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wombat52

wombat52

Veteran Expediter
one i did not blow up my truck it was a mechanial breakdown the inferriou mechanics took ten days to solve the problem as for the loaner i was informed it was a tired truck and to baby it with TLC after 40 yrs in this game i know how to look after trucks but beyond my control i cannot help break downs that is why they are mechanial ,
two check your bed tonight before you lay down i been sitting in a hospital today
( tuesday ) while the doctors pulled out a sweat bug out of my inner ear or something like that it is tiny and was in my bloody ear got it with me in a bottle filled with WOW SMELLS GOOD so if you see me i can show you the BUG that was heading for empty spaces there i said before someone else does

CHECK YOUR BED DRIVERS THIS THINGS WAS IN MY INNER EAR
WOMBAT
 
Lawrence

Lawrence

Founder
Staff member
Wombat,

Glad you are okay and out of the hospital - that had to be one the creepiest things I've read here in awhile. :rolleyes:
 
dieseldiva

dieseldiva

Veteran Expediter
When I was a kid, I had a friend that ended up with a moth in her ear while she was sleeping. They had to take her to ER to get the thing out, it was still alive and buzzing in there. Waaaay into my adulthood, I slept on my side with my ear covered with my sheet......freaks me out just thinking about it.
 
jujubeans

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
Had the same thing happen to me when I was a kid..Dad rolled up a piece of masking tape and stuck it in my ear...the moth stuck to it and it pulled right out. Always did think my Dad was a genius!:)
 
Turtle

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
About 20 years ago I was sitting in the line at the drive-thru at a Wendy's after just ordering. Suddenly, a moth slammed into my left ear through the open window. First instinct was to jam a finger in there. Whoops. It would alternate between not moving at all, dead silence, and apparently laying on my ear drum beating like bongo drums, which would throw my balance off totally.

I went to th ER and they stuck what looked like a cross between a ginromous needle and a turkey baster in my ear and flushed out a live moth the size of a butterfly. It flipped and flapped, then flew about the room. Doctors said it happens all the time. It was a first for me, that's for sure. They did say that was larger than most they see.
 
Bruno

Bruno

Veteran Expediter
Fleet Owner
US Marines
I must say Wombat(Pete) is a very good driver and does take very good care of a truck. Pete started out in Expediting as my co driver about 11 years ago. There is not to many drivers I can go back in the sleeper and fall asleep without thinking he is going to get into a accident.

Glad your okay Pete and call me sometime as I don't have your new number.
 
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wombat52

wombat52

Veteran Expediter
well i am ok thanks ok but i am sleeping from now on with cotton wool in my ears WHAT ONLY WHAT but lets say this thing laid eggs in my ear what next a family of bugs in my head .
 
BillChaffey

BillChaffey

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
US Navy
"Creepist things" Cattle should be dehorned by the sign(s) of the moon. I helped a local rancher a few years ago dehorn some mean cows. He told me it's not the right sign, but there dangerous to all concerened. A few months later we have them back in a head shute. Pour some gook that looks like roof cement into the still healing holes in the cows head. In about two minutes or less Red bugs about the size of ants come crawling out of her skull. Two days later she's fine.
 
Doggie Daddy

Doggie Daddy

Veteran Expediter
wombat52 said:
well i am ok thanks ok but i am sleeping from now on with cotton wool in my ears WHAT ONLY WHAT but lets say this thing laid eggs in my ear what next a family of bugs in my head .
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Wow,I saw this very same thing on a old episode of "The Twilight Zone" or maybe it was "Outer Limits".

Does anyone remember this story? They called it an "earwick" on the show.:confused:
 
RLENT

RLENT

Veteran Expediter
Doggie Daddy said:
Does anyone remember this story? They called it an "earwick" on the show.:confused:
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Didn't see the episode ...... but they might have called it an earwig, which is actually a real insect:

Earwigs and people

As for the comments on their pincers in the above referenced link not being dangerous that's probably true ... but they can give ya a pretty good tweak .... (ask me how I know :D)
 
Doggie Daddy

Doggie Daddy

Veteran Expediter
RLENT said:
As for the comments on their pincers in the above referenced link not being dangerous that's probably true ... but they can give ya a pretty good tweak .... (ask me how I know :D)
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Okay,I'll bite (pardon the pun) how do you know ?
 
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