An Iraq/Afghan vet who i have had the pleasure of getting to know since i moved to OK has a son who teaches sniper training in the US Army. He claims his son " can shoot the fuzz off a gnat's ass from a quarter mile."
I think that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but i like the imagery....lol.
ha! just ran across this totally unrelated story posted two years ago: "Was once staying at a hotel in Boston - about 50 years ago - and called the hotel operator. “Jerry Garcia’s room, please.” “Hey Jerry, we (my brother and I), have a 6-foot tank of Nitrous! Jerry asks, “What room are you in?” “1321 (can’t believe that I still remember the room number),” I replied. A few minutes go by and there’s a knock at the door. “Captain Gas?” a voice asks. “Yes!” I replied, “Who wants to know?” “Mister Liquid!” a voice joyfully replied. In walks Phil, with Billy and Keith in tow. After passing the tank around for a while, a 6’10” Hells Angel barges into the room and grabs the tank right out of Phil’s hands…and proceeds to do the one thing that you’re never supposed to do. He grabs the tank, runs into the hallway and puts his mouth right onto the control valve. His face starts turning blue, while we scramble around, trying desperately to find the shut-off valve. We find it, just in the nick of time. All of this…a half-century ago. Seems like it all happened just yesterday.Rock Scully gave us Backstage Passes to the next night’s show. I still have mine."
I had a floater in my right eye a few years back - it got worse- turned out to be a detached retina- doctors caught it just in time and sent me down to a retina clinic.
The doctor there injected a gas bubble into my eye -- weird. It pushed the retina back into place overnight and it reattached. Success.
Since then I've had gnats that come and go in that eye . Doc said that would be normal.
^as scary as that was, you were lucky. My father, at 81, had a detached retina, and had the same procedure with a nitrogen bubble placed in between back of eye and retina.
He had to sit and sleep in a chair facing the ground for 10 days and 10 nights the entire time. I still don't know how he did it.
Tough old bird who now has excellent vision at almost 86!
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I used to think I had germs
I used to think I had germs floating around in my eyes!
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> Fun word gnats.
> Fun word gnats.
It's even better backwards.
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gnip gnop gnats!
gnip gnop gnats!
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Gnatty Dread:
Gnatty Dread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXBNWbqnHk4
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An Iraq/Afghan vet who i have
An Iraq/Afghan vet who i have had the pleasure of getting to know since i moved to OK has a son who teaches sniper training in the US Army. He claims his son " can shoot the fuzz off a gnat's ass from a quarter mile."
I think that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but i like the imagery....lol.
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i took invertebrate zoology
i took invertebrate zoology in college, jaz, and this is the first time I've actually seen a gnat's ass.
Thanks, Brother ;)
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i worry about my eyes.
i worry about my eyes.
i was given a small bottle of castor oil and told to use it...anyone ever heard of that?
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No See Ums in the Carribean:
No See Ums in the Caribbean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratopogonidae
The midges in Scotland are the worst I have experienced. When it wasn't blowing cold wind and rain, it was clouds of midges.
Midge trivia: Queen Victoria was attacked by midges when in the Highlands and then permitted smoking at Balmoral Castle to deter them.
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Do any of you use the phrase
Do any of you use the phrase "to gnat's ass" something, meaning to delve into the details/minutiae? Like, "you don't need to gnat's ass that.."
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No see ums but I sure can
No see ums but I sure can feel ems
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Ignatz.
Ignatz
Because it needed to be said.
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>i worry about my eyes. i
>i worry about my eyes. i was given a small bottle of castor oil and told to use it...anyone ever heard of that?<
Yes. First make sure it is a very small bottle. The smaller the better.
Then hold it at arm's length. If you can still see it, your eyes are fine.
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^ Ignatz was one of Jerry's
^ Ignatz was one of Jerry's known hard drug connections. Little unshaven guy.
On summer tour 85, folks associated with the band were hunting him down outside shows to keep him away from Garcia.
How slimy do you have to be to be persona non grata in the Dead scene?
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ha! just ran across this
ha! just ran across this totally unrelated story posted two years ago: "Was once staying at a hotel in Boston - about 50 years ago - and called the hotel operator. “Jerry Garcia’s room, please.” “Hey Jerry, we (my brother and I), have a 6-foot tank of Nitrous! Jerry asks, “What room are you in?” “1321 (can’t believe that I still remember the room number),” I replied. A few minutes go by and there’s a knock at the door. “Captain Gas?” a voice asks. “Yes!” I replied, “Who wants to know?” “Mister Liquid!” a voice joyfully replied. In walks Phil, with Billy and Keith in tow. After passing the tank around for a while, a 6’10” Hells Angel barges into the room and grabs the tank right out of Phil’s hands…and proceeds to do the one thing that you’re never supposed to do. He grabs the tank, runs into the hallway and puts his mouth right onto the control valve. His face starts turning blue, while we scramble around, trying desperately to find the shut-off valve. We find it, just in the nick of time. All of this…a half-century ago. Seems like it all happened just yesterday.Rock Scully gave us Backstage Passes to the next night’s show. I still have mine."
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I had a floater in my right
I had a floater in my right eye a few years back - it got worse- turned out to be a detached retina- doctors caught it just in time and sent me down to a retina clinic.
The doctor there injected a gas bubble into my eye -- weird. It pushed the retina back into place overnight and it reattached. Success.
Since then I've had gnats that come and go in that eye . Doc said that would be normal.
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^as scary as that was, you
^as scary as that was, you were lucky. My father, at 81, had a detached retina, and had the same procedure with a nitrogen bubble placed in between back of eye and retina.
He had to sit and sleep in a chair facing the ground for 10 days and 10 nights the entire time. I still don't know how he did it.
Tough old bird who now has excellent vision at almost 86!
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Damn. I guess an annoying
Damn. I guess an annoying floaty that looks like a gnat isn't too bad.
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Jaz- if you get a little
Jaz- if you get a little blurry or see an image in the corner of your eye , and it gets bigger- get it checked out immediately.
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Thanks Klondike. I'm ok. I
Thanks Klondike. I'm ok. I've had floaties since cataract surgery. I think it's normal. I'll check it out if needed.
Frigging eye gnat.
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I don't think castor oil
I don't think castor oil would feel good in your eyes...
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my right eye gave me gnats
my right eye gave me gnats for my 57th bday
my retina ate them