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MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
19. I figure it's better to be safe that to be sorry.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:27 AM
Apr 2020

So, once I learned to identify the plants, I have avoided them religiously.

As a teenager, I quit a job when the work I was supposed to do involved clearing poison oak from an outdoor area. $1.25/hr. just wasn't enough to take that risk, I decided.

I liked this story very much. Thanks for sharing. SoonerPride Apr 2020 #1
Are you sure his name wasn't Donnie? MyOwnPeace Apr 2020 #2
Every community has one of those. I know one in mine. riversedge Apr 2020 #3
When I was a kid I did not have any reaction to Poision Ivy... mitch96 Apr 2020 #4
Me too. I've never experienced it but my brother was always highly susceptible. captain queeg Apr 2020 #37
" I'm not sure I'd even recognize it" mitch96 Apr 2020 #38
Learn The Leaf Shape! ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #45
I was the kid who, like you, broke out from the merest contact. Igel Apr 2020 #5
My very worst bout with poison ivy was when I, like you, walked through the smoke Atticus Apr 2020 #7
I've Heard That, Too ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #48
Some folks never learn. Really, some folks never do... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #6
Leaves of three, leave it be! Goodheart Apr 2020 #8
I was Bobby..LOL LeftInTX Apr 2020 #9
Okay,my poison ivy story has got all the twists of stupidity with "Florida Man" including- wait 4 it marked50 Apr 2020 #10
Unfortunately, you are probably allergic to mangos LeftInTX Apr 2020 #25
An Interesting conjecture. marked50 Apr 2020 #42
With mangoes for me, it's only contact dermatitis LeftInTX Apr 2020 #44
A trick I learned about poison ivy as a Master Gardener is flying_wahini Apr 2020 #11
I do that, but then use LOTS of Technu brand lotion and scrub scrub scrub. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #14
Dollar General never closed down here; they sell food! oldsoftie Apr 2020 #16
I knew I was allergic also at an early age, always playing in Midwest fields. And TWICE... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #12
My husband got the "walked thru smoke" case from hell. Lars39 Apr 2020 #13
I've never reacted to poison ivy or poison oak. MineralMan Apr 2020 #15
Neither did I, until.... Happy Hoosier Apr 2020 #17
I figure it's better to be safe that to be sorry. MineralMan Apr 2020 #19
Risk for allergies increases with each exposure LeftInTX Apr 2020 #26
Yup. My allergy bucket got full. NT Happy Hoosier Apr 2020 #39
My boss had a lot of poison ivy in his backyard at a house he just purchased. Goodheart Apr 2020 #18
Have a friend whose Aunt threw some poison on a brush fire Maggiemayhem Apr 2020 #21
I've read that 1 in 3 people actually *is* immune to poison ivy. forgotmylogin Apr 2020 #20
I have heard poison oak and poison ivy are genetically the same Maggiemayhem Apr 2020 #22
That's likely. forgotmylogin Apr 2020 #23
The same, or very close, soldierant Apr 2020 #29
Wonder if poison sumac is in that family. n/t dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #40
Yes. Mugu Apr 2020 #43
Never saw any of those plants until we moved into our current house. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #51
Unfortunately, I do not know the answer. Mugu Apr 2020 #52
I'm not a doctor. . . Collimator Apr 2020 #24
Anaphylaxis after a period of non-exposure is a well-enough known phenomenon soldierant Apr 2020 #30
Don't burn it! Aussie105 Apr 2020 #27
No one is ever so wrong... Grokenstein Apr 2020 #28
Had he eaten some, my guess is that soldierant Apr 2020 #31
A dear friend of my mother's accidentally "ate" Poison Ivy. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #34
Well, yes. There is that. Thanks. So glad you got there in time. soldierant Apr 2020 #41
Treating poison ivy rash BobsYourUncle Apr 2020 #32
I looked up emetic... BobsYourUncle Apr 2020 #33
For some reason, I am only sensitive to poison ivy in the fall. Blue_true Apr 2020 #35
How to kill it BlueTexasMan Apr 2020 #36
The best way to be rid of it is to bring in a herd of herbivores Mugu Apr 2020 #46
My mother and her father grew in S Arkansas before electricity on a small farm. Both become immun. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #47
I have some now. we can do it Apr 2020 #49
A lot of people will not learn or refuse to learn from such an experience Meowmee Apr 2020 #50
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