RE: [Texascavers] Tone's adventure with bees

2007-06-19 Thread Aimee Beveridge
Please join us for the next UT Grotto Meeting in Rm 2.48 Painter Hall, tomorrow night, 6-20-07. Charley Savvas will present a slide show of never-before photographed caves from a month long trip to the Phillipines, during a longer trip to SE Asia, in the summer of 2006 to explore, map, photogra

[Texascavers] new AMCS publication

2007-06-19 Thread Bill Mixon
AMCS Activities Newsletter 30, for 2007, of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies, has just been received from the printer. It has 166 pages. Softbound copies will be available at the UT Grotto meeting Wednesday night and at Pete's Pond Party Saturday, as well as for sale at NSS convention, TCR,

[Texascavers] Allergic Reactions are Serious!

2007-06-19 Thread S S
My brother has extreme allergic reactions to fire ants, bee, and wasp stings.  Having seen him go into Anaphallactic shock and have extreme reactions what tone described was a very mild reaction and was probably more sick due to the number of stings.   He will need to be very careful as he may have

Re: [Texascavers] Tone's adventure with bees

2007-06-19 Thread Tone G
It felt sort of like a hangover. Other than a few red dots and a bit of tenderness, I am back in action. Here's the Eddie Izzard clip, in case any of you were curious about the obscure reference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo \Tone On 6/19/07, David Ochel wrote: Hi, Quoting B

RE: [Texascavers] Tone's adventure with bees

2007-06-19 Thread Louise Power
Hi Bill and all, I've read all your comments on anaphylaxsis (sometimes called anaphylactic shock). Here, briefly, are the symptoms Tone described : "David, Gary, and Matt decided to get some lunch before returning to de-rig the ropes.  I declined the invitation as I wasn't much in the mood for fo

Re: [Texascavers] Tone's adventure with bees

2007-06-19 Thread William Tucker
- Original Message - From: "Bill Mixon" Tone's symptoms do not sound like anaphylactic shock. The most prominent and threatening symptom of that is difficulty breathing or swallowing. When people who are truly allergic to bee stings get stung even once, it's a 911 situation if they

[Texascavers] Colin Fletcher, RIP

2007-06-19 Thread Jim Kennedy
Many of you have read The Complete Walker, the New Complete Walker, or The Complete Walker III. Some of you may have even read The Thousand Mile Summer, The Man Who Walked Through Time, or The Man From the Cave. I know I did, and his writing, especially The Complete Walker, had a profound effe

Re: [Texascavers] Tone's adventure with bees

2007-06-19 Thread David Ochel
Hi, Quoting Bill Mixon at Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:16:52 -0600 in <006e01c7b2070c0bc0$c044490c@yourvvx88vyrxo>: Tone's symptoms do not sound like anaphylactic shock. The most prominent and threatening symptom of that is difficulty breathing or swallowing. When people who are truly allergic to be

[Texascavers] Sting Treatment

2007-06-19 Thread Rod Goke
I haven't had any experience with bee stings, but for wasp and fire ant stings I have had very good results from an antihistamine cream applied directly to the affected area soon after a sting. One I have used is "Benadryl Itch Stopping Cream", and I believe there are also some other brands or gene

Re: [Texascavers] The Crackpot Chronicles - Biblical Flood Better Explains Cave's Bone Deposits :

2007-06-19 Thread David Locklear
I personally feel like my tax dollars are being wasted trying to teach certain subjects. I believe our founding fathers were only trying to make sure that every child of "a citizen" would have the opportunity to learn to read.I don't believe they ever intended for tax money to go to a well