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Voltron

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  1. Your optometrist should get modern equipment so you don't need to be dilated. It's been years since I last had to deal with barbaric method.
  2. Reading George Tekai's tweets, I see.
  3. How do you feel about reading comments like "You're certainly an entitled little cunt aren't you," "Fuck off if you don't like it here," or "Eat a dick!"?
  4. Me too. A lot, really. Hard to classify genre or style because it is quite eclectic but still distinctive.
  5. Did anyone else read these two posts and hear them to the tune of Katy Perry's I Kissed a Girl?
  6. Bats are thought to carry rabies in much larger numbers than in reality. Still, rabid bats are responsible for a disproportionate amount of the human rabies cases in the US. Many of the humans were really, really stupid, but still. Info from the CDC: Learning about bats and rabies Most bats don t have rabies. For example, even among bats submitted for rabies testing because they could be captured, were obviously weak or sick, or had been captured by a cat, only about 6% had rabies. Just looking at a bat, you can t tell if it has rabies. Rabies can only be confirmed in a laboratory. But any bat that is active by day or is found in a place where bats are not usually seen like in your home or on your lawn just might be rabid. A bat that is unable to fly and is easily approached could very well be sick. Bats and human rabies in the United States Rabies in humans is rare in the United States. There are usually only one or two human cases per year. But the most common source of human rabies in the United States is from bats. For example, among the 19 naturally acquired cases of rabies in humans in the United States from 1997-2006, 17 were associated with bats. Among these, 14 patients had known encounters with bats. Four people awoke because a bat landed on them and one person awoke because a bat bit him. In these cases, the bat was inside the home. One person was reportedly bitten by a bat from outdoors while he was exiting from his residence. Six people had a history of handling a bat while removing it from their home. One person was bitten by a bat while releasing it outdoors after finding it on the floor inside a building. One person picked up and tried to care for a sick bat found on the ground outdoors. Three men ages 20, 29 and 64 had no reported encounters with bats but died of bat-associated rabies viruses. Why didn’t these people get the rabies vaccine? In some cases, persons who died of rabies knew they were bitten by a bat. They didn t go to a doctor, maybe because they didn t know that bats can have rabies and transmit it through a bite. In other cases, it s possible that young children may not fully awaken due to the presence of a bat (or its bite) or may not report a bite to their parents. For example, one 4-year-old patient, who died of rabies, was still sleeping when her caregivers checked on her because they heard strange noises. They found a bat on the floor of her bedroom. She was most likely bitten and did not fully awaken. This patient developed tingling and itching on her neck at what was probably the site of a bat bite as she became sick with rabies a few weeks later. In another case, a 10-year-old child removed a bat from his bedroom without adult supervision and several months later developed tingling and itching on his arm and one side of his head as he became sick with rabies.
  7. Sticking with country-ish theme
  8. Checking this out after seeing Dan's purchase:
  9. Hurray for Gumbalhead!
  10. Wow, that sucks. Are you sure you weren't bitten? Do you have an urge to hang upside down while eating?
  11. I have heard of camel spider on the wrist, though
  12. I thought Justin was questioning why anyone would make a crappy static video of a song being played on a stereo and post it on Youtube. Seemed retarded to me.
  13. Heh. I was looking for it and actually found it in your 2008 birthday thread here.
  14. It is great. I need to get All Night Long on vinyl. Now playing: OJC Vinyl
  15. Happy birthday Tyll! May your panniers never run dry, and your general awesomeness never fade. Have a fantastic day buddy. Cheers!
  16. Remastered Fantasy Vinyl (1990)
  17. Ooh! Very exciting!
  18. Congrat Carl and Bonnie and congrat to you too Junkie!
  19. I think I will swing by for a bit before heading to Mikkeller Bar in the afternoon. Anyone else interested in having some epic beers is welcome to join me and Mikey there.
  20. just copy the url and simply paste it -- don't use the link icon or apply any codes. just paste and post.
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