stuckintexas

My wife was bitten by a copperhead in her parents' driveway while she was in her early 20's. Walking out to her car in flip flops and it blended in with the gravel. It kinda missed because she only had one puncture wound and a scratch next to it where the other fang didn't go in. No antivenom, but she had swelling and red streaks all the way to her hip.

We and my in-laws all have ranch properties, so there's snakes everywhere. The dogs get bitten by copperheads all the time, and we had a horse get tagged on the nose by a big rattlesnake last summer. It was about 6' long and the horse stayed in an equine clinic for 3 1/2 days. Fun vet bill for that one. Barn cats help a lot but don't get them all.

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I have actually been bitten by a brown recluse. At least that's what the doctor told me it was when I went in a couple of weeks later. I didn't realize that I had been bitten when it happened. I developed a sore a little smaller than a dime on my leg that was becoming concave and just wouldn't scab over or heal.

The Dr treated it and it finally healed up, but I still have an indented place on my shin 30 odd years later. I've always assumed it was inside my waders and bit me.

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I got bit by one on my chest when I was a kid. My parents took me to the doctor when it was about the size of a dime, and he said it'll hurt but that it would get better. It got up to about the size of a quarter before it stopped spreading. In my mid-40's now and I also still have the scar.

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My older daughter, about to turn 4, loves paw patrol. My wife(no pics) is a former cop and I've been a FF/EMT for 25 years, so she didn't really have a chance because I'm pretty sure we picked it for the first cartoon she ever saw. :lol: Even while we were still dating, my wife and I did a Spartan race with the team name Paw Patrol and color-coded shirts for everybody.

It's a good kids show that stays pretty wholesome, IMO. Even with the female characters, my daughter's favorite characters are still Chase and Marshall. She has tons of paw patrol toys and still plays with those two the most. Her favorite kite has Chase on it. She does like Ghosty on Spidey and Friends and asks for new Ghosty pajamas when she outgrows an old pair.

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Folded like a paper towel tube.

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When she's on top and it slips out

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Should be an Olympic sport, one of the toughest and most random things to do

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Wait till she's about 9 months old and you have to change a diaper. It's like wrestling an alligator.

Our oldest is about to turn 4 in a couple of weeks and has never slept alone a single night in her life. We made the mistake of letting her sleep with us because we couldn't get her down in the crib.

Our 2nd is 11 months and far more independent. We can put her in her crib wide awake and she'll get bored playing with a toy, cry for maybe a couple minutes, and fall asleep.

Maybe try that route. Don't wait until she's asleep to put her in.

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Comedy would probably be How I Met Your Mother (208 episodes over 9 seasons)

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I forgot about this one because I despise the ending. It ruined the entire show for me. I can't even watch older episodes that I liked because it's all pointless.

Another one for me is House, MD. 8 seasons, 177 episodes

Sometimes you gotta

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Phuoc Tuy

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and spit on that thang

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I don’t see why that is striking. God‘s grace is bottomless if someone were to truly repent from the most horrible lives at the moment of their death they’re saved.

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I've always seen King Saul as a complicated man that made tough decisions only to be cast aside and written off. We have no account of his, only those that opposed him. Who wouldn't come off as haughty and wrong if your life story was written by those who were your enemies.

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I still think Tom Sizemore outshined everyone in the movie.

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I'd say the same about Black Hawk Down

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any fans of ladder 49?

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First major movie about firefighting that came out after 9/11. They made a concerted effort to make it accurate but it's still Hollywood. Good story.

I borrow Jerry's 5-gallon bucket of butter and go up on the roof