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From: Tom P on 18 Jun 2010 04:04 Martin wrote: > On 17/06/10 13:12, Tom P wrote: >> Martin wrote: >>> On 17/06/10 09:45, Martin wrote: >>>> On 17/06/10 01:20, John Karl wrote: >>>>> On 6/16/10 11:36 AM, Martin wrote: >>>>>> On 16/06/10 18:34, george wrote: >>>>>>> On Jun 16, 3:33 pm, "Erick T. Barkhuis"<erick.use-...(a)ardane.c.o.m> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> george: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Reminds me of my German wife always telling me not to eat any >>>>>>>>> berries >>>>>>>>> in the forest in Germany as the foxes pee on them and this carries >>>>>>>>> some type of "near fatal (?)" disease!!! >>>>>>>> That must be something local, here. >>>>>>>> In the German village where I live, people keep constantly >>>>>>>> reminding me >>>>>>>> to only pick wild berries that grow at least one meter high, >>>>>>>> otherwise >>>>>>>> [the fox story]. I have no clue whether or not there's some truth >>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>> that claim, though. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Erick >>>>>>> I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm. >>>>>> Also a risk of catching rabies "tolwort" >>>>> Actually, Tollwut. >>>>> >>>> Of course. There used to be signs with a bat symbol warning about "Wild >>>> tollwut" in Bavarian forests. Maybe there still are. >>> This sort seems to be more common >>> >>> http://www.absperr-schilder-technik.de/q,Wildtollwut?PHPSESSID=49167fb841f136d9c57d545933084b00 >>> >> Although it's supposed to be endemic, I have never personally heard of >> any humans getting rabies, > > In Germany? > >> which is just as well as it is an extremely >> unpleasant way to die. > > The treatment for suspected rabies is almost as bad as having it. > >> Another hazard in many parts of the country comes >> from two tick borne diseases - FSME (encephalitis, TBE) and borreliosis >> (Lyme disease). > > and Leptospirosis Weil's disease is in rat and other wild animal urine, > a particular risk for those doing water sports. > http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Leptospirosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx > >> Both diseases result in long term debilitating illness. >> Yet another hazard exists if you walk barefoot across grass meadows >> where wild geese have left their droppings. These may contain the lava >> of fluke worms. > That should be "larvae" of course. Been reading too much about volcano eruptions. > Wild grown water cress almost certainly contains liver flukes. > >> Apart from that, enjoy your stay in Germany! > > and your healthy salad sandwich
From: Martin on 18 Jun 2010 05:07 On 18/06/10 10:02, Tim C. wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:48:07 +0200, Martin wrote in post : > <news:hve8pv$3th$1(a)news.eternal-september.org> : > >> On 17/06/10 16:56, Tim C. wrote: >>> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:53:19 +0200, Martin wrote in post : >>> <news:hvd2ea$e3u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org> : >>> >>>> The treatment for suspected rabies is almost as bad as having it. >>> >>> I remember from when I was bitten by a dog in Libya when I was 5. Not nice. >>> F#ing big needles. >>> >> >> My brother was bitten by a dog in Zambia, whilst he was being treated >> with big needles for suspected rabies, he got malaria because all the >> mosquito screens on the hospital windows were full of holes. > > Lol! Sorry, I shouldn't laugh but it is funny. > I did mean big holes. :o)
From: Martin on 18 Jun 2010 05:48
On 18/06/10 10:04, Tom P wrote: > That should be "larvae" of course. Been reading too much about volcano > eruptions. and not the welsh bread thread? |