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  • Jul 13, 2009
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    I told the wife I was going to do some hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill instead of running the smoker all day. So she invited the outlaws over to eat at 5:00. Not looking forward to it.

    I’m getting ready to post my 5th review for the week. It’s been a bit much. Hopefully things slow down a little.
     

    FranC

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  • Oct 1, 2010
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    I told the wife I was going to do some hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill instead of running the smoker all day. So she invited the outlaws over to eat at 5:00. Not looking forward to it.

    I’m getting ready to post my 5th review for the week. It’s been a bit much. Hopefully things slow down a little.
    Hopefully, they won't stay long.
     

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  • Oct 1, 2010
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    Ed Brown

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    Yesterday I was working in the garden and heard a bug flying and approaching me. It sounded like a Japanese Beetle. I usually do war with them in the garden and have gotten over my squeamishness about handling them. So when the first one appeared about a week or two ago, I promptly grabbed it and squished it between my thumb and first finger, with the legs on my thumb. Their legs are strong and have a hooked claw at the end that allows them cling to plant leaves. The spikes dig into the skin of my thumb.

    As that bug flew towards me, it sounded like he was going to buzz by me right next to my head. To my surprise he landed on my ear. I instinctively tried to brush it off, but it was quicker and took refuge in my right ear. It was extremely uncomfortable and as he crawled further in it turned into excruciating pain. I ran into the house and first tried to float it out with water. That made the bug dig deeper. I felt like an alien movie when an alien bug eats into someone's brain.

    I grabbed a bottle of olive oil and a kitchen syringe and filled my ear with oil. It wasn't extra virgin, but it worked pretty well. The bug slowly stopped struggling. There was no one to take me to the hospital so I drove myself.

    They took me right in and promptly got me in a bed. They put dish detergent in my ear to make sure it was dead. The doctor there tried washing it out with water from a syringe and then suction. Both caused me unbearable pain and failed to dislodge the bug. They said that I should go to the main hospital 30 minutes away, and they would call ahead. Upon arrival there, I thought that they would be waiting for me, but no one knew anything. I had to wait about 15 minutes in the main area and then had to go through triage and then wait in a makeshift waiting room. There were people on stretchers in the hall ways. They said it would take a while. By this time the bug had been dead for a while and the pain had subsided. It was just a maddening presence in my ear. After about an hour, a doctor came in and attempted to remove it with water from a syringe and suction and I had to relive that pain. He was unsuccessful, and called the Ear Nose and Throat doctor on call.

    Fortunately he got there in about half an hour and he tried the same procedures with great determination and pain on my part. He probably wanted to get it done and go back home. Finally he gave up because I couldn't hold still. So I had to go to surgery. The doctor explained how they put tubes through eardrums and he uses a microscope. That seemed encouraging.

    After surgery he advised me that my ear canal was rather scratched up and there was a fair amount of blood. But there was no damage to the ear drum. He also said that the bug was still attached with its legs and he had to cut it into pieces to get it out.

    A day later, I'm recovering well. The ear canal feels sore, but once the blood stopped, it popped, and I could hear fine. It turns out that the bug was a Japanese Beetle. I guess that they were taking their revenge on me.
     

    DLKnives

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  • Apr 25, 2019
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    I told the wife I was going to do some hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill instead of running the smoker all day. So she invited the outlaws over to eat at 5:00. Not looking forward to it.

    I’m getting ready to post my 5th review for the week. It’s been a bit much. Hopefully things slow down a little.

    Burn everything. They'll leave. :lol::lol::lol:
     

    DLKnives

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  • Apr 25, 2019
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    I'm going to use the Ninja to grill some hotdogs Indoors. Too hot outside in the afternoon, and I don't even have a BBQ or smoker anymore. Weird, I know. I have hamburger also but that's too much for just the 2 of us.

    Happy 4th everybody! Our little dog was cowering from the stupid fireworks last night, and I'm sure tonight will be worse. Here's what my wife made for her.

    Izzy_fireworks1.jpg
     

    FranC

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    Yesterday I was working in the garden and heard a bug flying and approaching me. It sounded like a Japanese Beetle. I usually do war with them in the garden and have gotten over my squeamishness about handling them. So when the first one appeared about a week or two ago, I promptly grabbed it and squished it between my thumb and first finger, with the legs on my thumb. Their legs are strong and have a hooked claw at the end that allows them cling to plant leaves. The spikes dig into the skin of my thumb.

    As that bug flew towards me, it sounded like he was going to buzz by me right next to my head. To my surprise he landed on my ear. I instinctively tried to brush it off, but it was quicker and took refuge in my right ear. It was extremely uncomfortable and as he crawled further in it turned into excruciating pain. I ran into the house and first tried to float it out with water. That made the bug dig deeper. I felt like an alien movie when an alien bug eats into someone's brain.

    I grabbed a bottle of olive oil and a kitchen syringe and filled my ear with oil. It wasn't extra virgin, but it worked pretty well. The bug slowly stopped struggling. There was no one to take me to the hospital so I drove myself.

    They took me right in and promptly got me in a bed. They put dish detergent in my ear to make sure it was dead. The doctor there tried washing it out with water from a syringe and then suction. Both caused me unbearable pain and failed to dislodge the bug. They said that I should go to the main hospital 30 minutes away, and they would call ahead. Upon arrival there, I thought that they would be waiting for me, but no one knew anything. I had to wait about 15 minutes in the main area and then had to go through triage and then wait in a makeshift waiting room. There were people on stretchers in the hall ways. They said it would take a while. By this time the bug had been dead for a while and the pain had subsided. It was just a maddening presence in my ear. After about an hour, a doctor came in and attempted to remove it with water from a syringe and suction and I had to relive that pain. He was unsuccessful, and called the Ear Nose and Throat doctor on call.

    Fortunately he got there in about half an hour and he tried the same procedures with great determination and pain on my part. He probably wanted to get it done and go back home. Finally he gave up because I couldn't hold still. So I had to go to surgery. The doctor explained how they put tubes through eardrums and he uses a microscope. That seemed encouraging.

    After surgery he advised me that my ear canal was rather scratched up and there was a fair amount of blood. But there was no damage to the ear drum. He also said that the bug was still attached with its legs and he had to cut it into pieces to get it out.

    A day later, I'm recovering well. The ear canal feels sore, but once the blood stopped, it popped, and I could hear fine. It turns out that the bug was a Japanese Beetle. I guess that they were taking their revenge on me.
    That was quite an ordeal. I would be wearing ear plugs for garden work in the future.
     

    FranC

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  • Oct 1, 2010
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    I'm going to use the Ninja to grill some hotdogs Indoors. Too hot outside in the afternoon, and I don't even have a BBQ or smoker anymore. Weird, I know. I have hamburger also but that's too much for just the 2 of us.

    Happy 4th everybody! Our little dog was cowering from the stupid fireworks last night, and I'm sure tonight will be worse. Here's what my wife made for her.

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    Poor pup.:(
     

    DLKnives

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  • Apr 25, 2019
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    Yesterday I was working in the garden and heard a bug flying and approaching me. It sounded like a Japanese Beetle. I usually do war with them in the garden and have gotten over my squeamishness about handling them. So when the first one appeared about a week or two ago, I promptly grabbed it and squished it between my thumb and first finger, with the legs on my thumb. Their legs are strong and have a hooked claw at the end that allows them cling to plant leaves. The spikes dig into the skin of my thumb.

    As that bug flew towards me, it sounded like he was going to buzz by me right next to my head. To my surprise he landed on my ear. I instinctively tried to brush it off, but it was quicker and took refuge in my right ear. It was extremely uncomfortable and as he crawled further in it turned into excruciating pain. I ran into the house and first tried to float it out with water. That made the bug dig deeper. I felt like an alien movie when an alien bug eats into someone's brain.

    I grabbed a bottle of olive oil and a kitchen syringe and filled my ear with oil. It wasn't extra virgin, but it worked pretty well. The bug slowly stopped struggling. There was no one to take me to the hospital so I drove myself.

    They took me right in and promptly got me in a bed. They put dish detergent in my ear to make sure it was dead. The doctor there tried washing it out with water from a syringe and then suction. Both caused me unbearable pain and failed to dislodge the bug. They said that I should go to the main hospital 30 minutes away, and they would call ahead. Upon arrival there, I thought that they would be waiting for me, but no one knew anything. I had to wait about 15 minutes in the main area and then had to go through triage and then wait in a makeshift waiting room. There were people on stretchers in the hall ways. They said it would take a while. By this time the bug had been dead for a while and the pain had subsided. It was just a maddening presence in my ear. After about an hour, a doctor came in and attempted to remove it with water from a syringe and suction and I had to relive that pain. He was unsuccessful, and called the Ear Nose and Throat doctor on call.

    Fortunately he got there in about half an hour and he tried the same procedures with great determination and pain on my part. He probably wanted to get it done and go back home. Finally he gave up because I couldn't hold still. So I had to go to surgery. The doctor explained how they put tubes through eardrums and he uses a microscope. That seemed encouraging.

    After surgery he advised me that my ear canal was rather scratched up and there was a fair amount of blood. But there was no damage to the ear drum. He also said that the bug was still attached with its legs and he had to cut it into pieces to get it out.

    A day later, I'm recovering well. The ear canal feels sore, but once the blood stopped, it popped, and I could hear fine. It turns out that the bug was a Japanese Beetle. I guess that they were taking their revenge on me.

    Wow that's unbelievable! I've seen movies where they do that but never heard about it really happening.
     

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