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Ticks

ImpulsE69

ImpulsE69

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Seriously F ticks. They are out in full force this year. I found 3 yesterday wandering around. Just found one attached to my leg. I'm pretty sure I'm going to die soon from lupus or diphtheria. I can feel the fever setting in. What purpose do these bastards serve other than to spread the plague?
 
They're good food for some animals, especially birds, but I agree; fuck ticks. The critters can eat something else.
 
I had an engorged tick on my back last year. That's fuckin' gross; walking around with parasites attached D^:

I couldn't reach or see it, so I had to reach around with a knife, and cut/scrape it off.
 
sswingle said:
My greatest fear in life is getting bit by a lone star tick.
(The ones that make you allergic to meat)
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Yea this was crazy to hear about a year or so ago. This and Lyme disease are some of my greatest fears as well. I knew a guy with lyme disease and it did not sound fun.
 
ImpulsE69 said:
Seriously F ticks. They are out in full force this year. I found 3 yesterday wandering around. Just found one attached to my leg. I'm pretty sure I'm going to die soon from lupus or diphtheria. I can feel the fever setting in. What purpose do these bastards serve other than to spread the plague?
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At least they don't fly (like mosquitoes and black flies).
 
Hope you don't like red meat. Though I think that's the least of your worries there's tons of health issues associated with those.

I heard we have them here now. Scary shit. Thanks climate change. Have not actually heard of anyone getting hit yet though. Another scary thing we have now is giant hogweeds. If you touch that you go blind, basically. It will also eat through your skin. It's like some kind of UV reactive chemical burn. Nasty stuff. We've never had dangerous things here before, I hate the idea that this sort of thing is starting to make it's way now. I heard some parts of Quebec even have rattlesnakes and black widows now. It's only going to get worse I think.

Relatively safe in town from that sort of thing, but I kinda do want to build an off grid camp at some point and live there. Guess I will just get good at identifying dangers when venturing into the woods.
 
ImpulsE69 said:
A month? Jesus.

I once got stung on the eyelid by a bee while driving. Almost wrecked.
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I was tailgating at a FB game in late fall one year and the yellow jackets were out in force looking looking for food. Took a swig of my beer and one of those fuckers must have been helping himself because he stung me on the back of my tongue. Good thing I'm not allergic, I would have probably been dead in seconds.
 
dank69 said:
I was tailgating at a FB game in late fall one year and the yellow jackets were out in force looking looking for food. Took a swig of my beer and one of those fuckers must have been helping himself because he stung me on the back of my tongue. Good thing I'm not allergic, I would have probably been dead in seconds.
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D:
 
dank69 said:
I was tailgating at a FB game in late fall one year and the yellow jackets were out in force looking looking for food. Took a swig of my beer and one of those fuckers must have been helping himself because he stung me on the back of my tongue. Good thing I'm not allergic, I would have probably been dead in seconds.
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Male athletic shorts and swimming trunks were SUPER short back in the ‘80s. I remember riding my bike and having one fly right into my shorts and getting me in my crotch. She got me a few times on the leg side. Good thing I was wearing my tightey whiteys!

Worst I had in the mouth was at Six Flags. They were closing and I had just finished riding one of their coasters when they invited the people who just rode to ride again so that it wouldn’t be too light for the few people remaining in line. I should’ve said “no” but I took the opportunity to ride right in the very front. We crested the starting hill and were reaching maximum speed when I opened my mouth to say something to my friend.

Just as I opened my mouth I felt a *smack* on the edge of my front teeth and I suddenly had a bunch of still-squirming insect legs and wings and other parts sprayed right in the back of my throat. Instead of speaking as intended it only came out as coughing and hacking. I hope the spitting that followed didn’t become a problem for anyone behind me. 😉 I still don’t know if it was a stinging insect or not but there were a lot of June Bugs around and the feel of it cracking open against my tooth seemed like it was most likely a hard-shelled insect.
 
dank69 said:
I was tailgating at a FB game in late fall one year and the yellow jackets were out in force looking looking for food. Took a swig of my beer and one of those fuckers must have been helping himself because he stung me on the back of my tongue. Good thing I'm not allergic, I would have probably been dead in seconds.
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Yellow jackets are the only bee that I have some allergy to (excessive swelling at the bite site). Hence, I hate the motherfuckers.
 
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