Evil little flying jerks. Think they're so good with their stingers and their maneuverability. I wonder how they'll feel about a little a little RAID, followed by some Diazinon, then lots of fire.
Can I still drink beer if I've been stung?
Evil little flying jerks. Think they're so good with their stingers and their maneuverability. I wonder how they'll feel about a little a little RAID, followed by some Diazinon, then lots of fire.
Can I still drink beer if I've been stung?
Just wait until the sun goes down and they have returned to their nests.
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants? I don't like 'em either.*
*Disclaimer: Not a serious political stance, just a (very) lame pun.
Wherever you go, there you are.
heh, this was my first thoughtOriginally Posted by BeemoKat
why do you hate america's founders josh?
04 GS ADV
I must be spending too much time on motorcycling forums; I completely expected this response.heh, this was my first thought
why do you hate america's founders josh?
My finger has gone from 2x normal size down to 1.5. I'm headed out for food/beer with a friend of mine who is soon to be married, so I think lots of alcohol will be helpful with any residual pain.
Too bad he didn't sting you on the "privates". You'd be real popular.
"Everything is something."
'88 K75C, '03 K12RS, '93 R100GSPD '02 F650GS (all gone, but not forgotten)
'93 R100R
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I had a bee get into my helmet the other night and got stung by the eye. I was hideous I tell you (or more correctly, more hideous than normal). Not a pretty sight.
Terence
R75/5 R100RS K100RS R1100S
I can sympathise. I was on my way from western Wiscowsin to the rally site a few weeks ago when as I rode into a small town I raised my faceshield to enjoy some airflow and moments later felt an inpact on my left temple right by edge of the helmet-padding and in the same instant felt a sharp excruciating PAIN there! I was screaming and cursing as the pain throbbed more and more sharply as I braked and turned in the first driveway. I had to bear the terrible pain as I removed my helmet. There was no remnant of whatever the evil bug was, so I have no idea what stung me but boy did it sting THE LIVING CRAP outta me! I could see the little wound in the bike's mirror. Contemplating treatment, I realised that I had no medicines on board that would have been appropriate. Then I remembered that I had some medicated lip-balm in the tankbag. You know what? that actually did make it feel a lot better!
Dang, it hurts just thinking about the incident though.
Bikeless for now...but not forever!
"If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's electrical." -somebody's dad
Had one zap me in 2003 on a ride across Michigan's UP. Full leathers, gloves, full face helmet with the visor down. Got me under the chin--the only exposed flesh I had.
Soak in alcohol with ice.
I don't know how to help with your finger though.
19 BMWMOA Nationals under my belt, and I have no idea what I am doing.
Sometimes I just go with the first one, in case there aren't any others.heh, this was my first thought
why do you hate america's founders josh?
Wherever you go, there you are.
On the wed before the rally opened in West Bend, got off the Lake Express ferry, rode up to Baymont Inn, and as I got off my bike, I got bit by SOMETHING, and it ended up putting me flat on my back for the evening with itchy and swollen EVERYTHING. Almost passed out in the hotel lobby trying to check in.
It was very scary. Especially when the toxins hit your brain, the room spins, and you have no idea what is happening. Some say it was a wasp. or hornet. My bet was spider as I pulled up near some bushes. I still do not know, but it left a small crater in my chest.
Sig? What's a Sig?
On way home from THE rally, we were rolling through the Ozarks north of Hot Springs when Helen's voice came over radio she had gotten stung by something...it hit her right below knee thru riding gear...I had sting-kill swabs in the kit and stopped the initial sting...but her leg ballooned quickly and was an issue for about three more days...I guessed a Bumblebee? I left my shield closed the rest of that run ...yikes!
still
Steve Henson
EX-Prez SABMWRA MOA Club#62/ current forum moderator
It's not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away-D.Dillon/G. Strait
I actually carried some "Sting Eze" in my bikes medical kit when I was on my trip... just in case. Unfortunately, I did not have my bike with me at work (where this happened); but I found some of the same stuff (benzocaine) in one of the medical kits at work. Upon closer inspection the thing got me twice, once above and once below the knuckle on my right ring finger. It swelled pretty good, but seems to be 90% back to normal, today. Little bit of pain in that joint, though. It seems they are living EVERYWHERE out by our emergency generator (For powering all the servers in our computer room, if the power goes out). Maintenance is going out there to spray for them, since I threatened to burn the surrounding wooden fence to the ground.
they LOVE dry generator cabinets!
as a utility pole climber, I always carried Wasp Spray in my glove bag...the red wasps built nests in telephone splice covers and as you stepped over,seemed to want to attack...also in woodpecker holes and almost anything with a hole in it! Nothing like doing aerial combat 45 foot off the ground and run out of spraycan't exactly run ya know!
I sure miss being out there this time of year....NOT! We have some badass scorpions that rival a wasp sting, they come inside during the summer and can find in your desk drawer or on the bookshef
Steve Henson
EX-Prez SABMWRA MOA Club#62/ current forum moderator
It's not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away-D.Dillon/G. Strait
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