He didn't lose a cow... Mike M
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jerry Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] not for the squeamish Use a cow magnet on a string and swing it over the area it was lost. Jerry WY At 10:42 PM 7/3/05 -0700, you wrote: >Eddie, > >If you had the hook lodged relatively superficially in most places in your >body it should eventually be taken care of...it would just take A LOT longer >than in a fish (it's not going to rust very quickly unless you're swimming a >lot). In the mean time, you would have to worry about infection, >inflammation, etc., etc. > >Your eye is a different story...it would most likely last even longer than >in your body...and without the accompanying inflammation (your eye isn't >readily susceptible to major components of the immune system...so no >swelling and irritation). > >I recently lost two (of my 3) Mustad 277s SOMEWHERE in the vicinity of my >desk...possibly the floor. My standard method of locating dropped >hooks...and remember that I am not very intelligent...is to quickly run my >hand or bare foot across the area where I suspect the hook to be. Usually I >find it...and I can usually get the hook out of my hand or foot with >relatively little difficulty. I tried this with the 277s...nothing. Maybe >they're lodged somewhere in my big toe as we speek... > >Cheers, >Chris
