Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject: africanized bee
i was filling up at a gas station and i noticed there were lots of bees around. i took a good look at one. they were africanized honey bees. well, i was finnished filling up and one of the bees flew right up my shirt and stung me on the back. i can tell you that africanized bees have a much more painful sting tham a european honey bee. i have never been allergic to bees as ive been stung enough to know. well, this thing is having some frighning affects on my body. i wonder if ive developed an allergy to them. wow, i feel really funky right now...........
-josh _________________ i vow to never belong to anyone born from this soil
well, ive definitely developed an allergy. i just got out of the hospital and now im broke as hell! i dont know if i will be able to do the trip to cali now they had me hooked up to an IV and were pumping me full of steroids and antihistamines. let me tell ya, it sucks bad. it felt like my head was gonna explode. i had bad hives and a crazy rash all over my body. i gotta be extra careful now. at least im alive
-josh _________________ i vow to never belong to anyone born from this soil
damn man! i just got a book on those things! i think i am going to read it next.
sorry to hear! _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
no insurance..... but they did give me a generous discount for a total of
$525!!!!! WOOOOO!!!!! hospita, you guys rock!!!!
shoot, i can even afford my monthly bills...let alone a hospital bill. this will make my trip very very sketchy! i need money.
ya know, its embarrasing to work you arse off and struggle every month. its embarrasing to look in your bank account and you less tham $100 to your name. how are you supposed to be able to afford an emergency like this or fix your car if it breaks down??
ahhh... the american medical field!...isnt it the greatest! _________________ i vow to never belong to anyone born from this soil
it's the so-and-so bastards suing doctors all the time. docs have to have malpractice and other insurance up the wazoo
heyman, ifyou can make it out here we can use my car. it has been acting nice lately so i think i can put a decent amount of gentle miles on it w/o worry
and you can eat at my house... it won't be good... but you probably won't die from it either =P
i recently found out i forgot to pay my stinking gas bill for quite some time and they shut it off like a month or so ago. considering i only ever made a bag of popcorn i am not really missing it... but i have no stove hehehe _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
also... i don't have my fone in working order right now... so PM is definitely the way to reach me! _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
ahhh... the american medical field!...isnt it the greatest!
Tell me about it... i'm still paying hospital bills after a mystery illness had me in the hospital for a week at Thanksgiving time..
So far i've paid over 4 grand and counting...... _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
One small visit for a consultation can cost you a few hundred, depending on what it's for.
But with health insurance, you just pay a premium.....
I pay about $10-25 for a doctor visit, and the insurance pays the rest.
For a young guy like you or me, GOOD insurance (PPO plan) is anywhere from $100-150 a month......but it ends up paying for itself in the long run....when you really need it.
Also, if you have a half-way decent job, they'll usually set it up for you, or pay/reimburse you for it.
I'll give you an example.
On January 28th of 2007, my dad suffered a stroke.
He was in the hospital for 3 weeks, and then had a new procedure known as "Gamma Knife RadioSurgery" to heal the hemorrhage that had occurred in his cerebellum.
All together, after all the hospitalization, therapy, threatment, etc......
The bill came out to about $200,000
How much did we pay? $1,500
The insurance covered the rest.
God bless health insurance. It more-than-paid for itself in this case. _________________ -Neshan W. Sarkisian
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thank you much andrew! i appreciate it. only a few more days to go man!! i want to get the %#$@ out of here!
Nbond, that really sux man. i hate to hear that. makes me want to go to canada if i ever need to go to the doctor. are you gonna be a ble to join us on some bug hunting?? _________________ i vow to never belong to anyone born from this soil
damn.....for 2 epi pens...... 170 bux! each pen is one treatment of epinephrin. wow, i cant even afford to buy the product that could save my life. why is that??? cause people are greedy and selfish. thats why!!!! i dont understand our health care system _________________ i vow to never belong to anyone born from this soil
well, lets hope im not allergic. man, drugs and meds are scary! i hate taking them. all epinephrin is is adrenaline so hopefully i will be alright. i just need to not get stung by bees _________________ i vow to never belong to anyone born from this soil
no prob dude. you are a scabies and one hell of a guy, after all
damn. didn't know epipens were that expensive. i will not go into my standard epipen rant considering you would be using them for what they are intended and useful for =P _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
yeah, that was one of my more civil ones. i wanted to find out if the guy know wtf he was doing. he did
basically my beef is that a lot of ppl seem to think the epipen is a magic fix for gettinga bad envenomation. not true AT ALL. it helps, possibly, when youare havinga bad allergic reaction that is culminating in anaphylactic shock. it WILL NOT help when you are having a "normal" sting reaction... and in fact can kill you depending on what neurotoxic cocktail has been injected into you. but... in certain situations (such as when, oh... a bee string allergic reaction is about to shut your ass down!) it can really and truly save your life _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
Remember any thing that you get at a hospital is marked up 10X min.
My sister use to work for workmans comp. as an adjuster. its amazing how much they will charge just for a band0aide... _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
Josh, try calling the hospital and seeing about a payment plan or getting some of it comp'd.
I have had a couple friends get screwed up by car accidents w/o health insurance. They couldnt pay and the hospital cut the due amount in half and set them up on a payment plan... _________________ - Kevin aka What
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well, they cut the bill in half....it would have been 1000, but they said if i pay within 7 days, it will only be 525. where the hell am i gonna get 525 in 7 days????????????? if i dont pay that within the 7 days, i get to pay a beautiful 1000 dollars! now thats working with the poor at its finest!
i should go stand on a street corner lookin all ragged holding a sign thats says, "will panhandle for money"
-josh _________________ i vow to never belong to anyone born from this soil
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they had me hooked up to an IV and were pumping me full of steroids and antihistamines. let me tell ya, it sucks bad. it felt like my head was gonna explode. i had bad hives and a crazy rash all over my body. i gotta be extra careful now. at least im alive
