10 thoughts on ““The pain, while crippling, subsides rather quickly”

  1. I've been stung by one. Yeah, it hurts, but not lie down and scream hurt. A bit worse than a scorpion, worse than a black widow or fire ants, but no worse for me than a paper wasp or hornet sting.

    My most recent encounter with one was during one of my final trips back to Nevada. I smacked one with my truck at 70 mph. It kinda hung onto my wiper blade for the last 30 or so miles of the trip. When I parked, the sumbitch crawled off. It took me 3 stomps to kill it.

  2. just be thankful that you’re not a tarantula, or you’d end up paralyzed and being eaten alive by wasp larvae.

    I would think you'd want to be eaten first.

  3. A friend of my older brother punched me so hard in the chest it broke a rib. No reason, he just wanted to punch someone who couldn't fight back. Almost punctured my right lung, and it's still concaved. He died in Viet Nam, the end.

  4. I had chronic bronchitis and pleurisy back then, so the frequent coughing fits kept it from healing properly. I got better.

  5. I was like 12 or 13, he was at least 16 because he had a car. I think that's why my brother hung out with him.

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