*Paula* You really had quite a time the other evening. We will not even go out at night b/c of the wild pigs (javelina) & all the other wild things running around. Have never been that close to a gator & never want to be!! We presently have ants which are coming into our home..in the kitchen. We finally discovered their nest or entrance. It's along the entrance to our porch. They are actually going in between the walls of our house & coming into our kitchen!! They are not grease ants, fire ants or carpenter ants (thank goodness). They are these little tiny black ants. We have sprayed & have done just about everything one can think of. The other day I could have sworn Paul went to the store for some ant poison & he came home with some weed poison. I reminded him of the ant poison but he said, "No, he said he was going for weed poison." Therefore, I think one of us is going daffy. It's probably me...seems like I am doing some goofy things lately that there is no reason for...and what is bad about it, is that I honestly do not remember doing these things!! Take care of that foot our yours. BTW, did you get all that information which I sent you on how to build your own dehydrator? I could have sworn I sent it to you, but I never heard one way or another. Maybe "I just thought I sent it to you" & I really didn't.<g> ~J ----- Original Message ----- From: "*paula*" <freckletoes@comcast.net> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] the gator /fire ants > Kay.... ammonia works as well as anything. I keep some handy. It will > sting at first but the sting and itch isn't as bad after. When we moved to > Florida in 1998, I had no idea that going barefoot is a really bad > idea....right off the bat I stepped with my nekkid feet in a hill of those > evil little bitin' critters. They ran up my legs and just swarmed over my > feet. And worse thing is that they will attach and ball up and have to be > pulled off!! ouch ouch eeeeeoooowwwweeee!!! > > xoxoxo > p. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jkaywojack" <jkaywojack@aol.com> > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 3:25:30 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] the gator in the pond fiasco > > Paula, how terrible, but am certainly glad you are ok. You take care of > those fire ant stings, wish I knew a good remedy for you. They do a number > on me and hurt like crazy. Kay > > > > In a message dated 09/23/10 14:19:33 Central Daylight Time, > freckletoes@comcast.net writes: > I have to be more careful around these parts. there is a pond on the > corner that I walk by with the doggies (one bichon, one golden). there is > a hedge row that borders half the pond. Well tother evening, just before > dark,,,, I get up to the end of the hedge row when my little Goober > (bichon) takes one big leap across the sidewalk and nearly into the pond. > I saw a big dark shape and a giant splash about the same time as Sugar > (the golden) jumped on after Goober. By now I am all tangled up in the > leashes (the kind that go in and out and they were out about 10 feet) and > the dogs are jumpin' and barkin' - and then I see it was a big ole gator > layin' at the end of the hedge row facing the pond...probably stalkin' his > dinner. HOLEY MOLEY.... it all happened so fast. I was tryin' to reel the > dogs back in but the leashes were wrapped around my ankles and in between > my legs and feet - then my cell phone rings!! Oh pa-leeeeeese, you've got > to be kidding. Well,,,, the dogs managed to k! > ! > > nock me down half on the sidewalk half in the grass....and guess > what....fire ants in the grass!!! Fire ants got on my left foot and began > to sink their little fire ant teeth into me. Of course cars are going by > but did anybody stop to help - noooooooooo! I'm sure people wondered why I > was rollin' around like a crazy person with the dogs still barkin' and the > phone ringin' and me hollerin' about the ants biting me. The gator never > did come back out of the pond. I managed to somewhat get untangled from > the dogs and hobbled towards home trying to pull the demon ants off my > foot. Those things really hurt! seven ant bites.....gator didn't get eaten > by dogs.....and the white coat guys haven't arrived yet. > > paula in sw fla usa.....beee booo beee booo beee booo dubba dubba dubba > xoxoxo > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Paula, I think that I am going to move down to Venice, Florida just to be with you and watch all of the weird things that are happening to you. Those fire ants I bet are really bad news. In 1960 a girlfriend and I went down to the Miami Beach, Florida for 2 weeks-I stepped on a crab-man did that ever hurt. love you , Shorty > From: AZJen@npgcable.com > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:35:37 -0700 > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] the gator /fire ants > > *Paula* > > You really had quite a time the other evening. We will not even go out at > night b/c of the wild pigs (javelina) & all the other wild things running > around. Have never been that close to a gator & never want to be!! We > presently have ants which are coming into our home..in the kitchen. We > finally discovered their nest or entrance. It's along the entrance to our > porch. They are actually going in between the walls of our house & coming > into our kitchen!! They are not grease ants, fire ants or carpenter ants > (thank goodness). They are these little tiny black ants. We have sprayed & > have done just about everything one can think of. The other day I could > have sworn Paul went to the store for some ant poison & he came home with > some weed poison. I reminded him of the ant poison but he said, "No, he > said he was going for weed poison." Therefore, I think one of us is going > daffy. It's probably me...seems like I am doing some goofy things lately > that there is no reason for...and what is bad about it, is that I honestly > do not remember doing these things!! > > Take care of that foot our yours. BTW, did you get all that information > which I sent you on how to build your own dehydrator? I could have sworn I > sent it to you, but I never heard one way or another. Maybe "I just thought > I sent it to you" & I really didn't.<g> > > ~J > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "*paula*" <freckletoes@comcast.net> > To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:45 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] the gator /fire ants > > > > Kay.... ammonia works as well as anything. I keep some handy. It will > > sting at first but the sting and itch isn't as bad after. When we moved to > > Florida in 1998, I had no idea that going barefoot is a really bad > > idea....right off the bat I stepped with my nekkid feet in a hill of those > > evil little bitin' critters. They ran up my legs and just swarmed over my > > feet. And worse thing is that they will attach and ball up and have to be > > pulled off!! ouch ouch eeeeeoooowwwweeee!!! > > > > xoxoxo > > p. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "jkaywojack" <jkaywojack@aol.com> > > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 3:25:30 PM > > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] the gator in the pond fiasco > > > > Paula, how terrible, but am certainly glad you are ok. You take care of > > those fire ant stings, wish I knew a good remedy for you. They do a number > > on me and hurt like crazy. Kay > > > > > > > > In a message dated 09/23/10 14:19:33 Central Daylight Time, > > freckletoes@comcast.net writes: > > I have to be more careful around these parts. there is a pond on the > > corner that I walk by with the doggies (one bichon, one golden). there is > > a hedge row that borders half the pond. Well tother evening, just before > > dark,,,, I get up to the end of the hedge row when my little Goober > > (bichon) takes one big leap across the sidewalk and nearly into the pond. > > I saw a big dark shape and a giant splash about the same time as Sugar > > (the golden) jumped on after Goober. By now I am all tangled up in the > > leashes (the kind that go in and out and they were out about 10 feet) and > > the dogs are jumpin' and barkin' - and then I see it was a big ole gator > > layin' at the end of the hedge row facing the pond...probably stalkin' his > > dinner. HOLEY MOLEY.... it all happened so fast. I was tryin' to reel the > > dogs back in but the leashes were wrapped around my ankles and in between > > my legs and feet - then my cell phone rings!! Oh pa-leeeeeese, you've got > > to be kidding. Well,,,, the dogs managed to k! > > ! > > > > nock me down half on the sidewalk half in the grass....and guess > > what....fire ants in the grass!!! Fire ants got on my left foot and began > > to sink their little fire ant teeth into me. Of course cars are going by > > but did anybody stop to help - noooooooooo! I'm sure people wondered why I > > was rollin' around like a crazy person with the dogs still barkin' and the > > phone ringin' and me hollerin' about the ants biting me. The gator never > > did come back out of the pond. I managed to somewhat get untangled from > > the dogs and hobbled towards home trying to pull the demon ants off my > > foot. Those things really hurt! seven ant bites.....gator didn't get eaten > > by dogs.....and the white coat guys haven't arrived yet. > > > > paula in sw fla usa.....beee booo beee booo beee booo dubba dubba dubba > > xoxoxo > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message