Wasp sting

"Robatoy" wrote

Or that time I took a dump, hung
my butt over a log in the forest, with my balls right in a bear trap.
Did that hurt? Yes it did...but not as bad as it did when I reached
the end of the chain.
Okay... made that last bit up...
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I am sorry to hear..... that you made the last one up. <rim shot>

Speaking of stings from flying insects, did you hear about this inept thief?

Sheriff's deputies in Faulkner County, Ark., responded
to a residence on Billy Goat Mountain on a report that a man riding an
ATV had stolen various items from a shed. When the resident confronted
the burglar, he fled -- and crashed the ATV into a bee hive. The
burglar then abandoned the ATV and set off into the woods on foot.
Deputies found a stolen tractor nearby: it had apparently been the
burglar's first vehicle, but the thief had gotten it stuck between two
trees. The ATV also turned out to have been stolen. Deputies found the
man nearby, lying unconscious, foaming at the mouth, and barely
breathing after being stung by 50-100 bees. After hospital treatment
Rickey Dale Ford, 46, who lives on Nanny Goat Lane, was booked on
multiple felony theft counts.

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:36:52 -0400, Phisherman wrote:

> Lost the use of my left hand due to a red wasp sting. My left hand is
> now swollen. Amazing how important it is to have use of BOTH hands when
> woodworking. Ice packs and antihistamine are helping the pain and
> itching. The antihistamine puts me to sleep, that's good. I'll be
> fine and back in business in a few days, good thing this is not
> permanent. Made me realize the importance of hands with woodworking.

When my wife gets stung, as she did last month, it's inject the Epi-pen
and head for the emergency room. When one stings me, as it did last
year, I get a mosquito bite size bump. Sound's like you're in between.

--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw

"Phisherman" wrote:


> Lost the use of my left hand due to a red wasp sting. My left hand
> is
> now swollen. Amazing how important it is to have use of BOTH hands
> when woodworking. Ice packs and antihistamine are helping the pain
> and itching. The antihistamine puts me to sleep, that's good.
> I'll
> be fine and back in business in a few days, good thing this is not
> permanent. Made me realize the importance of hands with
> woodworking.

Wasps are such nasty litttle buggers.

Looks like you will be catching up on your sleep the next few days.

Take care.

Lew

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> Lost the use of my left hand due to a red wasp sting. My left hand is
> now swollen. Amazing how important it is to have use of BOTH hands
> when woodworking. Ice packs and antihistamine are helping the pain
> and itching. The antihistamine puts me to sleep, that's good. I'll
> be fine and back in business in a few days, good thing this is not
> permanent. Made me realize the importance of hands with woodworking.

I find it's always preferable to wear heavy gloves when I get into
firewood and into my stacked lumber in winter: the wasp queens love to
hibernate in there. Typically in spring (i.i. NOW for me) I have to kill
half a dozen yellow wasp queens that crept into my woodshop in autumn
and can't find their way back out ...

That's one animal I really enjoy squashing: 5000 wasps in one crunch!

-P.

On Sep 14, 7:36=A0am, Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lost the use of my left hand due to a red wasp sting. =A0My left hand is
> now swollen. =A0Amazing how important it is to have use of BOTH hands
> when woodworking. =A0Ice packs and antihistamine are helping the pain
> and itching. =A0The antihistamine puts me to sleep, that's good. =A0 I'll
> be fine and back in business in a few days, good thing this is not
> permanent. =A0Made me realize the importance of hands with woodworking.

Can't be too careful with those little buggers. My wife had never had
a problem with bee stings until abut 5 years ago. We were parking our
trailer in a Arkansas campground when she go nailed while opening the
electrical hookup panel. Stung her on the back of the hand and within
10-15 minutes here hand was badly swollen and she was feeling a little
woozy. Luckily no respiratory problems. She took a binadryl and
things started to improve quickly. Now, at her doctor's
recommendation, she carries them all of the time.

On Sep 14, 8:36=A0am, Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lost the use of my left hand due to a red wasp sting. =A0My left hand is
> now swollen. =A0Amazing how important it is to have use of BOTH hands
> when woodworking. =A0Ice packs and antihistamine are helping the pain
> and itching. =A0The antihistamine puts me to sleep, that's good. =A0 I'll
> be fine and back in business in a few days, good thing this is not
> permanent. =A0Made me realize the importance of hands with woodworking.

OUCH!
I HATE those things. Riding my dirt bike through the bush, one got
inside my full-face helmet. Right in the corner of the eyeball.
30 miles from the nearest anything. Hurt even more than a 2" oak
sliver under the index finger nail. Or that time I took a dump, hung
my butt over a log in the forest, with my balls right in a bear trap.
Did that hurt? Yes it did...but not as bad as it did when I reached
the end of the chain.
Okay... made that last bit up...

Larry Blanchard wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:36:52 -0400, Phisherman wrote:
>
>> Lost the use of my left hand due to a red wasp sting. My left hand
>> is now swollen. Amazing how important it is to have use of BOTH
>> hands when woodworking. Ice packs and antihistamine are helping the
>> pain and itching. The antihistamine puts me to sleep, that's good.
>> I'll be fine and back in business in a few days, good thing this is
>> not permanent. Made me realize the importance of hands with
>> woodworking.
>
> When my wife gets stung, as she did last month, it's inject the
> Epi-pen and head for the emergency room. When one stings me, as it
> did last year, I get a mosquito bite size bump. Sound's like you're
> in between.

So far I've been lucky enough to get an "ouch, #$%^&*( wasp", but I realize
that that may change at any time.