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Quoted: When I was a kid (8 - 10), my 1'st generation, raised on a farm Polish grandmother used to live with us. I was always bringing some kind of critter home... turtles, frogs, baby birds, a baby squirrel. My mom and grandma were always fine with it until one day I brought home a tiny 5" - 6" DeKay's snake My mother was cool with it but granny freaked out yelling that I couldn't keep it here, get rid of it, etc. Her reason... it would escape and would crawl up someones rectum while they were sleeping. Needless to say I had to let the thing go. View Quote I bet Grandpa was a dirty old man to Granny while she slept...................... |
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Quoted: Having just endured a bad case of poison ivy, and finished a Prednisone steroid taper to end it, I can tell you that in the last month I have heard every idiotic "home remedy" under the sun. The epic, Bubba-ized, dumb-assery of MOST of them is astonishing, and confirms all my previously held beliefs about the epidemic of dumb-assery in America. Sample: "Scrub your skin with bleach!" Uhhh, no. Once urushiol oil has sunk into the pores of your skin, "scrubbing your skin with bleach" is NOT "going to remove it." Your poor skin has enough problems without causing MORE irritation to it. Please, just stop. View Quote jewel weed is the cure for poison ivy. |
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Quoted: Cook pork until it is well done or you will get worms. View Quote @Corvette-Racer True in every country except the United States. We have eliminated Trichinellosis in the United States in the domestic pig supply. Iirc we haven’t found an infected domestic pig at a slaughterhouse in over 2 decades. |
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Rubbing the ends of the cucumber together will take away any bitterness. Im Italian, most of the knowledge passed down in the family is/was useless "old wives tales"...
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Quoted: On a hot day, hot coffee cools you off quicker because it makes you sweat. View Quote |
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Quoted: I don't know one way or the other about ivermectin and covid. But many drugs have proven useful for treating conditions other than the one for which the drug was originally developed. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Quoted: Not really since most lights have magnetic detectors in the ground. What you think is working by the lights, is just the system detecting the car via magnets. https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-ad8401f76c1b1ba75267af9903b20b33 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Another one I always heard was if you're stuck at a traffic light in the middle of the night and flash your high beams on and off, you'll trick it into thinking you're an ambulance with the lights on and it'll turn to green. That works, at least in my experience. https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-ad8401f76c1b1ba75267af9903b20b33 What actually works is very slowly rolling through that area before you stop. It triggers several lights in my area that I get stuck at otherwise. |
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The dumb shit that people use to treat burns.
Peanut butter Butter Mayo Mint leaves Gasoline Etc. |
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Quoted: You are like Super susceptible to any illness after getting Innoculated during A certain period That’s just how our immune system works View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I got the flu from the flu shot. Oddly, I’ve had the flu every year I’ve had the flu shot but none of the years I haven’t had the flu shot. The only year I got the flu was the only year I got hte shot. RN for 24 years...fuck the shots. SAME. Last time I got the flu shot, I got the flu 2 days later and was in the middle of moving. Later on, I wound up working with a former CDC scientist, they refused to get the flu shot as well. Stated that their best guess of what the prevailing strain that season was usually wrong and explained what the vaccine actually is. (weakened flu bug with formaldehyde). You are like Super susceptible to any illness after getting Innoculated during A certain period That’s just how our immune system works Why bother then?.....let your immune system do the work. |
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Quoted: The more you are censored from discussing something, the more likely it is that you are being lied to about it. I'm certainly no scientist, but when they start threatening to remove doctors' licenses over discussing a drug like this, the more I want to hear what the doctors have to say about the subject. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Eating livestock wormer will protect you from viruses. What if it was a doctor telling you to drink battery acid to cure the common cold? |
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Quoted: Not everybody that claims to be conservative...is. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Don't take a shower/bath during a thunderstorm or you'll get electrocuted.
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Quoted: Try telling either group "It sure has been quiet tonight". View Quote Ha ha- have seen this happen (I was blamed, as I said it usually). Worst example was roll call, and as soon as I said something about it being a quiet day (x-mas eve) we had a fatal crash call come in. (One drunk driver hit another drunk driver). But the full moon thing seemed to be total BS, however some things did make it a crazier night: holidays, Fridays/Saturdays, temperatures, school out, etc. Basically- July-early Sept, when it is hot as hell, on a Friday or Saturday night, it was gonna be crazy and busy, regardless of what the moon was doing… |
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Quoted: Another one I always heard was if you're stuck at a traffic light in the middle of the night and flash your high beams on and off, you'll trick it into thinking you're an ambulance with the lights on and it'll turn to green. View Quote Someone who had a little knowledge of the opticon system said that most likely. Basically they are a strobe light set to a certain frequency. You couldn’t do it by flashing headlights, but if you installed a strobe light, and if you knew the right frequency, it would work, assuming your area had opticon systems installed on the lights. |
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Quoted: Someone who had a little knowledge of the opticon system said that most likely. Basically they are a strobe light set to a certain frequency. You couldn't do it by flashing headlights, but if you installed a strobe light, and if you knew the right frequency, it would work, assuming your area had opticon systems installed on the lights. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Another one I always heard was if you're stuck at a traffic light in the middle of the night and flash your high beams on and off, you'll trick it into thinking you're an ambulance with the lights on and it'll turn to green. Someone who had a little knowledge of the opticon system said that most likely. Basically they are a strobe light set to a certain frequency. You couldn't do it by flashing headlights, but if you installed a strobe light, and if you knew the right frequency, it would work, assuming your area had opticon systems installed on the lights. |
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That if you store magazines loaded it will do more damage to the springs than loading/unloading them periodically so they can "rest".
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Quoted: Storing batteries on the ground is bad for them View Quote I got into a small argument with my parents over this one day fixing their lawn mower. Caved and just put it on a piece of newspaper....Yup, thats all they wanted, a couple layers of grocery store ads was what was going to make the difference My father absolutely convinced my mother it was going to kill the battery otherwise. She freaked out when she went out to the garage and found it on the floor No amount of truth of today will convince them this isn't 1950, so I play along and put it on the literally 2 sheets of newspaper |
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Quoted: That if you store magazines loaded it will do more damage to the springs than loading/unloading them periodically so they can "rest". View Quote Another gun old wives tale: .40 S&W is short and weak, but it batters guns and is hard in wrists. |
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If you dream about snakes, either someone will die, or you’ll come into some money.
Can’t quite remember which one. Gonna have to ask my grandmother when I see her lol |
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Quoted: Sleeping with an electric fan on in a enclosed room will kill you. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes I guess I've been dead for decades. Quoted: Used to mess with my mom as a teen. I'd open umbrellas in the house. She got shivering mad/scared when i did that. I know fear of open umbrellas in a house is stupid, but i felt sorry about upsetting her later on. Miss you sorely, Mom. Literally did that earlier today. My mom said, "Don't open it in the house, it's bad luck." Me: "I don't believe that crap" and proceeded to open it. And all the years I've asked "How/why is it bad luck", the only answer I've ever gotten was "It just is". |
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A FL specific fudd-lore old wives tale told by Vietnam era Green Beret Navy SEALs at the gun shops.
You can only carry a handgun in your car if there is a three step rule involved. Meaning you have to have it in a thumb-strapped holster, in a zippered case, in the glove box. Anything else is illegal. |
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Quoted: I'm convinced that this one is true. I think most people in LE, teaching, or medicine may have seen a few things that could convince them of this. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: The full moon makes for crazy people. I'm convinced that this one is true. I think most people in LE, teaching, or medicine may have seen a few things that could convince them of this. I think I’ve seen some studies supporting a correlation between higher crime rates and full moons. The hypothesis is that full moons disrupt normal circadian rhythms and melatonin production. Full moons can also affect women’s ovulation cycles. |
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No radar detector will help you if you are the one out in front. By the time you hear the detector, it just let you know you're busted. View Quote |
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Quoted: Trichinosis is a thing. Same rule applies to polar bear meat. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Cook pork until it is well done or you will get worms. Trichinosis is a thing. Same rule applies to polar bear meat. Any bear or rat meat. ETA: Or human, for your post-apocalyptic consideration. |
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