Dr. Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 The only time I walk barefoot is in a temple, so my feet are usually safe. Goat heads - hee. Weeds are common, though none of the ones that I've heard about are as creatively named. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I walk barefoot all the time, normally when I head out fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I go barefoot any time it's socially acceptable, though I'm cautious around scorching asphalt, snow, and broken glass. I've found that hiking barefoot only slows me up about half a mile an hour, and that my feet are much less sore at the end of the day than when I wear boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk SamSniped Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I rarely go barefoot. Unless I am too lazy to find them, I wear my sandals. Or usually shoes Post #II of the challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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