Posted on 06/23/2010 9:35:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
P.S. My experience has shown me that they really like sink drains. I like to look in a sink before I reach into one and preferrably AFTER I run the hot water for a few seconds.
Somehow, the juxtaposition of that picture and the lead news (Rudd replaced by Gillard) is too funny and appropriate.
G’Dye Missy ~
Maybe the Aussies should cut back on the beer a little.
They are bad, but not deadly. You guys have more and deadlier.
Maybe it’s just that we’re used to them, growing up, LOL!
My wife was bitten on both legs around the same place on both legs at six months apart.Unbelievable damage and permanent scarring the size of a 50 cent piece.We live in West Texas and they are very common.
Almost went crazy cleaning house.We became obsessed with neutralizing them.They will always be here but not on such a large scale.
Good luck to anyone bitten.
A good friend of mine in Atlanta’s dog was biten by something. The vet later said it was most likely a brown recluse. The dog survived with permanent scarring but it was touch and go for several weeks.
Apparently, others have argued here (above) that Brown Recluse bites are not the real culprits for those wounds.
My wife was bitten on both legs around the same place on both legs at six months apart.Unbelievable damage and permanent scarring the size of a 50 cent piece.We live in West Texas and they are very common.
Almost went crazy cleaning house.We became obsessed with neutralizing them.They will always be here but not on such a large scale.
Good luck to anyone bitten
G’Dye yerself ... it’s around 0845 here ... sad thing is I get to miss early AM stuff posted and come in around 1530ish US time so half of FR’s day is already gone ....
Wow, that’s pretty scary.
When it was diagnosed as MRSA, did it have anything to do with the spider’s bite itself? I mean, do these spiders harbour those bacteria?
Thanks for the input.
“Crikey! That shark had a flavor!”
Thanks for the feedback, xarmydog!
I hear you, I hate pests and I hate the fact that they are such a pain in the behind to eliminate in houses made of wood and drywall. I’ve often contemplated lining all inner surfaces of my house with non-porous sheeting, just for avoiding situations like this.
It may have been a black widow as I have seen quite a few.But also brown recluse.I was wondering if ceder lined closets would help.When I was bitten,I had worn a shirt that day that I had not worn in quite awhile.I am in the habit of shaking out anything and everything including boots and shoes.
I have been stung six times by scorpions and it feels like a cigarette being put out on you.I was also stung by a tarantula which caused some discomfort and itching,but that is how it is in west Texas.I kill a lot of rattle snakes.
Had a quack doctor who initially diagnosed it as a spider bite as she already had two.Treated the spot on her stomach as past history.I spent a lot of time researching myself and found that when MRSA left untreated,tends to colonize.She had four spots on her stomach after one month of treatment before they did biopsies.Instead of a good diagnosis at first where she could have taken pills to combat the infection,It turned into three days in the morning for drips,three hours after work for another one.Veins collapsing,for one week.And she continued working.Pin this shot,all were given in the ER!!I am not a smart man,but if in a serious accident,would not want to be exposed to that situation.PS,ALL MRSA patients were treated there.Scenario,bad car accident,taken to ER,where that is prevalent.Do you trust them???HELL NO>
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