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Poison ivy anyone?

funboy6942

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I have never come in contact with it myself but damn does it reallyget that bad or is it because he was itching it and spreading it you think?
 

mdchesne

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he might have been brsuh cutting or clearing of some sort. that's the only real way someone would get it that bad without doing some stupid stunt like Steve-O would pull
 

MikeMike

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Feb 6, 2000
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that doesnt look like poison ivy at all.

itching it doesnt cause it to spread.

if he had it systemic it would just go wherever it wanted.

 

jadinolf

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Oct 12, 1999
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When I was a kid in CT, I got it every year. I don't think it's here in the People's Republic.

If it is, I've never seen it.
 

radioouman

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Nov 4, 2002
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I was a boy scout but never got it. I've walked through it, pulled it, and still never got it.
 

Beller0ph1

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I just had my first contact with it. Painfully itchy at first, but now it just looks like mosquito bites with the proper treatment.
 

Brutuskend

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Man I used to get that BAD every year.

They eventually had me drinking poison Ivy extract to build up an immunity.

They I moved away, and NOW i have to deal with Poison oak...

It's not as bad though IMO.
 

hemiram

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Originally posted by: radioouman
I was a boy scout but never got it. I've walked through it, pulled it, and still never got it.


I guess we are immune to it. It's about the only plant I'm not allergic to! I can't cut grass, or be around xmas trees, and just brushing up against any type of pine needles makes big welts on my hands and after a while, I don't feel too good.

We have a guy that cuts our grass and I was outside tearing this vine stuff off my TV tower, and he comes up and says, "Hey! That's poison Ivy!!" I had been tearing the stuff off the back of the house for almost 23 years, and it never did anything to me. I tell him I have no problems with it, and he starts tearing it loose from around the back door, thinking it must be ok.

The next day, I see him at the grocery store and he has Poison Ivy. LOL.

No wonder I was the only one of the three of us that didn't get it riding mini bikes in the state forest when we were kids. My friends were totally miderable. I burned the crap out of my leg the next week. I would have rather had PI. No more shorts for me when riding.