Health Hazards, Emergency Calls and Unprotected Sex

Our house is on a corner. For the last few months a motor home has been parked on the side street. Every few weeks it's moved from side to side or down the street a few yards. Concerned someone was living in it I called the police. At first glance the responding officer looked around fourteen. I quickly I realized he must be older because he was driving by himself and he had a real gun. 

In this state a person must be eighteen to drive.

Sometimes I wonder if you get the subtle nuance of the unsaid.

Tomorrow Wanda and I are headed up to our annual Nevada City gathering. Since it ushers in the start of the summer season I thought the following information would be appropriate today.

From Health.com here are a few summer health hazards.

Recreational Water Illness (or as they call it in the ER.......RWI)

Public swimming areas can harbor bacteria that cause gastrointestinal, skin, ear, respiratory, eye, neurologic and wound infections. The most common is diarrhea. Accidentally swallowing water (as if you would do it on purpose) that's been contaminated with feces boosts your risk. That's why public pools ask you to shower before swimming.

I admit I'm ashamed. As a retired RN I always thought the shower was to get the dirt off. To avoid getting sick, do not drink the water. Better yet, don't swim in public pools.

Drowning

Who knew? This could be very hazardous to your health. Learn to swim, don't drink and boat and wear a life vest. You may look like a nerd but you will float like a cork.

Shark Attacks

The National Safety Council says your chances of death by shark are 1 in 3.7 million. People win the lottery and the odds are 1 in 175 million. Avoid swimming near sandbars, steep drop offs, in deep water, during twilight and anywhere you see a large fin sticking out of the water.

Lightening Strikes

The odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in 500,000. Even better than the lottery or the shark attack. People who work outside are more likely to get struck by lightning and more than a third of deaths occur on farms. 

So don't milk cows or plow the lower forty during a storm. And avoid golf and trees and power lines and towers.

Food Born Illnesses

Each year 1 in 6 Americans (48 million) contract food poisoning. Always cook meat to at least 160 degrees. Or like me, to an unrecognizable black chard mess. 

Other potential health issues include; fireworks injuries, sunburns, heat stroke, West Nile, Lyme Disease and Poison Ivy, Sumac and Oak.

It's enough to turn someone into an agoraphobic.

Last week I read a short article about potential health issues and common things we do without thinking. I've never given much thought to a person blowing out candles on a birthday cake. It really is rather gross, especially if it's a child who's getting help from Aunt Sue and Uncle Manny. The next birthday party I attended I'll avoid the sugary Petri dish.

But it is an emergency, isn't that what 911's for?

Bevalente Haller allegedly called 911 after Subway employees wouldn't refund the money she paid for a "flatizza" pizza that was sauced incorrectly.
"It's terrible, and I got my receipt," the 37-year-old says, "And I told them I can't eat that kind of sauce." They made my mom another sandwich without a problem, but say they won't make me a sandwich."

Hall's husband said his wife called 911 after being yelled at by a store employee.

An Oregon man called a 911 dispatcher at 9:41 p.m. to ask where he could buy some marijuana "this morning."

Here's a transcript of the call:

Man: Where can I get some marijuana?911: Excuse me?
Man: Where can I buy some marijuana this morning?
911: Do you realize you called the police department?
Man: No I didn't. That's very interesting. Well, let me ask you the same question. (long pause) It's a legitimate question.
911: Which question is that?
Man: Where can I buy some marijuana this morning?

After the dispatcher told the man she didn't know the answer to his question, he thanked her and hung up. Later that day the same man called to order two pepperoni and cheese pizzas, a 6-pack of coke, a dozen doughnuts and an assortment of chips and dip.

The Mensa nominee of the week is John Jerrihan

John Jerrihan was arrested and charged with 13 counts of passing a counterfeit bill after he allegedly tried to pay a $400 trespassing fine with a collection of bills that had the same serial number.

A courthouse clerk noticed the $20 bills looked funny and alerted a deputy.

When he was confronted, Jerrihan at first claimed that he got the phony cash as pay from his employer, but later told police that he didn't know where he had received the fake funds.

At the time of his arrest, Jerrihan had 26 counterfeit bills with him.

And in a rather strange case in Tennessee, Lonnie Ray Sutton was arrested after he allegedly tried to have sex with an ATM at the Boro Boro Bar and Grill. The 49-year-old said the machine looked just like his wife and he was confused.

When officers arrived, they found Sutton "nude from the waist down, walking around the bar, thrusting his hips in the air" after his initial attempt with the ATM. 

He was ready to "give it another go" but the officers took Sutton outside and sat him down at a picnic table, at which point he "exposed himself again and engaged in sexual intercourse with the wooden picnic table."

After a quick stop at the county hospital to remove several splinters police brought Sutton, who was slurring his words and wobbly on his feet, to jail and booked him for drunk in public, disorderly conduct and sexual assault on an ATM and an underage picnic table.

I will try to post from Nevada City.