This was posted in the thread about red tide. Has anyone tried spraying windex on jelly fish stings? Does it work and is it safe? Hmmm, if it might work to bring those windex wipes or put windex in one of those small spray bottles you can get at the drug store. If we use vinegar to keep the small biting flies away and windex after jelly fish stings, it will be very easy to spot (smell) someone who visits this message board on graytonbeach.com...
"For the JELLIES: 1. Put WINDEX on ice & take it to the beach (does not help if you leave it at home or back in the car) Spray down affected area -it"ll take the sting right out!"
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Ahhh, so far the SoWal perfume is a pleasant well-balanced mix of windex, and meat tenderizer (for jelly fish bites), vinegar (for biting flies), and sulfer (for chiggers). What shall this lovely brew be called?
Embalming fluid?
Beach FanaticAuthor
Well, no one has mentioned embalming fluid for anything that ails people in SoWal in October, so it can't be added to our secret formula yet. So far, I think all the October misfortunes are temporary and curable, as long as people are willing to smell pretty bad while the cure works. Oh, and for the secret formula, I think SJ adds Eucaliptus (sp?) oil as well. Maybe we can add some vicks vapor rub in case any one gets a cold as well.
Beach Lover
re jelly fish stings--I've used meat tenderizer (the plain stuff, please!) for years--I keep a bottle in my beach bag. Someone (biologist friend) told me the stuff in the tenderizer is intended to break down proteins, and jelly fish stuff on your skin has proteins. Whatever the biochemistry, we've found it works well. The last thing I want on a sore sting is the ammonia that would be in Windex (not to mention if the bottle leaks, you have a mess on your hands.)
Beach Lover
What is the remedy for chiggers?????Take a bottle of rubbing alcohol, add 12 aspirins, and a block of camphor.
Shake it up and dab on chigger bites. Wait 2 weeks and they will quit itching!
This remedy was recommended by a local druggist, but it really didn't help me when I had 96 bites on my legs and ankles and 67 bites on my neck and right arm. It sure was a great blackberry pie but if I ever get that many chiggers again just knock me in the head and send me to Jesus.
SoWal Expert
Take a bottle of rubbing alcohol, add 12 aspirins, and a block of camphor.I think you found the true remedy, Wait 2 weeks and they will quit itching!
Shake it up and dab on chigger bites. Wait 2 weeks and they will quit itching!
Beach Lover
well, for a jelly fish sting, a true friend would pee on you if it hurt that bad.Yes, this takes out the sting too. (dont ask me how i know!)
nail polish over chiggers, preferably clear. will kill them quickly.
nail polish over chiggers, preferably clear. will kill them quickly.
Beach Fanatic
Thankfully my dad didn't walk around with a Windex bottle though
Bless his heart....he passed away a few years ago, but I still chuckle when I think of some of his expressions and words of wisdom, all narrated in very broken English
Beach Fanatic
well, for a jelly fish sting, a true friend would pee on you if it hurt that bad.Yes, this takes out the sting too. (dont ask me how i know!)I guess its a preference. Would you rather A.) Suffer the annoying pain of the sting? or, B.) Suffer the humiliation of a friend peeing on you? or C.) Pee on the jellyfish and cut out the middleman?
nail polish over chiggers, preferably clear. will kill them quickly.
SoWal Expert
I guess its a preference. Would you rather A.) Suffer the annoying pain of the sting? or, B.) Suffer the humiliation of a friend peeing on you? or C.) Pee on the jellyfish and cut out the middleman?Some people pay extra to have someone pee on them.
Beach Fanatic
Some people pay extra to have someone pee on them.You must be on Darlene's Demented House of Pain and Pleasure's mailing list.
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
You must be on Darlene's Demented House of Pain and Pleasure's mailing list.
Ok, Mr. TripleB....enough of the Demented House of Pain.....You are going to give me a bad reputation with the many friends I have made here. ;-)
Beach Fanatic
Ok, Mr. TripleB....enough of the Demented House of Pain.....You are going to give me a bad reputation with the many friends I have made here. ;-)I'm sorry Mistress.
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
I'm sorry Mistress.
No problem TB. On second thought, I have probably done my reputation in all by myself.
SoWal Expert
I guess its a preference. Would you rather A.) Suffer the annoying pain of the sting? or, B.) Suffer the humiliation of a friend peeing on you? or C.) Pee on the jellyfish and cut out the middleman?
I just want you somewhere around when I get stung- you will make everyone laugh so hard that EVERONE will pee in their pants! No problem finding a pee supply!
Just so eveyone knows- I have a crush on Triple B. He has totally tickled my funnybone every day since I got home.
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
Just so eveyone knows- I have a crush on Triple B. He has totally tickled my funnybone every day since I got home.
He will be so proud Jen-ay!!!!
SoWal Expert
He will be so proud Jen-ay!!!!
He ought to be scared.
Maybe I will stalk him!Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
He ought to be scared.
He hasn't been stalked in a long time....well actually never, so he will probably like it!!! :funn:
Beach Fanatic
He hasn't been stalked in a long time....well actually never, so he will probably like it!!! :funn:I accused a girl if stalking me once. She said I was stalking her. I apologized and said I was dyslectic.
Skunky
well, for a jelly fish sting, a true friend would pee on you if it hurt that bad.Yes, this takes out the sting too. (dont ask me how i know!)
nail polish over chiggers, preferably clear. will kill them quickly.
We learned in medical toxicology that it is the temperature of urine that eases the pain of close encounters with some marine animals. For example, stingray venom is 'heat labile' in that warmth alters the chemistry of the toxin to decrease the stinging sensation, it isn't any magic related to urine composition;one might find equal relief by dumping warm water on the sting site. I dont know if jellyfish toxin is heat labile, but I think I remember a warning about dumping acids or bases on a jelly sting as this may induce a mass firing of pneumatocysts (the mechanism may depend on pH change) on the skin and really cause a terrible pain. Flushing the skin with water (from the shower for example) is your best move.
Meow
To pee or not to pee....that is the question. Best birthday card I received...
Lady holding a sign that says..."Laugh until you tinkle your panties" Is this a perfect card for me or what?
Lady holding a sign that says..."Laugh until you tinkle your panties" Is this a perfect card for me or what?
SoWal Insider
Here is another article about chiggers and where you find them and the conditions that they like.
Chigger - Bug of the Month - June
The chigger is nearly an invisible pest. The chigger is a type of mite and is a blood-sucking bug. Chiggers are more specifically, a type of arachnid. Interestingly, only as larvae do they have six legs. As chiggers mature to become adults they will grow two more legs, one on each side, for a total of eight legs. Chiggers are red in color with small hairs on their backs. Chiggers are very small in size, and can usually only be seen with a microscope, unless of course, you have excellent vision! The chigger larvae feed on just about any kind of warm-blooded animals, while the adults feed on vegetation. Chiggers have specially adapated mouth parts that are able to pierce skin. Chiggers are also very speedy! Despite their small size, they can traverse an adult human body in just a few minutes.
Habitat Chiggers seek out various types of vegetation: grass, foliage, underbrush, on the golf course, forests, fields, and even near water. Most adult chiggers live in the soil. Chiggers live together. It is unlikely to find an even distribution of chiggers across any certain area. Instead, chiggers are usually found in groups of large numbers in just one small area. Chiggers like living in shaded and moist areas.
Climate Chiggers enjoy warm weather and are most active in the afternoon. The enjoy temperatures in the upper 70s to mid 80s (Fahrenheit). Extreme conditions, both very hot and very cold, will kill chiggers.
Feeding You only have to worry about the chigger larvae. During their larvae stage of development, chiggers will seek out warm-blooded mammals for their one and only meal. Chiggers will only taste the flesh of a warm-blooded mammal once in their lifetime. After one warm-blooded meal, the larvae are now adult chiggers and will never again feed on any warm-blooded mammals. It usually takes three to four days for a chigger to consume its one and only fleshy meal. One common misconception about chiggers is that their red color comes from ingested blood. However, chiggers do not eat blood, they are born with the red color. Even after a meal, a chigger's color actually changes from red. A fully fed chigger is yellow in color. As adults, chiggers will just feed on vegetation.
Chigger Control To prevent chiggers from bothering you, you can take several steps. If you have a chigger problem in your own yard, the most basic step is to keep your yard well-maintained. You should keep your grass cut low to the ground and trim any overgrown shrubs and grass. If you want to protect your body from getting bitten, mosquito repellent works to effectively keep chiggers off of you. Sulfur is also a good way to keep the chiggers away from you. Applying powdered-sulfur to your body along with some talc powder should also provide you with chigger protection.
Chigger Bites A human is not a chigger's priority target. Rather, chiggers prefer going after various species of birds and reptiles. All humans are equal in the eyes of chigger. However, women and children are more susceptible to chigger bites than men. Since women and children have thinner skin than men, they face an increased likelihood of being actually bitten by chigger, since their skin requires less effort to be penetrated. Like mosquitoes, chiggers exchange their saliva for what they want from their victim. Unlike mosquitoes, chiggers do not want your blood. Instead, they want your skin. Chiggers' saliva contains digestive ingredients that basically liquefy your skin! Your body reacts to the chigger's saliva by hardening the skin cells surrounding the area of the bite; this area develops into a tube-like structure called the stylostome. Unfortunately, this reaction is just what the chigger needs. Since it is in the middle of this newly hardened area, it is able to feast on your tissue to its heart's content! The chigger will take turns ingesting your tissue and injecting its saliva into your body. As it continues feeding, the stylostome grows, and serves only to cause you further irritation.
If you have been bitten by a chigger, the bite will look like a red welt, and will be very itchy. The red affected area may increase in size and irritation over time.
Chigger Bite Treatment Get them off me! Contrary to what you might think, chiggers do not lodge themselves under your skin. Instead they attach themselves to your skin via their special mouth parts. Usually any type of itching or brushing on the biting area will push the chigger off of you. If you get the chigger off of you before it has completed its meal, you have already achieved your revenge. A chigger that has not fully completed its one and only mammal-based meal will soon die. To be sure however, it is best to wash the affected area with warm water and soap, or at least wipe the area with a cloth. If you are concerned that you have just come from a concentrated area of chiggers, the best thing you can do is to take a bath and quickly. The faster you move into the bath tub, the less time the chiggers have to land a bite on you. All you need to do is wash yourself with soap and water and you should be chigger free!
If the chigger has landed a bite on you, you can expect a bothersome and itchy next couple of days. A chigger bite will increase in itching intensity for about two days, reach a peak, and then the itching will slowly recede. You can expect to feel an itchy sensation at the spot of the bite for about one week, possibly even more than one week. Just because you still feel itchy does NOT mean that the chigger is still biting you. It is not the biting that causes the problem, but the saliva that it injects into your body, which develops into its feeding mechanism, a tube-like structure (stylostome). The only true way that you will free yourself from the pain of the chigger bite is to wait. Time is the best medication in this case as your body needs to break down the chigger's feeding tube. You can derive some relief by applying lotion to the affected area, but keep in mind no treatment will remove the bite for you. You must give your body time to do what it needs to do to break down the stylostome. After your body has destroyed the stylostome you will no longer feel the effects of the chigger bite.
Don't Scratch! Like the chicken pox, it may be hard to stop your scratching all together, but you are best off if you try to limit your scratching as much as possible. Scratching the bite will NOT help or expedite the healing process. Continued scratching will only lead to increased irritation and even worse, can lead to infection. Whatever you do, avoid scratching the bite as much as you possibly can.
Chigger - Bug of the Month - June
The chigger is nearly an invisible pest. The chigger is a type of mite and is a blood-sucking bug. Chiggers are more specifically, a type of arachnid. Interestingly, only as larvae do they have six legs. As chiggers mature to become adults they will grow two more legs, one on each side, for a total of eight legs. Chiggers are red in color with small hairs on their backs. Chiggers are very small in size, and can usually only be seen with a microscope, unless of course, you have excellent vision! The chigger larvae feed on just about any kind of warm-blooded animals, while the adults feed on vegetation. Chiggers have specially adapated mouth parts that are able to pierce skin. Chiggers are also very speedy! Despite their small size, they can traverse an adult human body in just a few minutes.
Habitat Chiggers seek out various types of vegetation: grass, foliage, underbrush, on the golf course, forests, fields, and even near water. Most adult chiggers live in the soil. Chiggers live together. It is unlikely to find an even distribution of chiggers across any certain area. Instead, chiggers are usually found in groups of large numbers in just one small area. Chiggers like living in shaded and moist areas.
Climate Chiggers enjoy warm weather and are most active in the afternoon. The enjoy temperatures in the upper 70s to mid 80s (Fahrenheit). Extreme conditions, both very hot and very cold, will kill chiggers.
Feeding You only have to worry about the chigger larvae. During their larvae stage of development, chiggers will seek out warm-blooded mammals for their one and only meal. Chiggers will only taste the flesh of a warm-blooded mammal once in their lifetime. After one warm-blooded meal, the larvae are now adult chiggers and will never again feed on any warm-blooded mammals. It usually takes three to four days for a chigger to consume its one and only fleshy meal. One common misconception about chiggers is that their red color comes from ingested blood. However, chiggers do not eat blood, they are born with the red color. Even after a meal, a chigger's color actually changes from red. A fully fed chigger is yellow in color. As adults, chiggers will just feed on vegetation.
Chigger Control To prevent chiggers from bothering you, you can take several steps. If you have a chigger problem in your own yard, the most basic step is to keep your yard well-maintained. You should keep your grass cut low to the ground and trim any overgrown shrubs and grass. If you want to protect your body from getting bitten, mosquito repellent works to effectively keep chiggers off of you. Sulfur is also a good way to keep the chiggers away from you. Applying powdered-sulfur to your body along with some talc powder should also provide you with chigger protection.
Chigger Bites A human is not a chigger's priority target. Rather, chiggers prefer going after various species of birds and reptiles. All humans are equal in the eyes of chigger. However, women and children are more susceptible to chigger bites than men. Since women and children have thinner skin than men, they face an increased likelihood of being actually bitten by chigger, since their skin requires less effort to be penetrated. Like mosquitoes, chiggers exchange their saliva for what they want from their victim. Unlike mosquitoes, chiggers do not want your blood. Instead, they want your skin. Chiggers' saliva contains digestive ingredients that basically liquefy your skin! Your body reacts to the chigger's saliva by hardening the skin cells surrounding the area of the bite; this area develops into a tube-like structure called the stylostome. Unfortunately, this reaction is just what the chigger needs. Since it is in the middle of this newly hardened area, it is able to feast on your tissue to its heart's content! The chigger will take turns ingesting your tissue and injecting its saliva into your body. As it continues feeding, the stylostome grows, and serves only to cause you further irritation.
If you have been bitten by a chigger, the bite will look like a red welt, and will be very itchy. The red affected area may increase in size and irritation over time.
Chigger Bite Treatment Get them off me! Contrary to what you might think, chiggers do not lodge themselves under your skin. Instead they attach themselves to your skin via their special mouth parts. Usually any type of itching or brushing on the biting area will push the chigger off of you. If you get the chigger off of you before it has completed its meal, you have already achieved your revenge. A chigger that has not fully completed its one and only mammal-based meal will soon die. To be sure however, it is best to wash the affected area with warm water and soap, or at least wipe the area with a cloth. If you are concerned that you have just come from a concentrated area of chiggers, the best thing you can do is to take a bath and quickly. The faster you move into the bath tub, the less time the chiggers have to land a bite on you. All you need to do is wash yourself with soap and water and you should be chigger free!
If the chigger has landed a bite on you, you can expect a bothersome and itchy next couple of days. A chigger bite will increase in itching intensity for about two days, reach a peak, and then the itching will slowly recede. You can expect to feel an itchy sensation at the spot of the bite for about one week, possibly even more than one week. Just because you still feel itchy does NOT mean that the chigger is still biting you. It is not the biting that causes the problem, but the saliva that it injects into your body, which develops into its feeding mechanism, a tube-like structure (stylostome). The only true way that you will free yourself from the pain of the chigger bite is to wait. Time is the best medication in this case as your body needs to break down the chigger's feeding tube. You can derive some relief by applying lotion to the affected area, but keep in mind no treatment will remove the bite for you. You must give your body time to do what it needs to do to break down the stylostome. After your body has destroyed the stylostome you will no longer feel the effects of the chigger bite.
Don't Scratch! Like the chicken pox, it may be hard to stop your scratching all together, but you are best off if you try to limit your scratching as much as possible. Scratching the bite will NOT help or expedite the healing process. Continued scratching will only lead to increased irritation and even worse, can lead to infection. Whatever you do, avoid scratching the bite as much as you possibly can.
Beach Lover
Some people pay extra to have someone pee on them.
:funn: :clap_1: :funn: :clap_1: thats classic.............. have known an escort or two in my life.........too true sir,too true.
SoWal Expert
The tough part about peeing on the sting is your friend's stagefright of public peeing.
Beach Fanatic
You also need to be sure the person who you are peeing on is in fact the person who was stung. This is to make sure that the procedure is one of medicinal value and not just plane kinky. Also, make sure the peeie is aware of the the firstaid you are offering, if the peeie is not informed and procedure is implemented...then urine big trouble!
SoWal Expert
You also need to be sure the person who you are peeing on is in fact the person who was stung. This is to make sure that the procedure is one of medicinal value and not just plane kinky. Also, make sure the peeie is aware of the the firstaid you are offering, if the peeie is not informed and procedure is implemented...then urine big trouble!
I told you guys that Triple D, I mean Triple B, and one B stands for Butch, would fit right in. I think someone needs to point Triple B to the Penis Cake thread. Checking your forum account
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