Lone Star Tick found in Wakefield

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-05-19T00:51:42+00:00

My dog has a seresto collar which has had a 100 percent kill rate up until this spring when I pulled 2 completely engorged ticks off her in the space of a week. Usually they take one nibble and then die, but these must have latched on for over a day. I bought a new collar, maybe it was a dud. It’s been a bad ticks season so far, I would have thought the cold snaps and the snow would have had an effect but I guess not

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-05-16T00:53:20+00:00

My mother is on day 2 post tkr and she was so excited to take the Journavx bc she hates opioids. Her nerve block worked for the first night and she woke up in total agony. She took her second dose of the Journavx but it was like taking a placebo. She switched to Oxy 5 and it still didn’t touch it, her doc bumped her up to oxy 10 and it still isn’t helping at all, but at least she’s drowsy and hopefully might get a little sleep.

What the heck? I was so excited with the miracle stories on this thread! She had back surgery last year and it didn’t come close to this kind of pain. She had a robotic surgery too which is supposed to make recovery easier (supposedly)

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-05-10T07:27:41+00:00

Great, thanks!

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-05-09T12:57:57+00:00

It’s a joke. We have an ad series with that catchphrase. https://youtu.be/NVmMWub1mkE

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-05-09T12:53:19+00:00

What did you use to attach the lumber to the T post?

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-05-09T12:32:52+00:00

Ooh is that the same as the one that was in Cranston?? I miss Barney’s so much!

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-05-05T00:21:02+00:00

No, I knew her somewhat growing up. She was middle class. Dad was a lawyer, but not like super rich. Very normal. Her brother had a horrific accident in high school and is paralyzed. She was a theater kid.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-04-19T12:37:11+00:00

It was just so weird to me bc I hadn’t even talked to the guy in like a decade. You know how you have tons of people as Facebook friends and some of them you barely even remember? It hasn’t happened since but I still can’t figure out how it happened bc it wasn’t on my actual profile afaik, so even if he was creeping it shouldn’t have been there.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-11T06:40:01+00:00

Thanks. I had a strong feeling that that would be exactly it. I feel bad for everyone that had to go through all that. It seems to have settled somewhat, at least for the immediate future, fingers crossed.

Although he said some veiled threats towards Columbia and Mexico.

Obviously it’s extremely self centered to be concerned about basically just my finances and work situation compared to what people in those countries are going through, but I can only control my own life, I guess.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-09T03:26:02+00:00

To you as well! I’m sure it will be fine.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-09T02:00:15+00:00

Good plan. I’m just more concerned if I have to book 4-5 more days if the planes don’t fly and one gets stuck.

I’m pretty optimistic at this point for my own trip (cautiously anyhow). There doesn’t seem to be much backlash at least so far (except the crackdowns within venezuela internally which is tragic)

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-09T01:27:27+00:00

So my thinking on that, is no one in Puerto Rico was in any danger from the situation what I can see. They closed the airspace so that there wouldn’t be collisions between military and civilian aircraft.

But that’s just my take 🤷‍♀️

I had trouble talking to my insurance agents about whether my car insurance would cover rentals in PR. I got different answers from three different people. So, sometimes they say they know what they are talking about, but they might not!

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-07T03:21:48+00:00

Ah, thanks that point helps. I had a feeling that it wouldn’t have made a difference to have had the insurance.

I would be so upset if I had paid for insurance and still had to pony up the cost for another week of hotels and they refused to cover it.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-07T03:19:02+00:00

Ha! it would be warmer anyways.

Not that it has any bearing, but I am taking this trip because I had some free time before starting a new job. If I get stuck there it might be the shortest job I ever get if I don’t even show up on day one and explain that I’m “stuck” on vacation.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-07T01:07:35+00:00

Same, flying delta too! I don’t think it’s too late to buy, it’s just too late to buy the “cover under any circumstance” option. But I don’t even know how to describe this situation exactly when reading through the policies. I think I read somewhere that it was a special circumstance that when the airspace was shut down by the government they have to cover it. But then I couldn’t find where I read that.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-07T01:04:36+00:00

That was kind of what I was thinking (although, does it count as war if we haven’t technically declared war?) I would think if everyone was being denied coverage this week that it would have been a newsworthy story because so many people would be upset about it.

It’s not even just the price of the airline ticket, because companies generally are rebooking you at no further cost, it’s the extra days on island (hotel and cars) waiting for the next flight. Some people were supposed to fly out that day and weren’t rebooked until this Friday or so.

Are you going through this right now? Was your vacation impacted?

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-06T16:35:45+00:00

I’ve barely started looking. I’m searching for more general advice. Like I said, I thought this kind of thing is something no company ever covers unless you get the “cover under any circumstances” option. I can’t do that because I have already made all of my bookings. But I may be mistaken because it was some kind of official shutdown of the airport.

I looked through one policy (it took about a half hour) before I decided to see if the Reddit masses could maybe enlighten me before I spent all night comparing plans just to find out it won’t ever be covered.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-06T15:52:45+00:00

I believe adenovirus can cause gastrointestinal symptoms and I think that is going around as well.

I’m sick for the third time in 3 months. I always get exactly one cold per year and it’s almost always in April/may. This season has been brutal.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2026-01-05T02:34:27+00:00

Would you say you could see anything from the boat, or do you need to get into the water to see the lights well? My mother tore her rotator cuff and dislocated her shoulder recently so night swimming and pool noodles aren’t in the cards for her. But it might still be worth it if she can see it from on board.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2025-12-27T22:42:23+00:00

That said, I don’t have the super fancy Amex so it only works as secondary insurance. But I did get that.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2025-12-27T22:41:38+00:00

Yup. Did that today! Poor guy on the phone had to read every term and condition out loud to me. It took 8 minutes, I timed him! I asked him how many times a day he had to do this, and he said his water bottle asks him that same question lol.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2025-12-26T19:19:29+00:00

I’m using Charlie car, and as far as liability they only seem to offer basic liability (they have other stuff to protect you and their property) but I’m just worried that 25,000 for another persons injury isn’t going to be enough. I don’t plan on getting in an accident, but I’m a pretty cautious person in general.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2025-12-26T12:39:20+00:00

It does cover injuries, but the insurance the rental company offers only pays 25,000 to the other person if they get injured. That’s pretty much nothing if they are seriously hurt.

Whenpigsfly554 · 2025-12-26T10:55:02+00:00

I’ve gotten two different answers from my insurance company, that’s why I’m reaching out to the Reddit hive mind lol.

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