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Lesmond Lesmond is offline
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:55:08 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>On Mon 16 Jul 2018 06:05:53a, Dave Smith told us...
>
>> On 2018-07-16 1:04 AM, Lesmond wrote:
>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:02:47 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2018-07-13 12:39 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>> "Lesmond" > wrote in message

>>
>>>>> Damn, that trumps a fly in my iced tea finding the hard way
>>>>> too. ACCCCCK.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can imagine. I got stung in the mouth last fall and am now
>>>> supposed to carry an epi pen. That wasp got me three times,
>>>> twice on the tongue and one on the inside of my lip. It swelled
>>>> up quite a bit. The big surprise to me was that it didn't hurt
>>>> much.
>>>
>>> I can't imagine it not hurting.

>>
>> I felt it stinging and expected it to be very very painful,
>> especially since it got me in three places on the tongue and inner
>> lip. I was not far from the hospital and was treated within
>> minutes of arrival. The treatment was very effective. The
>> swelling started to go down. After that is was more like the tail
>> end of dental freezing.
>>
>> I can tell you that when you are biting on a hornet it has the
>> texture of the topping of a creme brulle.
>>
>>

>
>When I was eating a pear in my uncle's orchard, a yellow jacket
>landed on the pear and then went up one of my nostrils where it stung
>me. That was 69 years ago, so I don't remember if I was more scared
>or more in pain. However, my dad had an uncle in a nearby country
>town who was doctor. He made a paste of sodium bicarbonate and
>water, and after removing the yellow jacket he pack my nostril with
>the paste and let it stay in there for for 20-30 minutes. That
>seemed to calm the stinging.


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