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OT: got stung badly today: ACCENT to the rescue! :OT

RRP
RRP Posts: 26,479
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Maybe this is common knowledge - but if not...please read on!

Today while mowing I rattled 2 nests of yellow jackets (tiny, SUPER NASTY ground living wasps).

I got nailed 7 times before I even knew I hit a nest.

Thankfully I still had a can of wasp spray and most of those "aerial" killers bit the dust!

OTOH I went right in and discovered I had no ACCENT Meat Tenderizer to make a paste to solve my swelling wasp stings...called my neighbor and she had a brand new container! I "borrowed" it and then later today I bought her a new one!

I've been REALLY nailed by fire ants, jelly fish and these yellow jackets and every time the ACCENT meat tenderizer has saved me! 
 
Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Elijah
    Elijah Posts: 881
    If you remain still the yellow jackets will attack whatever is moving. At least down here. 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,479
    Actually I knew/noticed something like that from what was the smallest nest, but the real swarm that nailed me came from the second one and they hit me before I knew it!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,911
    Wonder if it works on rattlesnake bites? 🤔

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Battleborn
    Battleborn Posts: 3,718
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Wonder if it works on rattlesnake bites? 🤔
    I heard if you pee on it, it makes it better. 
    Las Vegas, NV


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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,911
    edited July 2022
    Battleborn said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Wonder if it works on rattlesnake bites? 🤔
    I heard if you pee on it, it makes it better. 
    Wise man told me once, suck venom before pee on venom.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • OhioEgger
    OhioEgger Posts: 1,000
    Benadryl works well.
    Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,519
    Battleborn said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Wonder if it works on rattlesnake bites? 🤔
    I heard if you pee on it, it makes it better. 
    What if he’s not around?
    Philly - Kansas City - Houston - Cincinnati - Dallas - Houston - Memphis - Austin - Chicago - Austin

    Large BGE. OONI 16, TOTO Washlet S550e (Now with enhanced Motherly Hugs!)

    "If I wanted my balls washed, I'd go to the golf course!"
    Dennis - Austin,TX
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 35,005
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Battleborn said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Wonder if it works on rattlesnake bites? 🤔
    I heard if you pee on it, it makes it better. 
    Wise man told me once, suck venom before pee on venom.
    I think what he actually told you was to NOT suck on the wound AFTER you pee on it.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,948
    MSG makes everything taste better!

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  • AnothaStolenGenrator
    AnothaStolenGenrator Posts: 289
    That stuff works great on your junk too if you ever get chafed down there.  
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,948
    🤣😂

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,479
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Battleborn said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Wonder if it works on rattlesnake bites? 🤔
    I heard if you pee on it, it makes it better. 
    Wise man told me once, suck venom before pee on venom.
    I was thinking of the joke where the punch line was “the doctor says you gonna die”
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,562
    RRP said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Battleborn said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Wonder if it works on rattlesnake bites? 🤔
    I heard if you pee on it, it makes it better. 
    Wise man told me once, suck venom before pee on venom.
    I was thinking of the joke where the punch line was “the doctor says you gonna die”
    I thought the same. 
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,911
    Make love, not war.  Learn to live with nature, not destroy it.


    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,479
    edited July 2022
    Ozzie_Isaac said:,
    Make love, not war.  Learn to live with nature, not destroy it.


    Those are flies, but I have to ask…being clear out there in AZ how could you have heard what I was calling yellow jacket wasps as I was getting nailed?

    but worst then all that…did your years with CAT turn you into a bug fornicator photographer?


    LMAO
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,911
    RRP said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:,
    Make love, not war.  Learn to live with nature, not destroy it.


    Those are flies, but I have to ask…being clear out there in AZ how could you have heard what I was calling yellow jacket wasps as I was getting nailed?

    but worst then all that…did your years with CAT turn you into a bug fornicator photographer?
    I used to go after the mud dabbers with a tennis racket.  Wasps and yellow jackets were to nimble to hit consistent.

    CAT taught me to focus on the details and see what is around you.  A side effect of that is noticing amorous bugs.  Remember, a fornicating bug cannot sting or bite you. 

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,450
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    I used to go after the mud dabbers with a tennis racket.  Wasps and yellow jackets were to nimble to hit consistent.
    Years ago I bought one of those $2 "bug zapper" tennis racquets from Harbor Freight.  It "zapped" my fingertip (ouch!) so I figured it could kill a fly.  
    I've always realized I'm not the most coordinated guy, but dammit; I couldn't hit a fly in flight to save my soul.  For weeks.  
    Finally, one landed on my curtains, on an exposed "hump".  Whap-Zap!  I got him!  I also almost burned my house down.  
    Thank goodness flies are rare here.  

    SuperCallousFragileRacistSexistNotMyPOTUS 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,911
    edited July 2022
    Botch said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    I used to go after the mud dabbers with a tennis racket.  Wasps and yellow jackets were to nimble to hit consistent.
    Years ago I bought one of those $2 "bug zapper" tennis racquets from Harbor Freight.  It "zapped" my fingertip (ouch!) so I figured it could kill a fly.  
    I've always realized I'm not the most coordinated guy, but dammit; I couldn't hit a fly in flight to save my soul.  For weeks.  
    Finally, one landed on my curtains, on an exposed "hump".  Whap-Zap!  I got him!  I also almost burned my house down.  
    Thank goodness flies are rare here.  
    I have found the "scoop" method works best.  I put the electric racket perpendicular to the surface the fly is on then run it along it and "scoop" the fly.  Works every time.

    Also, the image of the fly dead, but curtains scorched is hilarious.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,450
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Also, the image of the fly dead, but curtains scorched is hilarious.
    It wasn't, at the time.  

    SuperCallousFragileRacistSexistNotMyPOTUS 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,479
    Ozzie_Isaac said:  Remember, a fornicating bug cannot sting or bite you. 
    So TRUE!   Nearly 50 years ago I had a real horse’s ass boss who knocked up a young married teller and thankfully he got fired AND “someone” beat the living SH*T out of him as well! 

    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,479
    RRP said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:  Remember, a fornicating bug cannot sting or bite you. 
    So TRUE!   Nearly 50 years ago I had a real horse’s ass boss who knocked up a young married teller and thankfully he got fired AND “someone” beat the living SH*T out of him as well! 

    BTW - NO, that young teller was NOT my wife!  And that former boss who got the sh*t beaten out of him had enough sense to never report his beating to the police! He just told people he “tripped” in his garage falling face first breaking his nose and both cheek bones!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,911
    RRP said:
    RRP said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:  Remember, a fornicating bug cannot sting or bite you. 
    So TRUE!   Nearly 50 years ago I had a real horse’s ass boss who knocked up a young married teller and thankfully he got fired AND “someone” beat the living SH*T out of him as well! 

    BTW - NO, that young teller was NOT my wife!  And that former boss who got the sh*t beaten out of him had enough sense to never report his beating to the police! He just told people he “tripped” in his garage falling face first breaking his nose and both cheek bones!
    Those were the real days.  Nowadays they just post any angry message on FB and make a TikTok video about their feelings.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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