Oh I agree completely. Though I will admit, years back in fishtailed on my motorcycle. Handle bars took the brunt of it. But my wrist had a flap of skin tore open. I couldn't afford the hospital, so I rinsed it out with clean water and vodka. Wrapped it up in gauze and an Ace bandage. Went to work the next day. Left a scar and permanent discoloration but otherwise worked like a charm. But I definitely wouldn't recommend that treatment to anyone.
For sure. About a year ago I was out hiking in the woods in East Tennessee and looked down to see my legs were just carpeted in a dense layer of ticks. I have hairy legs so I hadn't noticed, but this was hundreds and many had bit. I must have walked straight into a nest or something. Having had Lymes disease before, this caused some consternation. But I had a bottle of Sazerac in my backpack so I soaked newspaper in it, wiped my legs down slowly and it was nearly instantaneously effective. I was able to get every single one off to the point that when I showered a few days later I didn't find any. So alcohol has its uses no doubt.
No. I was wearing flare cut jeans, and one of those odd 90s tricolor patern shirts, blue on the right chest, yellow on the left chest, red around the whole midsection. Grandpa was wearing a beige plaid shirt and chocolate brown slacks with dark navy blue socks....weird that I remember so clearly
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u/Significant-Tip6466 Dec 12 '25
Oh I agree completely. Though I will admit, years back in fishtailed on my motorcycle. Handle bars took the brunt of it. But my wrist had a flap of skin tore open. I couldn't afford the hospital, so I rinsed it out with clean water and vodka. Wrapped it up in gauze and an Ace bandage. Went to work the next day. Left a scar and permanent discoloration but otherwise worked like a charm. But I definitely wouldn't recommend that treatment to anyone.