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buggravy said:
I have a vague recollection of someone recently posting about some miracle treatment for poison oak, but I can't find it. Did I imagine that? F@cking Joplin.
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Scrub down with some degreasing soap(dish soap, Fast Orange Pumice, Simple Green). Yea, even after the break out....the oils are still there.

Wash all you gear....clothes, pack, pads, shoes

Wipe down the bike with Simple Green.
 
mtnbikej said:
Scrub down with some degreasing soap(dish soap, Fast Orange Pumice, Simple Green). Yea, even after the break out....the oils are still there.

Wash all you gear....clothes, pack, pads, shoes

Wipe down the bike with Simple Green.
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All good recommendations because you can re-infect yourself if you make contact with the oils that your attire and equipment is likely contaminated with.
 
buggravy said:
I have a vague recollection of someone recently posting about some miracle treatment for poison oak, but I can't find it. Did I imagine that? F@cking Joplin.
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Massive exposure (from waist to ankles) just prior to a trip to UT. I "bathed" in Calamine Lotion for five days and took Benadryl at night to control itching. When we returned my doctor provided a prescription for Prednisone which helped dry the sores up in record time, and Ascend Triamcinolone Acetonide Cream which kept the sores at bay. If you can't tell, I'm extremely vulnerable to PO.
 
buggravy said:
I have a vague recollection of someone recently posting about some miracle treatment for poison oak, but I can't find it. Did I imagine that? F@cking Joplin.
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Oh no... It's not a miracle cure, but I found the Tecnu spray on Amazon to offer the most relief.

And like the others have said, wash everything with Simple Green- including the seat in your truck. I re-infected myself a few years back from the residue that was on the driver seat.
 
Mikie said:
Stop running into poison anything! I can't say that has been my plan as I have plowed through it all and came out unscathed and wonder how...
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I didn't run into nuthin'. I was minding my own business descending a treacherous rock garden when the PO pulled the ground directly out from under me, sending me sprawling into its poisonous bosom.
Faust29 said:
Oh no... It's not a miracle cure, but I found the Tecnu spray on Amazon to offer the most relief.

And like the others have said, wash everything with Simple Green- including the seat in your truck. I re-infected myself a few years back from the residue that was on the driver seat.
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Agreed, the Tecnu does help. It's just one hot spot, luckily. Good thing I washed my gloves and pads as soon as I got home, as the infection is all over the small area of exposed wrist skin between my glove and elbow pad. I washed the seat cover in the truck too, but neglected to wipe the arm rest. Did that this morning. Hopefully that got it.
 
pay attention to where you are. If you get a strike after you get home wash with Tide. It works on PO and Poison Ivy. 9 out 10 times you will be ok if the sticks do not break your skin. Now that it is cold soon it will be all sticks, harder to identify but once you do its easy to identify. The sticks are potent and normally break the skin.
 
I was outside washing the house windows/screens and noticed a little bit of water out in the street. :confused: At first I thought it was someone draining a pool but as I walked over I could see water bubbling from both sides of the street and from a crack in the middle of the street.

Hurried and took a shower because I assume we will be without water soon.

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Cornholio said:
I was outside washing the house windows/screens and noticed a little bit of water out in the street. :confused: At first I thought it was someone draining a pool but as I walked over I could see water bubbling from both sides of the street and from a crack in the middle of the street.

Hurried and took a shower because I assume we will be without water soon.

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Whoa?!
 
My neighbor across the street: Their kids and their cousins are outside playing with bikes and scooters and balls, etc. and it pumped me up. I found myself walking in and out of my garage with my chest pushed out and a pep in my step, haha! They’re new to the neighborhood, but I planted a street hockey seed that hopefully will grow into a mighty oak. I remember Kirby Court in Upland like it was yesterday. The more things change the more they stay the same, particularly with kids.
 
DangerDirtyD said:
My neighbor across the street: Their kids and their cousins are outside playing with bikes and scooters and balls, etc. and it pumped me up. I found myself walking in and out of my garage with my chest pushed out and a pep in my step, haha! They’re new to the neighborhood, but I planted a street hockey seed that hopefully will grow into a mighty oak. I remember Kirby Court in Upland like it was yesterday. The more things change the more they stay the same, particularly with kids.
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I LOVE this. Get 'em Dio. Get them addicted to street hockey!
 
Now that's some good news! Hopefully something comes of it this time.

Cyclotourist said:
Next up, uranium mining!
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Mining already can and does happen in Wilderness, since the Mining Act pre-dates the Wilderness Act. A local example is a mine with road access within the Sheep Mtn Wilderness near Mt Baldy, across from Glendora Ridge Rd. They are allowed a dozen mine trucks a day, but we are not allowed to ride bikes on that road because it's in Wilderness. There are plenty of other examples.
 
Cyclotourist said:
Some of that sweet sweet wilderness: http://www.sustainabletrailscoaliti...terior-department-endorse-bikes-in-wilderness

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Key word in there was human powered mountain bikes. Let's see how long that lasts. I don't see a lot of city jackwads out riding human powered bikes in the wilderness, but I do worry about old Pro mountain bikers past their prime that have lost there sense of reality promoting eBikes in Wilderness. They deserve large sticks in there front spokes.
 
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