OK - I am out of vinegar, so does anyone know another solution?

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  1. Fat Controller

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    I caught a wee bit of sun yesterday, but nothing too extreme, and stupidly made the assumption that today would be similar - - - how wrong could I be?!?!?!?

    My back, neck, shoulders and now my belly are glowing like something left over from Chernobyl, and throwing more heat out than a three-bar electric fire! OK, I am exaggerating, but make no mistake, I am burnt - more burnt than a burnt mans burny thing.

    In the past, I have had vinegar applied at this stage, and although it hurt like hell, it took the 'heat' out of the burn quite quickly; trouble is, I have no vinegar.

    Mrs C has brought down a couple of bottles of moisturiser, but I am not convinced that adding what is effectively a light oil is the right thing to do?

    I tried a towel soaked in cold water which helped momentarily, however once the water in the towel started to warm up, it just became a heavy thing pressing on sore skin.

    Any ideas how to soothe sunburn?
     
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    How come you were that naked - it ain't that warm yet!

    Butter? It works when you get chilli on your "thingy" :gaah:!!!!
     
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      @longk - you have to remember that I am Scottish - 16-18º is warm; 18-22° is hot; 22-25º is 'in the name of the wee man!' and 25º is positively tropical :biggrin:

      Sweating our bits off building the shed with very little or no breeze, t-shirts were discarded in the mind that we were all right yesterday.........

      Anyway, I can't undo it now; but if I could cool it a little it would be nice.
       
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        Get some 'After Sun'' lotion.

        I always keep one handy despite normally looking as if I've been rubbed in Walnut juice for most of the year.
         
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          Up Jack got
          And home did trot
          As fast as he could caper,
          Went to bed
          To mend his head
          With vinegar and brown paper.
           
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            I will do tomorrow - was just wondering if there was any sort of quick fix for tonight. Thanks @Scrungee :)
             
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            When I was a kid my dad got totally burnt in Italy one year.
            The locals said cut a tomato in half and apply the juice.
            He said it worked. But never tried it myself.
             
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              That's me stuffed on two counts then - I ain't got any brown paper either.
               
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                Lather some soap as thick as poss can and rub/smear that on it,a turkish woman shown me that when i was in a state on holiday x
                 
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                  I will need to warm a tomato up then, as they are in the fridge at the moment, and that contrast in temperature would be a step too far methinks :biggrin:
                   
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                  No 24hr supermarkets open on Sundays round your way, or ones which open just after midnight in the early hours of Monday morning?
                   
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                    Who keeps toms in the fridge ?:scratch:
                     
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                      24hr Tesco just up the road, but its shut until midnight, so its an option later on.
                       
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                      We do - supermarket ones anyway, main reason being a tiny kitchen.
                       
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                        Distributors and Supermarkets as it extends/delays the ripening:heehee:
                         
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