> *** Quoting Barbara McNay from a message to Carol
 > Shenkenberger ***


 >> BM> I'm really surprised that the duct tape didn't just slide
off your fac
 >> BM> in that heat.  You must have been dripping.

 >> They taped it all the way around the back of my head
 >> into my hair .  I looked very silly indeed.  Had to

 > BM> And how did you get the duct tape off?  (Interesting visions come to m

 > It peeled off ok believe it or not.  Shampoo took care

Strange!  But fortunate.

 > of the sticky in my hair.  Looked like some major
 > 'bedhead' though as i recall til I washed it all out.

Heheh.

 >> were so sweaty.

 > BM> Not to mention that everything was so hot.  That brings up more questi
 > BM>  How many pairs of leather gloves do you have to have available, and h
 > BM> long do they last with all that sweat and heat?  Come to think of it,
 > BM> you must have lots of spare everything, not only for wear and tear on
 > BM> the items, but also to defend yourself from prickly heat, heat rash, o
 > BM> whatever, and fungal and bacterial infections from constant sweating--
 > BM> assume it isn't air conditioned below decks.

 > Well, one pair of leather gloves was all I needed up
 > there and we have them in droves on ships as we also
 > use them for firefighting gear.  Just had to wash'em
 > up a bit then let dry.

 > Fungal and bacterial infections?  I've never had
 > problems with those.  Prickly heat a few times but
 > nothing serious.  I'm 'resistant' to both.

 > As to AC, not true.  Amost all spaces inside the ship
 > have AC but that doesnt mean it's 'cool', just
 > 'cooler'.  My own work spaces have always been either
 > computer rooms or 'radio' and with all the electronics
 > there, we have extra cooling so it's not bad where I
 > work.  I have had to shut all lights off and all spare
 > equipment to keep it under 95F but thats a rare thing.
 >  Normally runs 75F or a little lower.

Oh, AC makes a big difference; you don't have your skin bathed constantly
in sweat, then.

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