• Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

    =====================
    Posted 08/15/2025
    =====================


    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

    =====================
    Addendum: 01/10/2026
    =====================


    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Flesh eating bacteria?

Unfortunately the risk is not necessarily a place (ocean) although it does seem to be cropping up in everything from ponds to oceans, but has more to do with the person (diabetes, immunosuppression, older people, etc.) Many people develop it when Strep bacteria that live on their skin makes way into the body from a cut.
 
Well, that sure doesn't make me feel any better...... :eek:

I get cut up all of the time working out in the yard. Sticker vines, grape vines, the rough back of pine tree branches, all of them conspire to take their pound of flesh scratching and clawing at me in return for me cutting them and dragging them away. Heck, I have cuts and bruises on my arms just from working on the generator trying to get to bolts, nuts, and electrical connections that the designers seemed to go out of their way to make as inaccessible as possible.

Not to mention the mosquitoes putting in their puncture wounds too. At least the yellow fly season is over with.

So yeah, I am probably doomed.....
 
WebSlave said:
So yeah, I am probably doomed.....
Click to expand...

I suspect not. With all the heavy physical work you do clearing stuff out and all that needs to be done with the citrus and bamboo I think you are probably in excellent physical shape. And I'm betting that Connie prevents the overconsumption of junk foods around there. Not that being in good shape is an absolute shield, but it seems that obese inactive people particularly those who smoke do not have much of a shield at all.

I have always feared that the way you would go is by being outside and a mama bear and her cubs show up and she sees you as a danger. Cartoon bears are fine but real bears are scary unless they are pretty far away.
 
Yeah, although I do get cut and scraped up a lot, I tend to heal pretty quickly. So I'm pretty sure much of the local nature is already mixed into my bloodstream pretty well.

As for bears, never seen any young ones around here. But if I did, I would have to assume that I was in a pretty dicey situation. Probably best thing for me to do would be to just hit the deck and curl up into a fetal ball, play dead, and pray.
 
WebSlave said:
I get cut up all of the time working out in the yard.
Click to expand...

The bacteria is just about everywhere, especially in soil!

Just make sure your tetanus vaccination is current; most healthy adults are fine with a booster every 10 years.

I was paranoid back when I had horses; I was always cutting myself, and barns are great places for the spores to hang out.
 
There are several bacteria that can be responsible for this condition and yes they are not unusual. What is unusual is the speed at which such an infection can kill.
However, to make this even more depressing, the intense medical care and hospitalization needed to battle the rapid ravages of this infection carry risks also as the fungal candida auris hospital infections, frequently fatal, continue to be on the rise.
 
Yeah, I really hate even going to the doctor's office. Too many sick people hang out there.........

Which reminds me, I'm due for my yearly blood work and checkup at the end of this month. :(
 
Co Worker: Aren't you afraid of contacting Legionnaires disease working on that air handler?

Me: Eh, gotta die of something, someday.
 
Back
Top