Man, that reminds me of my buddy's nightmare job in Colorado. He was trying to set posts in what was basically a gravel pit. Every metal stake he drove looked like a pretzel by lunch. Finally, he grabbed some scrap pressure-treated deck boards, cut them into stakes, and pounded them in with a sledge. Said they held straight as an arrow and he just left them in the ground when he backfilled.

Twelve times is wild, I tapped out after one. I get what grant.sam means about the weird cozy feeling, but for me it was just confusing. The whole thing felt like a tech demo gone wrong.

Yeah, I get what you mean about it sounding simple, but when your skin is that mad, you'll try anything. Oatmeal isn't a magic cure, but for that specific hot, tight sunburn feeling Elliotpalmer is talking about, it can actually help a lot more than just waiting it out. My skin doesn't just calm down on its own when it gets like that, it stays angry for days. A basic kitchen thing can sometimes be the difference between suffering and getting some real relief.

My buddy had a stall go nearly 10 hours at a contest in Kansas. He was freaking out, kinda like @angela_baker said about the drying risk, but he just kept the smoke steady. It finally pushed through and got a call.

Man, I've had luck freezing the frame with an upside-down air duster can first.