[SEL] Fw: Bee Stings OT

[Al Harris]

I've found a ha'penny and two farthings. I don't know whether 
to tape them side by side or in a pile though. :-\

Al Harris

cameron grundy wrote:
> Good one Curt, I'll have to look in the coin collection for a penny as we
> don't have any in the new currency
> Cam
> 
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> Subject: [SEL] Fw: Bee Stings OT
> 
> Sort of off topic but if this remedy works especially at some of the later 
> summer and fall engine shows when the wasps & hornets seem to be at the
> worst 
> around our engine sites its worth sharing.
> Curt

>          Subject: Fw: Bee Stings
>  
>  
>  This information may be something to remember, as
>  this season will soon be here 
>          again...
>  
> It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket
> while working in the yard......... BEE STINGS !
> 
> A couple of weeks ago, I was stung by both a bee
> and hornet while working in the garden.
>  
> My arm swelled up, so I went to the doctor. The
> clinic gave me cream and an antihistamine. The next day the swelling was
> getting progressively worse, so I went to my regular doctor. The arm was
> Infected and
> needed an antibiotic.
> 
> The doctor told me - ' The next time you get stung, put a penny on 
> the bite for 15 minutes'.
>  
> That night, my niece was stung by two bees. I
> looked at the bite and it had already started to swell. So,
> I taped a penny to her arm for 15 minut es. The next
> morning, there was no sign of a bite  We decided that she
> just wasn't allergic to the sting.
> 
> Soon, I was gardening outside. I got stung again, 
> twice by a hornet on my left hand. I thought, here
> I go again to the doctor for another antibiotic. 
> 
> I promptly got my money out and taped two pennies
> to my bites, then sat and sulked for 15 minutes. The penny
> took the string out of the bite immediately.
> 
> In the meantime the hornets were attacking, and my
> friend was stung on the thumb. Again the penny. The next
> morning I could only see the spot where the hornet had
> stung me. No redness, no swelling.  My friend's sting
> was the same; couldn't even tell where she had been stung.
> 
> She got stung again a few days later upon her
> back---cutting the grass! And the penny worked once again.
> 
> Wanted to share this marvelous information in case
> you experience the same problem. We need to keep a stock of
> pennies on hand .
>  
> The doctor said that the copper in the penny
> counteracts the bite.  It definitely works!
>  
> Please remember and pass this information on to
> your friends, children, grandchildren, etc.
> 
>  
>  
> 
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