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Do Fish get Sunstroke?

by ChrisCook
Sat May 22nd, 2010 at 09:47:17 PM EST

It was such a glorious day here in Linlithgow that solveig and I were determined to sit out and enjoy a drink in the sun.

The first problem was that despite having lots of lake frontage

there is virtually nowhere to sit by it and have a drink.

So we went to our favourite watering hole - the Bonsyde Hotel

which has magnificent views over Linlithgow.

So far so good. I was wearing a hat, and also sheltering under a parasol, but my hands and arms - which were holding the FT - were exposed to the sun, but quite comfortable in a pleasant breeze.

Or so I thought.

When we got back to the Eagle's Nest, I first felt a bit nauseous (no details), and then started shivering uncontrollably.

At this point I realised that I must have got sun-stroke, and solveig then commenced a stream of cold compresses for my head, arms, neck. I also recalled that an infusion of salt was called for.

A few salty Ritz crackers...

loaded with the uniquely Norwegian Mills Kaviar (a very salty fish paste) came in handy for this purpose and with a fair bit of water the shivering stopped.

I still feel a bit rough.

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Do Fish get Sunstroke? | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Do Fish get Sunstroke? (4.00 / 4)

Though fish don't have Solveig for assistance. Schnell gutebesserung!

Skennah Kowa

by Crazy Horse on Sun May 23rd, 2010 at 04:59:37 AM EST

Re: Do Fish get Sunstroke? (4.00 / 4)

well diagnosed!

i get that way if i sweat outdoors and then don't wrap up a bit when i get into the shade.

as they say, it's not the ups and downs that'll get ya, it's the jerks!

the other day it was 25C in London, and 16C in Rome. if i were you, i'd be getting out your hammock and sunblock...

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." Jim Hightower

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun May 23rd, 2010 at 10:09:26 AM EST
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Do Finns get sunstroke? (4.00 / 3)

Never suffered from this myself, but sounds nasty. Hope you're fully recovered!

If I'm sunbathing, I try to do it in 10-15 minute doses per day. Fortunately the Triloqvist genes allow tanning in this manner.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sun May 23rd, 2010 at 10:21:20 AM EST

Cellulitis..... (4.00 / 2)

In fact, I've now got an angry deep level infection under the skin of my lower left leg just above the ankle, which I had thought was hot because of sunburn. Also still running a slight temperature and feeling a bit rough.

Having had a good browse around the internet it has all the symptoms of a bout of cellulitis

Off to the doc tomorrow first thing for some antibiotics, I think...

Modern conservatives engage in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy: the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.Galbraith

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Sun May 23rd, 2010 at 05:07:10 PM EST
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Re: Cellulitis..... (4.00 / 2)

Sounds like you've gone beyond the self-treatment phase...

Personally I think it must have been the sun ray concentrating effect of all those glaring headlines in the FT...

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Tue May 25th, 2010 at 09:12:03 AM EST
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Re: Do Fish get Sunstroke? (none / 1)

I know they get breaststroke and backstroke. And have dory to dorsalsmen.

by njh on Tue May 25th, 2010 at 07:29:46 PM EST

Re: Do Fish get Sunstroke? (none / 1)

This is no plaice for jokes like that

Modern conservatives engage in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy: the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.Galbraith

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Tue May 25th, 2010 at 07:46:36 PM EST
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