[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I live in an area infested with ticks. Going out with into fields/woods with no protection means pulling dozens at a minimum, though my neighbor pulled over 100 off a couple weeks ago.

My solution is elastic gaiters and using permetharin as bug spray. I don't get ticks anymore.

I'm also kind of allergic to ticks, and if I get bit, it itches so bad for about two weeks that topical lidocaine is the only way I've found to get some relief.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I live in an area infested with ticks. Going out with into fields/woods with no protection means pulling dozens at a minimum, though my neighbor pulled over 100 off a couple weeks ago.

    My solution is elastic gaiters and using permetharin as bug spray. I don't get ticks anymore.

    I'm also kind of allergic to ticks, and if I get bit, it itches so bad for about two weeks that topical lidocaine is the only way I've found to get some relief.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I will say, I work ambulance for a very right wing rural community. I have done this for a number of years now.

    While I do have issues at times with our local LEO, they do a good job with not shooting my patients, or their dogs.

    They have done a good job in my community with securing the scene without escalating and then standing back and let us deal with medical/mental health crisis.

    These stories do happen to often, and there are policy changes that need to happen, but there are a significant number of communities that have law enforcement who are acting appropriately and therefore get no news coverage.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah, being a first responder really changed my perspective on a lot of "safe" areas" and how far help is.

    When you have one lone deputy in your entire county for a good portion of the night (and frequently only 2-3 cars during the day), and state is just on call, not patrolling... you can easily be 45 minutes out from LEO, that's been a very long wait before...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I spent 6 months living in a tent 200 yards away from the centerline of a runway with large 4 engine aircraft landing regularly. I have a wicked case of tinnitus, hearing aids, and no ruptured ear drums.

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  • submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
     

    I've been just not updating Nova as I haven't had a ton of time to research this, I really like the GUI, what are my privacy friendly/FOSS options for an android s21 5G?

    Update: Went with Neo launcher. It's got enough of the features that I'm willing to use it.

    There are a few spots where padding can't be removed that is obnoxious, FF search bar and dock are what I have noticed so far.

    I also don't like that I can't continuosly scroll through my home screens.

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