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shrxhky420
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Won some tickets to E.L.O. about 6 months ago...
SH420
SH420
Sunbiz1
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10 deaths /year for almost 3 million US tourists visiting is average for every overseas country.
Nonetheless, appears mini bar poisonings could be the work of disgruntled employees receiving poor tips etc.
I went to high school in the DR, am planning a return visit soon.
Only when I go, I stay in $35/night family owned bed and breakfast.
Much cheaper, and safer.
neosapien
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I whipped up some vinegar,salt and dish soap to kill some poison ivy. It really does work. But as I was foliar feeding them death, I couldn't help but think what was going through their minds. "Oh look at this, a nice early morning mist. This feels so refreshing. Wow, It's got a little bit of a tingle to it. I wonder what's in this, it's starting to burn a little. Ohhhhh god what the fuck is this! Help."
Metasynth
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On the west coast, we have poison oak, sorta the same. I have no sympathy for that stuff. It grows all over the hills where I grew up, I had the rash more than my fair share as a child. Kill it...kill it with fire
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Once upon a time, my ex-wife and I bought 3.5 acres in the Foothills. There was much poison oak. Then Ex obtained four Barbados sheep. They wiped out all the poison oak and thistle. The foxtails they ignored.
neosapien
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Yeah I think the oil is the same. Urushiol. I found a wolfman Halloween mask in the woods when I was a kid and put it on. That's the day I found out that I was highly allergic to the stuff. Had to be hospitalized. Shots and shit. I don't remember much from then.
Chunky Stool
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We have Pooshki (or Pushki depending upon if you like Russian vs English pronunciation).
It is photo reactive & to some very uncomfortable causing horrible blisters.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
The best surface treatment for poison oak that I've found is half-strength chlorine bleach. (Apply with a swab. Leave it on as long as you can stand. Rinse with cool water.) It takes that awful compelling itchiness away and replaces it with the ordinary (and in my opinion much more bearable) ouch of bleach on exposed nerve endings. I reapplied whenever the Itch came back. I'm pretty sensitive to it, and I healed much faster using the bleach than the " control lesion".
~edit~ won't work for pushki. Different suite of toxins.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_maximum
~edit~ won't work for pushki. Different suite of toxins.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_maximum
Laughing Grass
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Looks like a smaller version of the giant hogweed we get here.
It's a version of Cow Parsnip - personally it does not bother me but others it can get ugly!
neosapien
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Along the same lines… I take a trichlor tablet with water and scratch until the itching stops and the burning starts.
lokie
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DO NOT mix a paste of bleach and baking soda to apply on the skin, most certainly DO NOT repeat.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Why not?DO NOT mix a paste of bleach and baking soda to apply on the skin, most certainly DO NOT repeat.
I didn't use baking soda, but ... ?
lokie
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1 application for a few min used similar as you described is uncomfortable but leaves no lasting marks.
2nd application for a few more min. redness and the burn feel lingers.
3rd application for less mins. Burning persist, a full on caustic burn is likely. With in days an open sore may appear.
Something like this.
1 application was more than enough the first time, used a couple of times a few days apart, and it worked.
3 applications over the period of 1 evening is not recommended.
With that said I did accomplish my goal but the treatment turned out to be worse than the disease.
Metasynth
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Yikes, that doesn’t look like fun. Some people react very poorly to poison oak and poison ivy like those pics, but usually it’s just an itchy red rash that occasionally weeps if you scratch too much. A lucky few have no reaction at all. Also, if you wash the oils off your skin within an hour or so, one can usually avoid any rash at all
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I think I see your problem. "For a few minutes". With just bleach, it was at most a twenty-count before I went ARGHH ~sound of running water~.1 application for a few min used similar as you described is uncomfortable but leaves no lasting marks.
2nd application for a few more min. redness and the burn feel lingers.
3rd application for less mins. Burning persist, a full on caustic burn is likely. With in days an open sore may appear.
Something like this.
1 application was more than enough the first time, used a couple of times a few days apart, and it worked.
3 applications over the period of 1 evening is not recommended.
With that said I did accomplish my goal but the treatment turned out to be worse than the disease.
My goal was decomposing the toxin, not my integument.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Ohhh it weeps even if you don't scratch.
BarnBuster
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