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Old 20th November 2009, 12:14 AM
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just a little warning to everyone. dont try and run your car up to temp without making sure you have a bead and good hose clip on all your hot water pipes. today one of my pipes burst off with the water temp at plus 100 degrees. resulting in two silly forum members with third degree burns and 2 good shots of morphine and a trip for gingea1pom to east grinstead special burns unit.

here are the picts ginge actually has no skin in his neck or arm

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Old 20th November 2009, 12:22 AM
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blimey, ouch

i was going to say, at least you,re both ok but looking at that pic it seems the wrong thing to say.

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Old 20th November 2009, 12:28 AM
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lets put it this way. i will never moan about sun burn again. i cant even think about how much pain ginge is in cos my hand bloody kills and i didnt lose even half the skin that ginge lost.

he has got a pict of the uncovered burns on his phone im sure they will be posted at some point. i never thought skin could look like it was melting and falling off.
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Old 20th November 2009, 12:34 AM
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the water was so hot and under such high pressure that it actually burnt through our clothes and took skin off.
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Old 20th November 2009, 12:38 AM
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how are you both smiling? or is the morphine still active?

that is one scary day you,ve both had
i can only imagine the feeling of such bad burns,

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Old 20th November 2009, 12:43 AM
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well we lived to tell the tale ginge went into shock as we arrived at the hospital. everyone moans about waiting hours at a&e. tonight we couldnt have faulted them. ginge was on a bed being assessed and treated within 60seconds of arriving at the desk.

i know they will prob never get to see this but i want to say a big thankyou to the staff at medway hospital they were great in our little crisis.
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