Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-09 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 8/8/2005 8:49:31 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the other girl you mentioned probably eats glass and rocks for show! lol! how could you let a bee sting you? no way! Actually, A.J. didn't let them sting her. She had big callouses on the bottom

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-09 Thread susan
i think you can be sure no one here will try that at home! it's good to know she wasn't completely insane. a mother would have to worry about a child if she liked inflicting pain on herself! Still, after reading about the very serious effects many here have reported, and realizing

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-09 Thread Weronika Patena
I don't think you necessarily need to worry about self-inflicted pain... I used to do that a lot as a kid, and still don't think there was anything unhealthy about it. I just wanted to be tough and to develop my pain resistance - I wasn't being suicidal or self-hating or anything, and only

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-09 Thread susan
sorry! i forgot to reply to lace chat. just ignore the one sent to your box it's the same as this one. you must have been a hell-raiser as a kid. i could never do that. i hate bugs! i would surely never induce pain on myself not in any way. i was raised with 3 brothers and i wrestled

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-08 Thread susan
not a problem. i keep forgetting to cut the old letter off. i try to read it while i'm writing to remember what i am writing about. i usually try to leave the first letter on there and add my comment on the top, but delete the rest if there is any more other replies. i'll be more careful.

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-08 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 8/8/2005 10:03:15 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the year that we lived there they had an infestation of wasps. they covered the entire side of the house. when we went out during the day, the whole side of the house was covered in wasps. i can't remeber

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-08 Thread susan
So being the obedient type she was, she stood still patiently and waited for it to fly away -- and the bee stung her on the arm! I'll never forget that!!! Since then, I always have brushed them away -- or rather, flailed away at them and run away! i had to stay in for recess one day

[lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-07 Thread Laceandbits
If you see a swarm of bees then you are highly unlikely to be stung by them. When bees swarm, they gorge themselves on honey first to take with them from old home to new, and this makes them very docile. It is this habit that is used when a beekeepers smokes their bees when they open the

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-07 Thread Carol Adkinson
Just a thought - isn't the old remedy for wasps and bee-stings something like: Vinegar for wasps, and bicarb(onate of soda) for bees.The alliteration of v/w and b/b is supposed to help the memory I think. Apparently, you wipe the bee sting with bicarb made into a solution with water, and

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-07 Thread susan
we use bleach for wasp any kind of bee sting here. that is what most of the people in this are have told me. --- Carol Adkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a thought - isn't the old remedy for wasps and bee-stings something like: Vinegar for wasps, and bicarb(onate of soda) for bees.

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-07 Thread susan
we use bleach for wasp or any kind of bee sting here. that is what most of the people in this area have told me. --- Carol Adkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a thought - isn't the old remedy for wasps and bee-stings something like: Vinegar for wasps, and bicarb(onate of soda) for