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Bag Balm is the BOMB!!!

Posted By: BellaDonna on 2009-01-07
In Reply to: Have you tried Bag Balm? - sunny

I use it on my hands, feet, and even on my lips at the first sign they're chapping. It's an inexpensive miracle in a cool-looking tin.

I'd try applying it to your hands when you go to bed at night with a pair of cotton gloves. I do this with my feet about once a week (using plain white socks instead of gloves, obviously), and in the morning my feet (even my heels) are as soft as a baby's bum.

Hope you get better soon, fellow MT!!!


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Have you tried Bag Balm?
Cheap but effective, or even Vaseline with cotton gloves over your hands?
There was definitely a bomb threat. nm
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Bag Balm is great

Smelly, but it works.  I used to use it years ago when I would run around barefoot outside and my heels would split.  You definitely have to use that at night with cotton gloves on, though.


Do you put lotion on after every time you wash your hands?  That will help, if you don't already.  You might talk to your doctor to see if they have any really strong creams that would help during the day.  I like Jergens Skin Firming lotion.  It's really thick but doesn't leave my hands greasy after I use it.  I like the smell, too.


Also, try putting neosporin on the splits at night and then put cotton gloves or socks on.  That will help heal them.  Neosporin with Pain relief is good stuff.


bulgoki with all the trimmings is the bomb!...sm
A long time ago, I learned to make this dish from my friend's mom.....Kimm chee, on the other hand, takes a little bit of time from scratch (kinda like saurkraut)....Ya made my mouth water....Thanks.  Cat 
Bomb threat at son's high school....what would you do?sm

Sorry this is going to be long. I tried to keep it short but....too many details.


There was a bomb threat at my son's high school yesterday. He actually wasn't there because he has been sick the past 3 days but I was going to send him today. 


 My son's friend found the note in the cafeteria and subsequently turned it into the office. Of course police were called and evacuation took place, bomb sniffing dogs were brought in,  etc. I spoke to this boy and several of my son's other freinds and all but one think they know who wrote the note. The note said ".....all n**gers should die.....I hope everyone else is okay but a bomb is going to go off at 12:30.....". He said the note looked like it was actually written to someone else and not left behind for the school to find.Like it might have just fell out of someones pocket or something. Being the overprotective mother that I am, I think of everything bad. That being said,  the note didn't actually state that the bomb was going to go off yesterday or any specific day, just a time. Now, I'm sure he probably meant yesterday but....what if? I'm terrified to send my son to school. Also, who knows what this kid is capable of? What if he brings a gun to school today? Or sets off a bomb today knowing the school now thinks it was just a scare?  We are a small town and don't have a lot of trouble so we don't have metal detectors and stuff in the school and we aren't really prepared for any type of situation of that magnitude.


Now, to get to why the kids think they know who it is. There is a new kid in school who has been homeschooled all his life (not that it matters but I have to wonder if the reason is because his parents are also racist and didn't want their kid associating with blacks). Anyway, this boy comes to his new school and automatically starts calling the black kids n**gers without hesitation. Well, he said it to one of my son's freinds (black boy) and ended up getting hit a few times. Then a few days later....a bomb threat against the "n**gers".  The boys also say this kid is a little weird and seems like he might have some mental problems.


So, all that being said, I believe I have a moral responsibility to talk to the principal about my conversation with the boys. I hate to make accusations and insinuations (I really, really, really hate it when people insinuate things) but this is very serious. Back in my day in high school (the same high school as my son)  we had a bomb threat via phone, we were evacuated for a short while, dogs were brought in and we went right back to class. But today, after Columbine and everywhere else, you just absolutely cannot be too careful.  And since the boys thought this kid "seems" have some mental probs, it automatically brought to mind the guy who shot up Virginia Tech. After the fact, people said there were "warning signs". 


I am however, a teeny, tiny bit hesitant because if this boy really did not write the note,(and the racial remarks just coincidently were made at the same time) I feel a little bit bad for what he will have to go through. But my love for my child and his friends is far greater than my feelings of sorriness (couldn't think of the right word) for that boy (especially since I have no love whatsoever for racists) so I definitely will be talking to the principal this morning. Besides, if this boy did end up doing something tragic in the future, I would not be able to live with myself knowing that I should have said something. Not to mention if my son were hurt or killed by him.


I was just wondering what others would do in this situation and if anyone has had any similar experiences.


Bag balm and sweat socks...Nasty but very effective...
My feet get so dry they crack and bleed, summer or winter. It takes me about 3 days of sleeping in sweat socks, but it works. Also I swear by anything with shea butter in it, especially anything from Bath and Body Works rocks!!!. I also swear by Gold Bond Ultimate Soothing skin therapy lotion. It has shea butter in it too and it rocks too. There is no real smell to it so if you are allergic or sensitive, then this will work.

I wonder if we could somehow augment our MT salaries by being spokespeople for these companies. LOL.
I swear by Gold Bond Hand Cream. or Bag Balm. sm
I keep a tube of the Gold Bond right next to my keyboard. I am ALWAYS putting it on. It has a really light smell. I use Bag Balm at night with a pair of cheap cotton gloves I got at our local mission store. I also use Bag Balm on my heels aned feet both winter and summer as they are so dry they will crack and bleed. I have also heard of something called "Cornhuskers Lotion". I tried it once and it was too thin and runny. Or perhaps the lotion with the fisherman on it. Norwegian something or other.
Agree with you on Keanu...verrrry nice! Johnny Depp the bomb though. :-) nm
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