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The story Diane hates most is a Thanksgiving Turkey Story.
I bought a bunch of over hatch broad breasted bronze turkeys from Ridgeway Hatchery for a little over 77 cents each. I sold some right away, but grew some out until right before Thanksgiving. They got huge,with the toms ranging between 48 and 54 pounds and the hens in the upper thirties to low forties. I sold them for $2.50 a pound live weight. I had a little Hispanic guy here, who has bought from me for many years now. It was back before he spoke Eng!ish. He now speaks English well.
I'm to heavy to hold an around 50 pound turkey on a kitchen scale. I kept pantomiming for him to hold the turkey and stand on the scale. He kept putting the turkey on the scale, which it immediately stepped off of. The turkey could only waddle about slowly, because it was so heavy.
Diane got frustrated and grabbed the turkey, getting her arms under its wings, which it proceeded to flail her with. I kept yelling at her to drop it, but she kept holding on as it beat her face with its wings. It ended up cutting her under her right eye and bruising her bad!y. Several of it's wing feathers were knocked off from hitting her face.
The next day was Thanksgiving. I took the wing feathers and some masking tape and made a headdress for my youngest nephew to wear, which he did. I told the story to my family, which they thought was funny. Diane got mad. She thought the story made her look stupid. I still think the story makes her look tough.
She held onto the turkey because she thought it would get away if she let it go. She didn't want to lose a turkey we ended up.selling for $135.00.
I had it in Ecuador. Very nasty unpleasant business.
I heard that it makes your stomach hurt something awful. We see it a lot somehow even with indoor pets. And this time of year with a lot of rain and muddy conditions we see it more. So when pets present with diarrhea, we ask to do both a fecal float AND a giardia test and clients scoff at it, but when it comes back positive I love watching the jaw drop. Let me help your animal, stupid. We treat with metronidazole and panacur
Everybody makes the mistake of blaming their last meal as the cause of their diarrhea. It’s usually NOT the case. That’s why disease investigators ask where and what you have eaten over the last 4 days.
This time of the year, Noro-virus is the culprit most of the time. The incubation period is from 11- to over 50-hours. Most of the time it’s closer to 50-hours.
Actual food poisoning does happen, and its incubation period is from minutes to about 8-hours after you’ve eaten. But then, the major symptom is vomiting, with some diarrhea.
Giardia is a nasty, nasty disease. The drugs of choice are metronidazole or flagyl. Before you take anything, go see a doctor to find out what you have. If it’s a virus, you’ll just have to ride it out. Depending on your age, you may need IV fluids put in at a hospital.
Exactly what Teacher said. I was treated with flagyl for giardia. Also tetracycline for amoebas/etc so many times that I developed an allergy to the stuff.
As I was chipping a hole in the thick ice I saw a droplet. rise into the air from my ice chisel and landed in my mouth. The pond was a nasty, stinky smelling black water pond. I didn't think much about it except that where the nasty water droplet ended up.
Some time later I couldn't stop going. No warning. Went to the doctor and as we talked about what was going on he said oh wait are you beaver trapping? Yep- every winter for the last 40 years. He prescribed something and it didn't help. When it turned to yellow I went back and another treatment got it done. I made it many years without a problem until that droplet!
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I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
If you ever see a photo of an infected intestine it looks like slugs shoulder to shoulder lining the walls of the intestines. A poorly run water treatment plant can infect a lot of people the water comes to them.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
We used to say, foodborne illness left you with the feeling of “if I could only die, I’d feel better”.
Much of the disease we’re seeing related to food is associated with contaminated raw produce. Americans love raw vegetables. Few people actually wash lettuce, etc that go into salads. Outbreaks today are often interstate-commerce related since most of our produce is grown somewhere else. When local/state health departments determine what the disease you’re experiencing is, and the foods you’ve eaten, they can do trace-backs to the source. If it’s interstate commerce, CDC/FDA/USDA get involved, depending on the food items identified.
It was an interesting career. Lots of politics on the local, state and federal levels kept you hopping. I actually taught the environmental portion of disease investigations as part of a CDC program called Epi-Ready, to state and federal agencies across the country.
I had something similar happen once 20 years ago. When I went to the ER for dehydration they told me not to wait so long next time. Thankfully there hasn’t been a next time.
We used to say, foodborne illness left you with the feeling of “if I could only die, I’d feel better”.
Much of the disease we’re seeing related to food is associated with contaminated raw produce. Americans love raw vegetables. Few people actually wash lettuce, etc that go into salads. Outbreaks today are often interstate-commerce related since most of our produce is grown somewhere else. When local/state health departments determine what the disease you’re experiencing is, and the foods you’ve eaten, they can do trace-backs to the source. If it’s interstate commerce, CDC/FDA/USDA get involved, depending on the food items identified.
It was an interesting career. Lots of politics on the local, state and federal levels kept you hopping. I actually taught the environmental portion of disease investigations as part of a CDC program called Epi-Ready, to state and federal agencies across the country.
Plus the people who handle the raw food in your restaurant probably wear gloves but I can guarantee that out on the farm the guys picking berries aren't.
The amount of diarrhea is often dependent on the volume of contaminated food you ate. Age is also a factor because your immune system is either being developed, is developed or is waining. On both ends of the spectrum, it can hit you pretty hard. From birth to age ~32, you’re developing. From 32 to about 40, it’s as good as it’s going to get. From 40 to death, your immune system is plummeting. At age 74, my immune system is no where near as good as when I was 35. Think of the bell-shaped curve.
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