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Stranded on deserted island, they lived on coconuts for 33 days, Coast Guard says
Sun Sentinel ^ | 10 Feb 2021 | BROOKE BAITINGER

Posted on 02/10/2021 5:54:56 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

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To: DUMBGRUNT

87 years young


21 posted on 02/10/2021 6:44:00 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: z3n

IV hydration?

That sounds risky.

I have heard from reliable sources that the ARVN’s used this procedure.

Hypovolemic shock or... your call.


22 posted on 02/10/2021 6:44:01 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“coconuts, conch and rats “

That’s like a Wacky Foodies sustainable master meal, soon to show up on the Food Network.

Maybe Ole Rach will call it Delish’?

FWIW - Ginger maybe for a night, Mary Ann for the duration.


23 posted on 02/10/2021 6:46:41 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I bet they had no digestive issues as coconut water is a diuretic. I can’t stand coconut so I’d have had to have extra rats and conch. I love conch!


24 posted on 02/10/2021 6:50:59 AM PST by rfreedom4u ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas")
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To: BlueMondaySkipper

“Might want to redo your math”

In my misspent youth, any female >30, was in the >100 set.


25 posted on 02/10/2021 6:51:53 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Do you think they boiled it first?

You’re right. If you can’t ingest hydration and you’re on the edge, you gotta do what you gotta do. I’m just surprised. That’s a triage decision I wouldn’t have considered.


26 posted on 02/10/2021 6:53:43 AM PST by z3n
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
"the Larson “Helf” cartoon?"


27 posted on 02/10/2021 6:56:29 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“ In my misspent youth, any female >30, was in the >100 set”

I MY misspent youth, I dated a 35yo when I was 20. It was AMAZING.


28 posted on 02/10/2021 7:05:59 AM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That’s the one!


29 posted on 02/10/2021 7:08:39 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: z3n

“Do you think they boiled it first?”

I have never personally witnessed the procedure.
That said, it is all about time, that ‘golden hour’ only lasts a few minutes, if that long.
I had seen a photo,I don’t believe was fake? Pre photoshop.
And it was not the focus of the photo.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/225853/coconut-transfusions/

...A photo in a medical journal shows a coconut hanging from an IV stand with a standard blood transfusion tube attached. And really, coconut water isn’t all that much like plasma. But generally speaking, coconut transfusions are legit...

Emergency coconut IVs were reportedly used by the British and Japanese during World War II, and they’ve been clinically tested on humans several times to see how well they’d be tolerated. Answer: overall, pretty well.


30 posted on 02/10/2021 7:17:00 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: BlueMondaySkipper

“I MY misspent youth, I dated a 35yo when I was 20. It was AMAZING.”

When I was younger if we struck out with girls our age and needed “relief” we went to the cougar bars. Made many older woman feel young again for the night.


31 posted on 02/10/2021 7:18:33 AM PST by setter
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“coconuts, conch and rats “

...the Bahamian Diet. Created by comedian and activist Dick Gregory in the 1980s...

https://www.livestrong.com/article/306871-what-is-the-bahamian-diet/


32 posted on 02/10/2021 7:20:01 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Subtraction is your friend.


33 posted on 02/10/2021 7:25:27 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: z3n

ya need something to flush the rats out of your bowels.


34 posted on 02/10/2021 7:27:29 AM PST by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: QBFimi
Two men and a woman? Reminds me of an old joke.

A sociologist decided to study the manners of three nationalities, so he rented three deserted islands and hired two man, one woman teams to live there for three months with sufficient life sustaining materials.

He went back and found the three Brits sitting at opposite areas of the island. "What's wrong?," he asked. "We haven't been properly introduced," they replied.

He then checked on the island with the Italians. They all seemed happy and explained life was easy in the tropical clime and the men just alternated nights sleeping with the woman.

Next stop was the Russian island. Things were not going so well here. The men had figured out how to ferment coconut milk and were passed out in a drunken stupor. The woman was doing all the work just trying to keep everyone alive.

35 posted on 02/10/2021 7:35:38 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: buckalfa
Lovey Howell...

She has the millions ... 😀

36 posted on 02/10/2021 7:39:07 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (We might be DEPLORABLES, but we don't CHEAT like Dem)
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coconuts, conch and rats

"You may open your baskets...NOW."


37 posted on 02/10/2021 7:51:38 AM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Coconut fed rats are mighty tasty,and coconut water is a natural source of electrolytes, and perfectly safe to drink, though it might raise your potassium levels a bit.


38 posted on 02/10/2021 7:51:58 AM PST by baclava
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To: DUMBGRUNT

sounds like menu items for moocheal obummer’s netflix show...


39 posted on 02/10/2021 8:13:09 AM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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To: PAR35

If they reboot Gilligan’s Island, the Skipper would be a pedo, Gillian would be a 16 yo boy, The millionaire would be a nerd, his wife would be a trans, the Movie star would be a global warming activist, the Professor would be a LIBERAL anti American and Mary Ann would be cast as a Conservative nut case..


40 posted on 02/10/2021 8:19:36 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (We might be DEPLORABLES, but we don't CHEAT like Dem)
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