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  • 7404
    Yes, a few times. I have always gone to emergency to have them removed. I had one doctor at the hospital tell me I could remove it myself because it was my third time in that summer and he even gave me the tool they use for removal to take home but I refuse. 
      July 12, 2022 1:31 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    Why refuse? Next time, I'll come up der and remove it. I'm much closer than Randy, eh.
      July 12, 2022 1:33 PM MDT
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  • 7404
    I read that if you don’t pull them out straight and even twist slightly that they vomit inside you. I don’t want the Lyme disease. I’ll check in with you next time I get a tick :)
      July 12, 2022 1:38 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    Not sure about the vomiting but pulling them out incorrectly can result in fragments of the tick left in the wound, and they are likely to turn septic.

    That though is not the source of Lyme Disease. If you have been infected that is likely to have happened before you even notice the creature is feeding on you. Its pathogen (a bacterium I think) is transmitted in the mite's saliva.
      August 2, 2022 5:33 PM MDT
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  • 7404
    That makes more sense about the fragments left in your wound. I probably just pictured it as tick vomit when I read it so decided that’s what it was. 
      August 3, 2022 1:47 PM MDT
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  • 53504

     

      Now you’re pulling your flirting tricks on doctors too? Wow. 


    :(

      July 12, 2022 4:42 PM MDT
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  • 7404
    Tree surgeons , heart surgeons …
      July 12, 2022 6:44 PM MDT
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  • 53504

     

      Wow, you just have them lined up like bowling pins, don’t you? Grrrrrrr. 

    :(

      July 12, 2022 7:54 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    Are you trying to give Welby a heart attack?
      July 13, 2022 5:54 AM MDT
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  • 23576
    Aegean Region | Page 2 | escYOUnited
      July 13, 2022 6:16 PM MDT
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  • 53504

     

      Calm down, Welby, calm down, just relax,  man! Breathe, just breathe, stay with me here, just inhale slowly, take your time, exhale just as slowly, stay calm, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, that’s it, just breathe, breathe, Welby, stop reaching for the picture, that only makes it worse, focus for me, pay attention, breathe calmly, concentrate, Welby, keep you mind on the moment, it’s just a picture of a bunch of guys, pay attention to what I’m saying, inhale for me and then exhale, try your best to relax . . . 

    ~

      July 13, 2022 6:30 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    Hi, Rand  . . uh, what? Oh, yeah . . Okay.  Uh . .  wait . Huh?  Did you see this picture? Hey - nice- - huh? What did you say?  wow.  Uh. . . hey, did you see this picture, Randy D?  Huh? Concentrate on the picture? Or keep my  mind where? On moment? Oh . . . 
    hey, look at this picture . . .


    cultura-colectiva-news
      July 13, 2022 6:47 PM MDT
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  • 53504

     

    *Randall D, thinking quickly, comes up with an antidote:

     Welby, ol’ pal, look at these pictures instead!

     










    ~

      July 13, 2022 7:22 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    Are you trying to give me a heart attack?

      July 14, 2022 12:27 PM MDT
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  • 53504

     

      Lol.
      ~

      July 14, 2022 5:27 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    Reply to Randy D's set of female pictures to Welby Q -- 

    "Fail"
      July 17, 2022 7:44 PM MDT
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  • 34251
      July 12, 2022 7:19 PM MDT
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  • 53504

     

      See? I just knew Jaimie was up to something! Grrrrrrr.


    (Good song choice. I haven’t heard it since it first came out.)
    ~

      July 12, 2022 7:51 PM MDT
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  • 34251
    I was not sure if you had heard it at all....I know you are not a country fan. :)
      July 13, 2022 5:04 AM MDT
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  • 53504

     


      
    Lol, generally you’re right, I’m not into country music overall, but there are about a dozen or so selections of it that I really like. The song about ticks is so catchy and fun and funny that it’s definitely included in the mix. Here are some of them:

     

    The Ballad of New Orleans

    Always on My Mind

    Stand By Your Man

    Coal Miner’s Daughter

    Queen of Hearts

    Driving My Life Away

    I Love a Rainy Night

    This Kiss

    Islands in the Stream

    Lady

    The Gambler

    Ticks

    ~

      July 13, 2022 7:50 AM MDT
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  • 44603
    (Battle of New Orleans.) I heard it today in my car. Fun song.
      July 14, 2022 12:32 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    When I was about 4 years old I found a tick attached to my penis so I ran downstairs to show mommy and daddy. I still have the scar where it was removed.
      July 12, 2022 1:41 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    OUCH.
      July 12, 2022 2:57 PM MDT
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  • 10635
    Yes, more times than I can count.  This area is "tick central".  NOT getting a tick is unusual.    While I can usually get them out, I had to go to the emergency room to get the last one removed... at 4 in the morning.
      July 12, 2022 1:50 PM MDT
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