MOTHER OF ASS!!! we just pulled a deer tick off me!!!

[lele]

well...so far, dave is fine...

We removed a tick from me last evening ...
We were doing yard work on sat. & I checked myself & showered after we were done & I didn\'t find anything, but none the less...it appeared on me on Sunday....
No rash yet (just a small dot)...feel ok too...
I\'m sure I\'ll be just fine...not into the antibiotics thing...So, I\'ll just want & see how I feel..
Damn ticks :mad:

[stefpav]

geeze, those little suckers really like you guys.  hope everything\'s alright.

[jocelyn]

Mother of ass indeed. I pulled two itty bitty black ticks off of me yesterday. Not sure if they were deer ticks or not, but either way I hate those little bastards.

[davepeck]

on a related/unrelated note - i was swarmed by bees yesterday. it sucked ass.

my uncle and i were out with his 2 dogs and tyson in the woods, and just walking along the path. i had a sweatshirt on, and the sleeves were about a quarter-way down my hands. all of a sudden i feel something \'bite\' me under my right sleeve (i thought it was a horsefly), and i was like, "ah, sonofabitch!". i pulled back my sleeve to see a bee stuck to the bottom of my thumb, and as i\'m doing that, i get stung on my left hand. "WHAT THE FUCK?!"

it all happened so fast, but i heard my uncle yell "NEST", and i took off my sweatshirt and started swinging it around in the air as we sprinted back the way we came from. seemed like they were following us for a while too. we finally got to a "safe" spot, and assessed the damage. my uncle got stung 4-5 times on his arm, and it looked like the dogs got stung a few times as well (though it didn\'t look like tyson did). we went right back to the house for some benedryl (for us and the dogs).

my uncle\'s gun fell out of his pants while we were running, so we had to go back in and get it. i also lost tyson\'s leash (it wasn\'t on him). we waited a little while for the bees to calm down, and headed back in (which i dreaded). we started walking really slow when we got near, and he grabbed his gun. i couldn\'t see the leash anywhere, but i did see the "nest" - a hole in the ground on the edge of the path, and TONS of bees diving in and out of it. after looking at it from a distance for a few seconds, i thought i saw a couple coming our way, and we sprinted the fuck away again.

it sucked. really ruined a nice walk in the woods with the dogs.

[FreeSpirit]

my uncle\'s gun fell out of his pants while we were running, so we had to go back in and get it.

:wah: you ned a gun walking through the woods?!  wow. this world has def changed  I\'m glad you are all okay - bee stings hurt like hell :banfire:

[davepeck]

my uncle\'s gun fell out of his pants while we were running, so we had to go back in and get it.

:wah: you ned a gun walking through the woods?!  wow. this world has def changed  I\'m glad you are all okay - bee stings hurt like hell :banfire:

no, i think there\'s always been things like bears, wolves, and coyotes in the woods that you need to protect yourself (and your animals) from.

that said, my uncle carries a gun everywhere. the funny thing about "neding" a gun is, you never know when you\'ll "ned" a gun.

[jocelyn]

You have woods and wildlife in Connecticut?

I have never carried anything beyond a knife while walking in the woods for protection, even up north.

[bdfreetuna]

quit complaining the YellowJacket is only a 2 on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index!

# 1.0 Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.
# 1.2 Fire ant: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet & reaching for the light switch.
# 1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
# 2.0 Bald-faced hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.
# 2.0 Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
# 2.x Honey bee and European hornet: Like a matchhead that flips off and burns on your skin.
# 3.0 Red harvester ant: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.
# 3.0 Paper wasp: Caustic & burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.
# 4.0 Pepsis wasp: Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath (if you get stung by one you might as well lie down and scream).
# 4.0+ Bullet ant: Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch nail in your heel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index

[davepeck]

You have woods and wildlife in Connecticut?

I have never carried anything beyond a knife while walking in the woods for protection, even up north.

not everyone carries guns. i know this.

quit complaining the YellowJacket is only a 2 on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index!

# 1.0 Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.
# 1.2 Fire ant: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet & reaching for the light switch.
# 1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
# 2.0 Bald-faced hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.
# 2.0 Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
# 2.x Honey bee and European hornet: Like a matchhead that flips off and burns on your skin.
# 3.0 Red harvester ant: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.
# 3.0 Paper wasp: Caustic & burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.
# 4.0 Pepsis wasp: Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath (if you get stung by one you might as well lie down and scream).
# 4.0+ Bullet ant: Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch nail in your heel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index

mr. schmidt sounds like a tool. fuck him, my hands are itchy.

[jocelyn]

quit complaining the YellowJacket is only a 2 on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index!

# 1.0 Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.
# 1.2 Fire ant: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet & reaching for the light switch.
# 1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
# 2.0 Bald-faced hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.
# 2.0 Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
# 2.x Honey bee and European hornet: Like a matchhead that flips off and burns on your skin.
# 3.0 Red harvester ant: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.
# 3.0 Paper wasp: Caustic & burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.
# 4.0 Pepsis wasp: Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath (if you get stung by one you might as well lie down and scream).
# 4.0+ Bullet ant: Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch nail in your heel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index

AWESOME

[skalnbyc]

my uncle\'s gun fell out of his pants while we were running, so we had to go back in and get it.

:wah: you ned a gun walking through the woods?!  wow. this world has def changed  I\'m glad you are all okay - bee stings hurt like hell :banfire:

no, i think there\'s always been things like bears, wolves, and coyotes in the woods that you need to protect yourself (and your animals) from.

that said, my uncle carries a gun everywhere. the funny thing about "neding" a gun is, you never know when you\'ll "ned" a gun.

Yeah, a girl in my office was sexually assualted outside the building while I was away last week.  We are in a statistically "low crime" area.  You definitely never know when you\'ll need to protect yourself or someone nearby, whether it is man or nature.

[bdfreetuna]

I don\'t know how he managed to rate the honey bee more painful than a yellowjacket.

You gotta take into account a honey bee stings you once and its dead. A yellowjacket will bite and sting you at the same time until it forgets why it was so ornery in the first place.

Getting some of those up your pants leg is a good time. Ahhh memories of 6th grade..

[Todd]

my hands are itchy.

Put a drop or two of ammonia on the stings.

[derickw]

i got attacked a couple weeks ago playing golf and last week i got stung on the palm of my hand.... shit hurts

[SkyePrizm]

i\'m allergic.  if a swarm of bees got me, it would be like the scene in My Girl...and I\'d be all done....