Yea, things have been too weird this month, however I did manage to find a community health clinic that let me in for 30 bucks and they'll bill me for the tetnus shot they gave me and the antibiotics. I sure hope I made it in time, and I'm still a little worried about the rabies thing, since the guy with the dog split the scene right after his dog bit me. Pretty nice guy, hugh? Oh don't get me wrong here. I know I live in California, probably the lawsuit capital of the United States, but it sure would have been nice to find out FOR SURE, if his dog had his shots or not, like maybe seeing proof somewhere with paperwork.
At any rate, I'd sure handle things different if that ever happened again. Probably wouldn't stick my hand in between the dogs to try and break them up, and I'd follow the guy back to his car to get his license plate. When I talked to the the animal control guys today, they said, they have the authority to run plates if it looks like a questionable deal. Well you know something else, finn? I guess now is the opportune time to tell the treasure hunting world out there, that it might not be a bad idea for all of us to get a tetnus shot. I know that sounds nuts, but I went online and read about tetnus, and guess who's one of the big people at risk to get it? People who dig in the dirt, especially in risky places that might have tetnus, like an old cow pasture or something. I hope everybody gets my jist here. We're probably fairly good candidates to contact this stuff, so I'm glad now that I have the shot because they told me it would be good for 5 years.
I guess that's not gonna do us any good if we're digging in and old park somewhere where addicts throw away their old needles that might have hepatitus C or something, but it should protect you from tetnus. Please don't feel like I'm trying to rain on everybody's parade here, but let's face it, this is real world stuff and we need to try and take whatever precautions we can. One deterrent might even be using a shovel to dig with and a good sifter to sift the stuff out first. It would probably give you a better chance of seeing an old needle first BEFORE it got you. At any rate, I hope everybody is having a good holiday season and finding some good stuff out there, wherever you are. Take care finn, and again, I hope I didn't totally bum everybody out here. I just know I learned a few things here from that dog bite experience and I hope to never repeat it the same way again.
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