A friend who worked in the psych department at the medical school told about a patient who was sent in from another hospital claiming he had been abducted by aliens. He was a farmer who was walking across a field when three large creatures with three legs came running at him from the woods. He tried to fight them off, but two of the creatures held each hand and the third pressed something hot on the back of his neck. He didn't remember anything after that until he woke up about a week later in a field that was 5 or 10 miles from his own farm. He remained quite upset and unable to work, so the local doctors sent him to the medical school which accepted unusual cases. On his arrival, the ER resident sent him to the psych ward which did lab tests that turned out to be abnormal. After a week of psychotherapy, the doctors were still puzzled because he told the same story in every session and his behavior was perfectly normal. Finally the attending told someone to shine a UV light on the back of his neck. Under UV light a large diffuse spot which seemed to have tentacles branching out from it could be seen. His diagnosis was changed to possible insect bite and he was sent to the medical ward. Since I didn't know anyone there, I never heard what happened to him after that. Gerry
On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:00:00 -0500 David & Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My first car was a 1953 Studebaker coupe I bought in 1958 from a > used car lot in Chicago. It had been repainted (yellow) and I suspect > the odometer rolled back but it was lovely. I don't think there has > been a more graceful car made. Whitewall tires. Three on the tree with > overdrive. Flathead straight 6. Not very powerful but smooth and it > handled much better than my folk's Pontiac station wagon. > > In that car I experienced an epiphany. I was driving across > Kansas on my way to start a new life in Denver. Suddenly everything was > suffused with the classic glow and I felt a sense of well being unknown > before. The feeling lasted perhaps five minutes. I had ingested only > coffee and scrambled eggs at a truck stop diner not long before. Just > youth, I guess. > > The Studebaker got me to Denver but it sure didn't run well. I > read the mile high elevation had an effect on internal combustion > engines. I found a dial on the carburetor that allowed it to be set > leaner and that solved the problem. The next big event was one day on > my way to work the rear end locked up at about 60 mph. A seal had gone > and leaked the lube out. Not long after that was fixed the foot brake > went to the floor and I sailed through a stoplight. (This was before the > day of two chambered brake reservoirs.) A month or so later the > transmission began making bad sounds and shifting hard. By then I was > earning decent money so I traded it in on a new VW Beetle. Fortunately > the dealer didn't test drive the Studebaker. > > Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV > > > > http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-lyrebird-perfectly-imitates-laser-gun-sounds > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5646 / Virus Database: 4273/9034 - Release Date: 01/31/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
