?Hey doctor, any way to take away the pain and keep the swelling??
Just a thought
Tom
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> On May 1, 2018, at 3:21 AM, Alex & Janet Thomson <aljlthomson at charter.net>
> wrote:
>
> Many years ago when raking hay with an open tractor, I opened up a ground
> nest of either yellow jackets or some other hornet family. Even banging the
> tractor into high gear and screaming across the field in high gear at a
> stately 18 MPH wasn?t enough to stay ahead of them. I?m not sure what hurt
> more ? getting stung or slapping myself in the head to kill them.
>
> Many years ago when working around the house in shorts, a wasp flew up a pant
> leg and decided to start stinging. Again, I?m not sure what hurt more ?
> slapping myself in the male anatomy area or getting stung. All I know is that
> I could have been a member of a freak show at a circus for several days.
> Alright, I can hear some of you guys laughing now!
>
> But, no joke. Getting hit with stingers when driving can be disastrous. Even
> getting a bug in an eye is serious. And for those who are seriously allergic
> to stings ? no more needs to be said.
>
> Alex Thomson
>
> From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Andrew Uprichard
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 8:12 AM
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] Is this a first?
>
>
> Sunday afternoon, 5pm: after doing yard work all day, I decided to take my
> small-mouth TR3 out for a spin. Coming up a country road at around 80, I
> felt a sharp pain in my neck, followed shortly thereafter by an equally sharp
> pain in my chest. A wasp (or hornet, or whatever) had flown down my
> open-neck shirt and wasn?t happy. Neither was I !!
>
> Trying to stop the car and extricate myself from my four-point harness while
> being stung must have been a hilarious picture!
>
> Finally I pulled over and removed the little so-and-so from my abdominal wall.
>
> I am allergic to all kinds of stings, so here I am with 4 enormous welts
> ranging from my neck to my navel.
>
> But don?t we love our little British cars J
>
> Andrew Uprichard
> Jackson, Michigan
>
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