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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:50 AM
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Poor Will
wonder if he got over the stings yet?

t r u t h o u t | One Mother's Stand
By William Rivers Pitt

Thursday 11 August 2005
10:55 AM

I walked in the grass and my feet got attacked by fire ants. I am hating Texas right now.



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No offense (and us hicks get it all the time when we enter the urban environment) but it kinda reminds me of the time my sister-in-law showed up at the ranch with 6 inch spike high heels. And white clothes.
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:52 AM
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1. I almost feel like a bad friend...
for not making him a list of all the things a person needs in rural Texas in the summer. And another list of things not to do...like walking through fire ant mounds. :)
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:04 PM
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6. go with your feelings...
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:04 PM
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7. *confused look*
huh?
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:27 PM
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12. Several of us told him what to take
We all said sunscreen, water, light clothing, etc. Bug repellant was mentioned for the mosquitos, but did anybody mention ants?

We had a whole thread going the other night to tell him how to stop the pain.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:52 AM
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2. Fire Ants - I hate the fuckers
I used to dream about ways to murder them

Another reason why I'm glad that I didn't stick around Austin for long.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:55 PM
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10. I'm grateful
we don't have the bastards in AZ - but we do have just about every other sharp, barbed, stinging, biting, poisonous or otherwise painful examples of flora and fauna there are!
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 11:57 AM
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3. amonia on the stings wll help a lot.. they have a little pen that works
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:03 PM
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5. Wait, you could pee on yourself
that's what they did in an episode of Friends when they needed ammonia to soothe the sting. And it worked too!
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:25 PM
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11. that was just a bunch of kinky freaks into golden showers
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:00 PM
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4. At least he has the humility to admit stuff like this.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:52 PM
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8. I don't know him so I don't know if it is humility
but it might just be complaining about the PAIN.

(I got attacked by bees yesterday - got away with only three stings but they were pissed! Had them in may hair and a couple dozen made it in the house. When I told folks about it - it wasn't humility it was PAIN and bitching)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:54 PM
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9. poorwill.
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