HowardSteele Posted September 9, 2019 Author Posted September 9, 2019 Maybe add plants to the list. Here in Belgium there's some kind of stinging nettle. Get a good brush of it across your leg or face and you're going to be in agony for a solid while. Burns like hell. We have quite a couple of stinging weeds/plants out here as well...on the Tokai /Constaiberg we have the Notobubon galbanum, commonly called the blister bush or hog's fennel, is a South African plant that is best known for its ability to cause painful blistering after contact. In Afrikaans this plant species is known as bergseldery (i.e., "mountain celery").[3] touching it can cause severe blistering particularly if the irritant chemicals are exposed to sunlight (phytophotodermatitis).[4]
Red Robin Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 the worst yet has been the highland midge, picture a swarm of mini sized mosquito like midges that leave lovely itchy red bumps. And when I saw swarm I mean millions of the little buggers Memories of lots of time spent in Scotland as a child. Not pleasant those things.
Stretch Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Maybe add plants to the list. Here in Belgium there's some kind of stinging nettle. Get a good brush of it across your leg or face and you're going to be in agony for a solid while. Burns like hell.Yup.. Same here... Running on small roads you sometimes have to step off the road onto the side and straight into a stingy nettle...torture!
Wayne pudding Mol Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Survived an Egyptian goose attack on Friday.I had this happen when I got between mom and chick. Pecked my helmet, attacked my bike but didn't get me. Funny now, sh@t myself at the time as I was going over a plank bridge
deanbean Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Horse flies, bee, on my thoat, and these things, I'm sure a few other Hubbers have been tooOpuntia aurantiaca, or jointed cactus
DJR Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Maybe add plants to the list. Here in Belgium there's some kind of stinging nettle. Get a good brush of it across your leg or face and you're going to be in agony for a solid while. Burns like hell. Yup.. Same here... Running on small roads you sometimes have to step off the road onto the side and straight into a stingy nettle...torture!Did you know that the stinging nettle is edible? https://thethingswellmake.com/stinging-nettle-recipes-20-surprising-things-make-nettles/ Whenever I encounter them, often in the Darling / Philadelphia area in spring, I pick a few bags full to take home. Use gloves of course, Once you have poured boiling water over them, they don't sting anymore. We make a delicious pesto with olive oil and pine nuts from it. Pick lots, because, like spinach, you need lots to end up with a little.
Pants Boy Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Hold up! There are people who have been bitten by a bee?!Jip. Ek's te lelik om gesteek te word.
Stretch Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Did you know that the stinging nettle is edible? https://thethingswellmake.com/stinging-nettle-recipes-20-surprising-things-make-nettles/ Whenever I encounter them, often in the Darling / Philadelphia area in spring, I pick a few bags full to take home. Use gloves of course, Once you have poured boiling water over them, they don't sting anymore. We make a delicious pesto with olive oil and pine nuts from it. Pick lots, because, like spinach, you need lots to end up with a little.Fun fact...After seaweed... Nettle soup was the second biggest staple during the potato famine
HowardSteele Posted September 9, 2019 Author Posted September 9, 2019 Did you know that the stinging nettle is edible? https://thethingswellmake.com/stinging-nettle-recipes-20-surprising-things-make-nettles/ Whenever I encounter them, often in the Darling / Philadelphia area in spring, I pick a few bags full to take home. Use gloves of course, Once you have poured boiling water over them, they don't sting anymore. We make a delicious pesto with olive oil and pine nuts from it. Pick lots, because, like spinach, you need lots to end up with a little.we'll start a new thread bikers biting back LOL.As kids we called them brannekles I suppose a corruption of the dutch Brandnetel.
Odinson Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Did you know that the stinging nettle is edible? https://thethingswellmake.com/stinging-nettle-recipes-20-surprising-things-make-nettles/ Whenever I encounter them, often in the Darling / Philadelphia area in spring, I pick a few bags full to take home. Use gloves of course, Once you have poured boiling water over them, they don't sting anymore. We make a delicious pesto with olive oil and pine nuts from it. Pick lots, because, like spinach, you need lots to end up with a little. Apparently, there's even a stinging nettle eating competition in the UK, but they eat it raw! https://matadornetwork.com/read/england-stinging-nettle-eating-competition/ Time to step up your game, DJR.
Maaknplan Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Inhaled and swallowed and number of flying insects, figured its better than tasting them
Robbie Stewart Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 I got tagged by a skaap brak in May of last year. It tore a gaping 5cm gash in my lower leg just about to the bone. Since then, I hate dogs. (this being the second time I got bit).not a fan anymore.Then as for those pesky bees by the top gate crossing over the old corridor from Contermans to Meerendal, I got tagged twice. bastards.
HowardSteele Posted September 9, 2019 Author Posted September 9, 2019 Inhaled and swallowed and number of flying insects, figured its better than tasting themThe worst is when they spread their legs on the way down and got to cough splutter and swallow
Red Robin Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Apparently, there's even a stinging nettle eating competition in the UK, but they eat it raw! https://matadornetwork.com/read/england-stinging-nettle-eating-competition/ Time to step up your game, DJR. No way! I cant even imagine it . I fell out of a tree once into a bed of nettles and those white burning bumps are sore.
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