..but he did it to himself by accident, with cyanide. Click below the fold for the whole article. (source link)
MANILA, Philippines—An American diver was pulled out of salvage operations at the wreck of the M/V Princess of the Stars in Romblon on Friday for numbness and shortness of breath, a suspected case of chemical exposure that occurred away from the sunken vessel and its remaining toxic cargo.
John Hancock, a 38-year-old diver of salvor firm Titan, was airlifted to Manila by a Philippine Coast Guard rescue chopper Friday morning after experiencing chest pains and numbness on the left half of his face and the left arm. (more…)
Ever seen that Freak Show movie where bugs start crawling out of this guys body? Or any one of the multitudes of sci-fi shows about bugs instantly coming out of nowhere? I think the first one was Ants in 1977. Ever since learning just how true the words of my roommate were about not leaviong ANYTHING out around this house or thousands of super tiny ants will be on them. Sometimes I think they’re termites but who knows. Anyway, a single drop of cola, tea, or anything not water will have a flock of them out in about 5 minutes.
But why on me? And my bed of all places? Trust me, I wash my sheets way more often than is natural. possibly as much as a hotel. And bleach them for a nice disinfected smell. I cant stand crumbs in my bed or anything for that matter. No one gets on my bed w/o brushing their feet well on the towel on the floor. But these damn little transparent ant/termite/whatevers have been on my bed this pas week. I have put my mattress out for spraying and airing out in the sunlight twice this week, these fuckers still come back, get on my laptop and while Im pecking the keys, they get on me. I also am washed more often than is natural, so shaddap on those comments.
This is a pretty clean room these days. unfolded clean laundry in a clean chair is about it other than a cluttered table. But no food containers, no trash bags, look at this crap, there goes one now across the screen. Smooshed now. Arrogant lil bastards.
Small waves/periods of this, I could understand. But the early rains last month caused a lot of cockroaches to start heading into peoples homes up here so I went and got several kinds of poisons. I poured and sprayed that crap all over the place. Windows, doors, corners, floorboards, table legs, table tops, and my room?….oh, I completely nuked my room. But hell, they keep coming back. Its not a trail or anything I can follow, its like some bug recon, random directions.
Today, I sprayed the kerosene based persistent agent all over the room….and promptly got sick. nasty stuff.
I really should listen to Henry….every time I was spraying that Baygon that they sell here, he would chastise me for going back in the room or even being near it. Always talking about how unhealthy it was.
I always knew it but I dont normally get to spraying it until I’m drunk. And today, I sprayed far and wide, (sober this time).
I have this can of super-spray. Not the normal stuff they sell in the stores. I went up to the main road and had these guys go get it for me. Its a tall can with a picture of a roach and a folding spray tube. Which is cool. It was expensive and will kill pretty much anything. Its also a persistent agent. This stuff sticks around for a while and has some serious pressure in the can. I can spray the 12 foot tall ceiling with it.
Which I did today - there was a large roach on the ceiling. We rarely see those anymore since this house is mostly nuked with chemicals these days. But anyway, I sprayed this roach from 6 feet away and ill be damned if it didn’t start twitching immediately. Dead in 20 seconds.
Thats pretty damn strong stuff. And it’s a little scary considering it smells like generic air freshener - no kidding. So I sprayed a few window sills, under/behind the fridge, table area, random nooks and crannies, in the living room, in the spare room, in my room.
And now, I’m starting to twitch. Breathing is laborious. Feel tired. sinuses acting up and now, a case of the ass-squirts. Perhaps I should drink some brandy, that stuff cures anything.
