I got to fish with Scott a short while in N.Y. last month. Good guy to have around. I have been kind of off list for a while, hope to get active again soon. Tony --- Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Scott: Here lately, I have made sure I had somebody > to go fishing with Me.. If nothing else but for the > fact that if ya have a heart attack,break a leg, or > anything could happen...Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: scott bearden > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 3:01 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Rattlesnake Bite > > > Small bites can pack a wallop. When I was in the > Marines a buddy of mine was moving rocks for a silly > exercise when he was bitten by a black widow. He > passed out in about 30 seconds and they had to > helicopter him out as well since we were about a 20 > mile hike back to civilization. On another occasion > another Marine in my platoon was bitten by a > Tarantula when he couldn't contain himself and > picked it up (which I always thought they were not > venomous) and his hand swelled up to the size of a > softball. I always carry a venomous bite kit with me > just in case, but I always worry that I will pass > out before I can get my boots and waders off in time > if it happened in that area of my body. This is also > why I always tell my wife where I am going and try > to bring along a friend if I can. Bad things can > happen in just a matter of seconds and minutes may > be too late. I should carry a whistle too, but I > have yet to purchase one. > > Scott Bearden > > > On 10/7/07, Chuck Alexander > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks: This is the story and photos of a 13 yr > old who was bitten by a rattlesnake. He had 10 > surgeries in 30 days and was given THIRTY vials of > antivenom.. These pics are NOT for the squeamish, > Chuck > > > http://www.rattlesnakebite.org/rattlesnakepics.htm > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.2/1052 - > Release Date: 10/5/2007 6:53 PM > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/
