im going to myrtle beach next month i was wondering if i have to worry about jelly fis close to the shore thnks Keith
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Jelly Fish
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I'm pretty much die-hard agnostic regarding most ideals of life on our home planet.
However, one of the rare things that keeps me a unsteady agnostic is the internal argument: That only a godless world would ever produce jellyfish....OR....only a sadistic creator would have the cruel humor to produce jellyfish.
I call it the Jellyfish of Grandeur cogitation.
Joker, I've only been swimming on the Pacific side a few number of times. Of those rare occasions, only twice of them have been in that area....one of them was to rescue a dog. The other instance was to retrieve my Birkenstock Arizona sandals from tide at the end of a very drunken business day.
At that time, the only thing I had going through my head is, "With my luck there's going to be some friggin' deep-sea Pacific jellyfish meandering ashore that'll manage to infiltrate my chino shorts and head straight for the wedding-tackle."
I still thank the Universal Quantum timeline, fates, god, or gods, or other, that nothing such ever happened. Of course, I wasn't in full gear, breathing up to do any repeated dives.
This whole pointless, not to mention needless, story was to fully appreciate the awareness one very well should have for such a painful, worthless creature.
My best wishes to you and your wedding tackle. Someone from the area will most likely answer with more useful information, hopefully for your sake, in a much shorter manner.
However, one of the rare things that keeps me a unsteady agnostic is the internal argument: That only a godless world would ever produce jellyfish....OR....only a sadistic creator would have the cruel humor to produce jellyfish.
I call it the Jellyfish of Grandeur cogitation.
Joker, I've only been swimming on the Pacific side a few number of times. Of those rare occasions, only twice of them have been in that area....one of them was to rescue a dog. The other instance was to retrieve my Birkenstock Arizona sandals from tide at the end of a very drunken business day.
At that time, the only thing I had going through my head is, "With my luck there's going to be some friggin' deep-sea Pacific jellyfish meandering ashore that'll manage to infiltrate my chino shorts and head straight for the wedding-tackle."
I still thank the Universal Quantum timeline, fates, god, or gods, or other, that nothing such ever happened. Of course, I wasn't in full gear, breathing up to do any repeated dives.
This whole pointless, not to mention needless, story was to fully appreciate the awareness one very well should have for such a painful, worthless creature.
My best wishes to you and your wedding tackle. Someone from the area will most likely answer with more useful information, hopefully for your sake, in a much shorter manner.
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I don't think they are worthless.sinkweight said:
They are pretty marvelous as long as they don't swarm in millions like twice a summer on our part ot the med sea.
Also, maybe you didn't know but corals are from the same familiy as jellyfish. You're not against corals are you?
I have found that I am developing an allergy to jelly fish stings. Which means every passing year the reaction is more severe then before. The initial sting is fine and the reddness goes away after 20 30 minutes. However the next day a rush appears on the skin area that was stung ....
I wish there was something one could do to be able to reverse the sensitivity. I know it's possible for other kinds of allergies.
Ohh well ... in the mean time.... a big thank you, to whomever invented the neoprene.
I wish there was something one could do to be able to reverse the sensitivity. I know it's possible for other kinds of allergies.
Ohh well ... in the mean time.... a big thank you, to whomever invented the neoprene.
If you pee on the jelly fish sting it goes away!!!
When I was a kid, we used to pull this prank on our friends... we would grab a jelly fish but only with our fingertips. It would not sting you because the bottom of your fingers are not as sensitive to the poison but the poison remained on your finger. Then we would take our finger and run it across a friend's bare back or arms for a nice sting! You could literally "paint/write" stuff on the unsuspecting victim's back
Yes I am evil
When I was a kid, we used to pull this prank on our friends... we would grab a jelly fish but only with our fingertips. It would not sting you because the bottom of your fingers are not as sensitive to the poison but the poison remained on your finger. Then we would take our finger and run it across a friend's bare back or arms for a nice sting! You could literally "paint/write" stuff on the unsuspecting victim's back
Yes I am evil
DeepThought said:
anti-histamin cream works beautifully as far as reducing the itching, but the rush still stays on for 5-7 days and I have to use the cream for that duration.
funny thing, whne I was a teenager and in my early 20's, there was absolutly no reaction aside from the initial burn and the redness that would dissapear after 30 minutes or so ...
is this a part of getting older ? :vangry
Nope, it is a part of being exposed to it more = your not older, just more "expirienced".roy_nexus_6 said:
DeepThought said:...... not older, just more "expirienced".
thats what I keep on telling my wife, and for now she is buying it.
rofl