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Bubonic plague hits LA
Herald Sun ^ | 19 April 2006

Posted on 04/18/2006 4:34:55 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

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To: Eastbound
Thanks for the link. I'm going to try an old "electro-sage" (small home electric shock massager, similar to a TENS machine) that we have laying around to make CS. With it I think I can control the current/voltage and make it pulsate (or not). It also uses a 9v battery. If it doesn't work I'll consider buying from our friends at South of Tucson AZ.

Thanks again.
81 posted on 04/18/2006 8:47:13 PM PDT by Jaysun (If anything is possible, then it's possible that nothing is possible.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Can never have too many rats if it's sage rats you're hunting.

I got the vaccination for plague. I've kept my shot cards just to keep track of all the weird things I was vaccinated for.

I have a vaccination with the seal of Thailand. I was third mate on a ship that was required for everyone on the ship to be vaccinated. I was told to gather the crew for the shots. I looked at the 10 new needles on the table and asked for my vaccination first. We were a crew of 43.


82 posted on 04/18/2006 9:01:21 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: null and void
*sigh* I just did something I've never done before. I stomped a rat to death in my own front yard. YUCK!

First one I've seen here. Hope it's my last.


God almighty! How'd you manage to step on it before it got away? Did you surprise it while it was on the phone or something?

When we lived in Texas I killed rats in our barn with a .22 loaded with "snake shot". Maybe you can use a little revolver full of these next time.


83 posted on 04/18/2006 9:03:44 PM PDT by Jaysun (If anything is possible, then it's possible that nothing is possible.)
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To: Aussie Dasher
the infected woman, who remains in hospital, was exposed to fleas in the area around her house and stressed it was unlikely the rare disease would spread.

So ... they're saying ... they killed every single last Bubonic-plague-laced flea before it jumped away?

84 posted on 04/18/2006 9:04:58 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

bfl


85 posted on 04/18/2006 9:09:34 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: Jaysun
God almighty! How'd you manage to step on it before it got away? Did you surprise it while it was on the phone or something?

For a 280 lb guy I can move very stealthily. He thought I didn't know he was in the California Poppies. He was wrong.

When we lived in Texas I killed rats in our barn with a .22 loaded with "snake shot". Maybe you can use a little revolver full of these next time.

I'm in the fringe of the downtown district, on a main drag. I thought about using my .45, but figured it would annoy the neighbors...

86 posted on 04/18/2006 9:15:33 PM PDT by null and void (Pay no attention to the imam behind the curtain...)
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To: Eastbound; Jaysun

I have a digital generator that shuts off at 5 parts per million. I've already had to replace the 1 oz. silver bar I've made so many gallons.


87 posted on 04/19/2006 5:12:22 AM PDT by DocRock
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To: DocRock
I have a digital generator that shuts off at 5 parts per million. I've already had to replace the 1 oz. silver bar I've made so many gallons.

Where does one obtain pure silver, other than ordering it? I looked for the "wire" that everyone talks about to no avail and ended up buying bullion from a jeweler.
88 posted on 04/19/2006 9:03:50 PM PDT by Jaysun (If anything is possible, then it's possible that nothing is possible.)
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To: Centurion2000
How?

Biting.

89 posted on 04/20/2006 3:23:21 AM PDT by Yeti ("He might be drunk!")
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To: Aussie Dasher

A single case, but if you only read the headline you'd think it's an epidemic.


90 posted on 04/20/2006 3:34:09 AM PDT by kalee
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To: Jaysun

Don't take someone's word that you are getting "pure" silver. Buy a Canadian Maple Leaf silver coin. They are assayed at the mint and they are the purest silver you can purchase. .9999 fine


91 posted on 04/20/2006 6:15:30 AM PDT by DocRock
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To: Aussie Dasher

Not too surprising. Both Los Angeles and Albuquerque have large rodent populations in their surroundings. Plague is endemic in the wild rodent population. That's why New Mexico's slogan is:

Land of the Flea, Home of the Plague.


92 posted on 04/20/2006 6:28:51 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Tax-chick

Rat fleas are happy to jump on a human in the absence of a rat. Same with dog fleas and cat fleas.


93 posted on 04/20/2006 12:52:53 PM PDT by Flavius Josephus (Nationalism is not a crime.)
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To: Centurion2000

Of course she's an illegal. If she wasn't an illegal, she would have been identified. Sacred cow, ya know?


94 posted on 04/20/2006 12:58:34 PM PDT by Flavius Josephus (Nationalism is not a crime.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

ILLEGALS


95 posted on 04/20/2006 1:14:47 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
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To: Jaysun
colloidal silver

Our favorite snake oil

96 posted on 04/20/2006 1:16:37 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Flavius Josephus

Yuck.


97 posted on 04/20/2006 1:17:48 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Although You're invisible, I trust the Unseen.")
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To: Aussie Dasher
Bubonic plague hits LA

Jonathan Fielding, head of Los Angeles County public health, said.

Mr Fielding explained the disease is not uncommon among animals such as squirrels but seldom spreads to humans.

Except when the fleas arrive by "coyote" !

98 posted on 04/20/2006 1:28:47 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings)
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To: Tax-chick

Yeah, it seems that it's a preference, not a requirement. I was surprised that there even WAS a type of flea dedicated to humans. This is reminding me I have to go pick up some more Advantage for my cat soon. I've been letting her out more, and she's getting them -- I found one on me last night.


99 posted on 04/20/2006 2:04:34 PM PDT by Flavius Josephus (Nationalism is not a crime.)
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To: Flavius Josephus

We had that problem with our cat a few times.


100 posted on 04/20/2006 2:08:00 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("That would be the camel's nose under the mouse.")
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