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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: LadyJulian Date: August 27, 2018, 9:56 pm
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I have a lapband so if I over-eat, or eat the wrong things, I
need to eject the offending item.
Today, at work, I apparently ate the wrong thing for lunch.
Just went and hurled some of it up. And dropped my glasses in
the toilet bowl.
Yuck.
Need to hurl again............. :'(
#Post#: 12724--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: AfleetAlex Date: August 30, 2018, 1:51 pm
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I burned my knees and legs on a whale-watching trip (thinking
more about 'don't get seasick' than 'now you're going to have to
wear the same sandals for the next week because you burned
stripes on your feet, dummy'). Of course I relish the point at
which the sunburn peels, and if you can get the skin to peel in
longer strips or even hear it tear, that's the best. Also my
skin is itchy so the peeling feels great.
#Post#: 13183--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: frog24 Date: September 6, 2018, 4:07 pm
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My husband was meeting me for lunch, so I made him an Americano
on our office espresso machine. I fixed the coffee; cream and
sugar, popped the lid on and skipped out the door to meet him.
When I got into the car, I poured the coffee from my travel mug
into his.
He took a few sips of the coffee and said: "Does this taste
minty to you?" I took a sip, and yes, it did taste slightly
minty. Weird.
At lunch, I went back out to the car to get my mug so I could
have some water. I look in there and there's a glob of gum.
Green. Minty. Gum.
I know I had washed the mug out prior to making the coffee. I
know there was no gum in the mug when I made the coffee. I also
know I did not chew gum today.
I'm pretty sure the gum was mine from some previous day...
yesterday? the day before, maybe? Dunno...
Gross... gross... gross.... :( Sorry, hubs! ;D :'(
#Post#: 14088--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Copper Horsewoman Date: September 18, 2018, 10:04 pm
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OK, I finally got one for this topic: in my neck of the woods,
the mosquitoes outnumber the air molecules right now. I had to
do some weed-pulling last weekend, or my house might never be
seen again. Loaded up with DEET-heavy repellent, long-sleeved
shirt, long pants and boots. Once I started sweating, the
repellent wouldn't repel, even after reapplying liberally. I got
on with the job, taking swatting and cursing breaks.
I went back into the house and took off the shirt. Everywhere on
that shirt that I had been swatting, I must have gotten a
fully-loaded mosquito, because it looked like a crime scene,
with spots, splatters, smears and sprays.
Oh, and I discovered that they bit my scalp, especially along
the part and hairline, but also right through my hair!
#Post#: 14131--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Chez Miriam Date: September 19, 2018, 2:17 pm
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[quote author=Copper Horsewoman link=topic=42.msg14088#msg14088
date=1537326291]
OK, I finally got one for this topic: in my neck of the woods,
the mosquitoes outnumber the air molecules right now. I had to
do some weed-pulling last weekend, or my house might never be
seen again. Loaded up with DEET-heavy repellent, long-sleeved
shirt, long pants and boots. Once I started sweating, the
repellent wouldn't repel, even after reapplying liberally. I got
on with the job, taking swatting and cursing breaks.
I went back into the house and took off the shirt. Everywhere on
that shirt that I had been swatting, I must have gotten a
fully-loaded mosquito, because it looked like a crime scene,
with spots, splatters, smears and sprays.
Oh, and I discovered that they bit my scalp, especially along
the part and hairline, but also right through my hair!
[/quote]
I wanted to post a smiling smiley for the crime scene reference,
but a sad-face smiley for the bites. :-\
I remembered too late never to go anywhere near ivy in good
weather: harvest mites get under every tight spot on clothing
[knicker line, waistband, bra band & straps, etc, etc, etc] and
try to bite* their way out.
* I assume that's what they're doing, and I'm covered in bites.
>:(
#Post#: 14139--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Kaymyth Date: September 19, 2018, 3:21 pm
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[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=42.msg14131#msg14131
date=1537384649]
[quote author=Copper Horsewoman link=topic=42.msg14088#msg14088
date=1537326291]
OK, I finally got one for this topic: in my neck of the woods,
the mosquitoes outnumber the air molecules right now. I had to
do some weed-pulling last weekend, or my house might never be
seen again. Loaded up with DEET-heavy repellent, long-sleeved
shirt, long pants and boots. Once I started sweating, the
repellent wouldn't repel, even after reapplying liberally. I got
on with the job, taking swatting and cursing breaks.
I went back into the house and took off the shirt. Everywhere on
that shirt that I had been swatting, I must have gotten a
fully-loaded mosquito, because it looked like a crime scene,
with spots, splatters, smears and sprays.
Oh, and I discovered that they bit my scalp, especially along
the part and hairline, but also right through my hair!
[/quote]
I wanted to post a smiling smiley for the crime scene reference,
but a sad-face smiley for the bites. :-\
I remembered too late never to go anywhere near ivy in good
weather: harvest mites get under every tight spot on clothing
[knicker line, waistband, bra band & straps, etc, etc, etc] and
try to bite* their way out.
* I assume that's what they're doing, and I'm covered in bites.
>:(
[/quote]
That sounds like chiggers. They're mites that like to feast on
skin cells, and they go for soft skin and/or protected tight
spaces.
#Post#: 14158--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: VorFemme Date: September 19, 2018, 8:11 pm
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I ran a search on mosquito repellent plants - turns out that
lemongrass is one of the ingredients in most repellants. I
bought a large bar of lemongrass scented soap, cut it into
slices, and scattered them around our room - trying to keep the
mosquitos out of our room.
They also don't like tea tree oil, eucalyptus, lavender,
rosemary (herb), basil (herb), garlic (seasoning), and even
catnip...it might not help much when I'm out of town on a trip -
but I just bought fresh mosquito repellant spray and I'm
planning on going home and picking through my collection of
scented soap to pack in my suitcase to keep any bugs out of my
suitcase, scent my clothes, and take with me on the next trip to
scatter around that room, too. I'm not sure about taking
incense or essential oils - as I'm afraid that they'd either be
unable to be burned in the room or they'd spill in the suitcase
and stain my clothes, not just scent them.
As a bonus, I can wash myself with the soap, too. I'm not sure
if the scent is strong enough to repell mosquitoes - but at
least my scent won't clash with the repellant.
I'm not covered in crime scene splatter - but I'm itching in
places on my back that I can't reach and it's really getting
annoying. I have lots of tiny little bloodstains - which is
going to be hard to get out...
#Post#: 14162--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Dazi Date: September 19, 2018, 8:36 pm
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[quote author=VorFemme link=topic=42.msg14158#msg14158
date=1537405867]
I ran a search on mosquito repellent plants - turns out that
lemongrass is one of the ingredients in most repellants. I
bought a large bar of lemongrass scented soap, cut it into
slices, and scattered them around our room - trying to keep the
mosquitos out of our room.
They also don't like tea tree oil, eucalyptus, lavender,
rosemary (herb), basil (herb), garlic (seasoning), and even
catnip...it might not help much when I'm out of town on a trip -
but I just bought fresh mosquito repellant spray and I'm
planning on going home and picking through my collection of
scented soap to pack in my suitcase to keep any bugs out of my
suitcase, scent my clothes, and take with me on the next trip to
scatter around that room, too. I'm not sure about taking
incense or essential oils - as I'm afraid that they'd either be
unable to be burned in the room or they'd spill in the suitcase
and stain my clothes, not just scent them.
As a bonus, I can wash myself with the soap, too. I'm not sure
if the scent is strong enough to repell mosquitoes - but at
least my scent won't clash with the repellant.
I'm not covered in crime scene splatter - but I'm itching in
places on my back that I can't reach and it's really getting
annoying. I have lots of tiny little bloodstains - which is
going to be hard to get out...
[/quote]
Select Blue catmint is really pretty too!!!
#Post#: 14175--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Chez Miriam Date: September 20, 2018, 5:23 am
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[quote author=Kaymyth link=topic=42.msg14139#msg14139
date=1537388480]
[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=42.msg14131#msg14131
date=1537384649]
[quote author=Copper Horsewoman link=topic=42.msg14088#msg14088
date=1537326291]
OK, I finally got one for this topic: in my neck of the woods,
the mosquitoes outnumber the air molecules right now. I had to
do some weed-pulling last weekend, or my house might never be
seen again. Loaded up with DEET-heavy repellent, long-sleeved
shirt, long pants and boots. Once I started sweating, the
repellent wouldn't repel, even after reapplying liberally. I got
on with the job, taking swatting and cursing breaks.
I went back into the house and took off the shirt. Everywhere on
that shirt that I had been swatting, I must have gotten a
fully-loaded mosquito, because it looked like a crime scene,
with spots, splatters, smears and sprays.
Oh, and I discovered that they bit my scalp, especially along
the part and hairline, but also right through my hair!
[/quote]
I wanted to post a smiling smiley for the crime scene reference,
but a sad-face smiley for the bites. :-\
I remembered too late never to go anywhere near ivy in good
weather: harvest mites get under every tight spot on clothing
[knicker line, waistband, bra band & straps, etc, etc, etc] and
try to bite* their way out.
* I assume that's what they're doing, and I'm covered in bites.
>:(
[/quote]
That sounds like chiggers. They're mites that like to feast on
skin cells, and they go for soft skin and/or protected tight
spaces.
[/quote]
Thanks for posting that, Kaymyth. Chiggers isn't a term we use
in the UK, and I'd read it somewhere (long ago) and from the
description come up with scabies! :o
I only know that we call them harvest mites in the UK because I
had an attack of "aoutas" whilst in France one time, went to a
pharmacist for the insanity-creating itching, and they diagnosed
aoutas...
That didn't appear in my French-English dictionary, so I
(French) googled the Latin name and then searched for that in
English to come up with harvest mites!
I've learned something new today! ;D
#Post#: 14228--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Kaymyth Date: September 20, 2018, 11:56 am
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[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=42.msg14175#msg14175
date=1537438990]
[quote author=Kaymyth link=topic=42.msg14139#msg14139
date=1537388480]
[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=42.msg14131#msg14131
date=1537384649]
[quote author=Copper Horsewoman link=topic=42.msg14088#msg14088
date=1537326291]
OK, I finally got one for this topic: in my neck of the woods,
the mosquitoes outnumber the air molecules right now. I had to
do some weed-pulling last weekend, or my house might never be
seen again. Loaded up with DEET-heavy repellent, long-sleeved
shirt, long pants and boots. Once I started sweating, the
repellent wouldn't repel, even after reapplying liberally. I got
on with the job, taking swatting and cursing breaks.
I went back into the house and took off the shirt. Everywhere on
that shirt that I had been swatting, I must have gotten a
fully-loaded mosquito, because it looked like a crime scene,
with spots, splatters, smears and sprays.
Oh, and I discovered that they bit my scalp, especially along
the part and hairline, but also right through my hair!
[/quote]
I wanted to post a smiling smiley for the crime scene reference,
but a sad-face smiley for the bites. :-\
I remembered too late never to go anywhere near ivy in good
weather: harvest mites get under every tight spot on clothing
[knicker line, waistband, bra band & straps, etc, etc, etc] and
try to bite* their way out.
* I assume that's what they're doing, and I'm covered in bites.
>:(
[/quote]
That sounds like chiggers. They're mites that like to feast on
skin cells, and they go for soft skin and/or protected tight
spaces.
[/quote]
Thanks for posting that, Kaymyth. Chiggers isn't a term we use
in the UK, and I'd read it somewhere (long ago) and from the
description come up with scabies! :o
I only know that we call them harvest mites in the UK because I
had an attack of "aoutas" whilst in France one time, went to a
pharmacist for the insanity-creating itching, and they diagnosed
aoutas...
That didn't appear in my French-English dictionary, so I
(French) googled the Latin name and then searched for that in
English to come up with harvest mites!
I've learned something new today! ;D
[/quote]
Ha! Definitely not scabies. Humans aren't even their natural
food source; they more typically feed on reptiles and
amphibians. But when you get a large population of them, they'll
eat whatever they can get. Horrible things. We had a terrible
problem with them earlier this summer - in one day of pulling
weeds I managed to get over a HUNDRED bites. It was so awful I
had to burn a couple of sick days because I couldn't handle
wearing much in the way of clothes.
You can see the adults crawling around; teensy tiny little red
mites. But it's the babies that bite you, and they're too small
to even see without a magnifying glass. And don't let all the
old wives' tales on how to kill them fool you - by the time the
bite appears, the critter that bit you is long gone, and it
often takes a day or two after picking them up for the bites to
start appearing.
The best prevention is to learn where you pick them up from and
shower as soon as you go inside. Scrub vigorously to get them
off before they find a tasty spot.
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