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Fastest way to cool down quickly when too hot?

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Sweet100s
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What's the best / fastest way to cool down if you think you've become overheated? 


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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,494
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    I usually run cold water over my hands, seems to cool me down pretty quick.
    Likewise when I'm cold, doing dishes by hand seems to warm me up even quicker than a hot shower.  
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    Tin soldiers and Johnson's coming...


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  • RRP
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    SGH said:

    The first thing I do is remove all of my clothing. If I happen to be already naked (and there is a good chance of that) I get under the water hose. 
    Bet the neighbors love that sight of you running through the garden hose nekked!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • DuckDogDr
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    Cold shower , (naked as previously mentioned)... Followed by 2 bottles of Gatorade from the yeti cooler... Subsequent sitting in front of the fan.... Stating "Luke I am your father"

    https://youtu.be/TsI3lFHkU_s
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  • jabam
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    Ice cold beer!!
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • nolaegghead
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  • HondaHawk
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    drink water, ice packs under both arm pits, a couple more between your groin. 
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  • NPHuskerFL
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    Frog Towels help. Use mine a lot. If you're already officially overheated move to shade, cool towels around wrists, neck, head. Most importantly to begin with is to stay well hydrated. Sodas are not your friend. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Hans61
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    Hose
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • DieselkW
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    I think maybe everyone misunderstood the nature of your question.

    When things get overheated, it's usually caused by friction, so I use a lubricant.

    Hope this helps. Really. 

    Indianapolis, IN

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  • Mickey
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    @SGH do you play the bongos
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • minniemoh
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    Ice your balls... that will change your perspective in a hurry.

    But seriously, I'm an old farm kid. When we would come out of the barn at over 100 degrees, we would soak our forearms in the cattle tank of cold artesian water that came out of the ground at around 50 degrees. That always seemed to help a lot. I wouldn't recommend dumping cold water over your head - could send you into shock.
    L x2, M, S, Mini and a Blackstone 36. She says I have enough now....
    eggAddict from MN!
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  • Sweet100s
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    Oh my goodness...
    SGH, remember how I said I wish I were your neighbor? 
    Well, I still do :-).  It's just that my delicate sensibilities might get re-shaped... transformed... mutated...

    Cold shower helped.  Followed by ice bags in arm pits and behind neck.  Don't have gatorade.   Had water and now an iced tea with lemon and lime.
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  • blasting
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    Restaurant depot meat cooler.   I'm not kidding.  

    Phoenix 
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  • rmr62
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    Sweet100s said:
    Oh my goodness...
    SGH, remember how I said I wish I were your neighbor? 
    Well, I still do :-).  It's just that my delicate sensibilities might get re-shaped... transformed... mutated...

    Cold shower helped.  Followed by ice bags in arm pits and behind neck.  Don't have gatorade.   Had water and now an iced tea with lemon and lime.
    In the Style of Dixie, lol
    Lagrange, GA   LBGE
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  • Hotch
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    I usually just jump in! 
    Large BGE, MiniMAX BGE, 2 Mini BGE's, R&V Fryer, 36" Blackstone Griddle, Camp Chef Dual Burner 40K BTU Stove
    BGE Chiminea
    Prosper, TX
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  • lousubcap
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    I just approach SWMBO.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • GrateEggspectations
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    DieselkW said:
    I think maybe everyone misunderstood the nature of your question.

    When things get overheated, it's usually caused by friction, so I use a lubricant.

    Hope this helps. Really. 
    Dry hands? (It's Friday.)  =)
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  • Botch
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    nolaegghead said:

    This is supposed to cool me off?   =)
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    Tin soldiers and Johnson's coming...


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  • GrateEggspectations
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    If you look closely, she kind of has the face of Miley Cyrus.
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  • Dobie
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    I just think about this...




    Jacksonville FL
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,409
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    @Dobie - that is waaaaay out of bounds even for this thread.  Could turn a train down a dirt road and worse.  Keep that bit-h off the forum, please.  
    Friggin instant gagger reflex here-thanks .  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • jabam
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    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • dougcrann
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    Dobie said:
    I just think about this...




    Now I get to eat again....seeing as how I just puked up my dinner...
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  • SGH
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    Dobie said:
    I just think about this...




    I would like to kick her in her nuts. 

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  • WeberWho
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    SGH said:
    Dobie said:
    I just think about this...




    I would like to kick her in her nuts. 
    I laughed out loud reading that. I wasn't expecting that 
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • jabam
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    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • dopey
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    @Dobie

    What I do when I'm black out drunk is none of my business...

    John Central CT
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
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    Fire hydrant 


    They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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  • westernbbq
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    Drink cool not cold water, do an ice bucket challenge over your head but pour cold water slowly and make sure you are near a fan that can move some serious air over large swaths of acreage of your bare skin.   Since i weigh 270 finding lots of acres is no problem for me....
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