The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[Dland]

Had it twice in last 5 years, occupational hazard I guess, plus my yard is a deer pathway. Found a deer tick on me last night after dumping the compost. Yup, this place is effing paradise.

If I recall, they usually give me amoxacycline, which I guess is related. Supposed to stay out of the sun with that, which would not be so hard right now, haha.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Pulled one off yesterday... didn’t look like a deer tick at all and no bullseye. Dodged a bullet. The even worse part is going to be the mosquitos. This much of a wet spring... two days into some sunny weather and the swarms are comin’.

 

[Dland]

They say we recently got those new longhorn ticks from down south here. High speed, sighted and aggressive. The part that bothers me is they can transmit a disease that makes you allergic to eating meat..I blame summer people with all their precious rescue dogs...

 

[paulthenurse]

For those who don't know, this

is what the bulls-eye rash looks like. This is not a terribly big example, I caught it early.

"For early localized or disseminated infection, the treatment of choice is oral doxycycline, 100 mg twice daily for 14-21 days. Second line treatment is amoxicillin, especially in children younger than 8 years and pregnant woman, for whom doxycycline is contraindicated. Third and fourth-line treatment is cefuroxime and erythromycin, respectively."

Not saying your provider is wrong, just regurgitating stuff.

 

[smurfjuice]

That's attractive ...

 

[paulthenurse]

That's attractive ...

I'm a hunk a hunk o' burnin' luv.

 

[Dland]

Not saying your provider is wrong, just regurgitating stuff.

I don't know either way, but I know I've taken doxy before too. I think they run the other one for 10 days, not 14-21. A horse pill sized dose though. This island is/was one of the early epicenters of lyme and other tick born stuff(I think there are 3 or 4 diseases they test for now), might be the maritime climate, or all the visitors or both, so most of the local docs pretty well versed in the stuff.

Yup, you caught that one early.

I know an arborist who missed the initial symptoms, and over time, developed all sorts of problems, including dementia. They finally figured it was lyme and put him on iv antibiotics for a long period. He is mostly better now and can work again, but his life nearly fell apart, not an old guy either. My uncle died of the first east coast case of rocky mountain spotted he got here, back in the 70's, was misdiagnosed due to inexperience. His dog got sick too, but vet gave him antibiotics so it got better.

So yeah, this place is paradise, for ticks.

 

[paulthenurse]

Martha's Vineyard, a paradise for transient blood sucking parasites who spread pain, heartbreak and angst throughout the land.

I'd say you nailed that one dead nuts on.

 

[the_bird]

Ticks are ******* insane. I spend a lot of time up in the woods, covered in Deet and I still take a shower and check myself over as soon as I get home. Had anaplasmosis a couple years ago, knocked me out for a good 3-4 weeks. My mother almost died of Lyme a few years back - she's stubborn as a damn mule and wouldn't go to the ER (she thought she was just having a reaction to the flu vaccine, when I got to their house she was nearly out of her mind with fever). A few years on, she still has effects from it. Doxy sucks, Deet sucks, but they're so much better than those ******* little buggers.

 

[bluemoose]

Ticks don’t like me or my children, but love my wife. I haven’t had one latch on since I was a kid. They seem to get into my clothes and stay there.
If my wife gets one on her they seem to bite almost immediately.
Not sure if there is something to that. Maybe they shy away from alcohol in the bloodstream.

 

[paulthenurse]

Tell us how you really feel.

 

[Tipsy McStagger]

When I find them on me they are already dead the poor bastards.

 

[day_trippr]

SAAAAAWEEEEP!
Bruins are in the Finals!

It has been a l o n g 100 days since Boston’s last championship parade

 

[paulthenurse]

Damn, it must be awful to be from somewhere else and have to watch Boston dominate in most sports year in and year out. Geez, image being from someplace like Cleveland, or God forbid, Atlanta? How much must that suck?

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

To be fair it was 100 days yesterday since New England won a championship and around another 100 days since another was had. We're in a drought.

 

[Dland]

I seem to recall a time when Boston fans knew all about droughts...

If this is not the case, I concede I may have slipped though the time space vortex into a parallel dimension...

 

[day_trippr]

"The Before Times". Aka Ancient History 101

 

[Dland]

And I thought the old days was when I was driving a flat hood Willys.

 

[paulthenurse]

I’ve managed to successfully repress the memories of those dark days.

 

[paulthenurse]

Nice day for a graduation. Middle Spawn getting her MBA from Babson today.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Ticks don’t like me or my children, but love my wife. I haven’t had one latch on since I was a kid. They seem to get into my clothes and stay there.
If my wife gets one on her they seem to bite almost immediately.
Not sure if there is something to that. Maybe they shy away from alcohol in the bloodstream.

Probably the bitterness.

 

[paulthenurse]

Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Nah, I’m thinking that he can take it as well as he dishes it out.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Come on! He's a lawyer. He's asking for it

 

[smurfjuice]

Nice day for a graduation. Middle Spawn getting her MBA from Babson today.

Congrats Sire

 

[paulthenurse]

Thanks Smurf

 

[smurfjuice]

I do what i can ...

 

[paulthenurse]

Anyone got any idea what to do with five gallons of 110 proof go-blind-juice?

Open to suggestions

Take a piece of oak that will fit through the opening of your container. Cut an inch or so off each end. Split it with a hatchet into several smaller bits then take your plumbers torch to the pieces. Burn the wood till its totally charred on one end to less so so progressing up the sticks. Leave a very small amount untouched by the flames but most of it wants to be somewhat scorched. Drop them in the opening and leave it, taste testing every few weeks.

 

[paulthenurse]

Jeff Fuller (Babalu) has been failing lately and his wife and family have made the difficult decision to place him into hospice care. I've talked with her a few times in the past several weeks and she wanted his friends to know so that they could have a chance to go and say goodbye, or as she said "Give Jeff some love right now." As of last night he was in the ICU at Good Sam in Brockton.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Prayers out to Jeff!