Wishing you a speedy recovery. I was likewise afflicted with something that turned out to be an ear infection, now thankfully and hopefully, disappearing - about 90% recovered from taste, smell and hearing problems. Amazing how these olfactory systems are all interconnected. So I'm in complete sympathy.
Your descriptions are great. "Wrought Iron Spittoon" had me truly laughing out loud!Thank you my friend Gord. As a child I don't cure or heal my colds well, besides I have chronic pharyngitis, I think all this affected my ears. I am deafer than the hatch cover of a nuclear submarine. Or maybe also genetically, because my mother and some siblings are also deafer than a wrought iron spittoon at the bottom of the Marianas. I also wish you good health my dear friend.


Yep, those are the dangerous venomous snakes in the US.....but there are a few mildly "venomous" snakes that do not pose a threat to humans. The only reason I bring this up is that we have a LOT of Ring Neck snakes on our property. They are everywhere. Under the rug on our patio they like to warm up during the day. Their nest is under the patio. They are colubrid snakes (rear fanged) so they can't really inject any of their venom. They don't have venom sacs, but have small areas of mild venom where true venomous snakes evolved sacs.
Sometimes there are dozens under our rug.When you make them mad they roll over to show their bright orange bellies.
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What in the hell is going on around here with the unholy mixtures y’all are blindly throwing together?
“I’m out of Navy Flake so I substituted Navel Lint and dried Parsley. ( No offense Gord)Also out of Rum so I just spritzed it with Hydrogen peroxide.”
“ I filtered some tobacco crumbs out of my vacuum bag and combined them with my prized collection of half burnt dottle in a pipe I made out of pressure treated wood”
Do you do this with other things in life like food or clothing?
GL Pease Quiet Nights in a Savinelli 316. Carry on with your ill advised experiments.
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None taken!Thanks for the hilarious post . . . . we are all obviously a bit, uhhhhhh . . . . eccentric? Don't think we'd be here otherwise. Only speaking for myself, but I shall continue on. Et vous, l'autres?
PS: I'm planning a post on kinikinik when it comes out this summer. Apparently a staple of the native cultures in my area. See how it mixes with parsley or oregano, which I've not tried yet.)

Even Garter snakes have a mild neuro-toxin. But also rear fanged. They really gotta git to it if they wanna envenomate you.Fascinating post . . . I'd heard of these rear fanged snakes before, but, seeing one wrapped around your hand . . . wow! They're really quite beautiful!
