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Scuba Forum / General / April 2007Eel attack!
It finally happened. I don't know how many times I told her she was going to get bitten if she continued to tease moray eels with her finger, but she's learned her lesson now the hard way. Yesterday, while diving off Lanai (at Lighthouse), Janna was trying to point out an eel to me. She reached in to stroke its tail, and apparently the unseen head was nearby and pissed off or hungry or both. I heard the scream, saw the "green" blood start to flow, and grabbed her hand to staunch the bleeding and get her back to the boat OK. When we surfaced, her hand was flowing red. A visit to the hotel doc, followed by a trip to the ER, and she's now bandaged and enjoying the Vicodin. She ended up with some pretty nasty lacerations to her 2nd and 3rd fingers on the right hand. ER Doc didn't want to put in too many stitches as he feared that might increase the risk of infection. Apparently moray mouths aren't too clean. He put one stitch in each of the six worst cuts, but if it heals the way it looks now, she'll end up with nasty scars. No nerve or tendon damage, though the doc warned that she might end up needing some PT to gain full use of the fingers and recommended we find a hand specialist when we get home. I hated to say "I told you so" but did anyway. Many times. I think she got the point. I'm ordering eel tonight at the sushi bar. Evil bastards. > It finally happened. A real gentleman would have blocked the offender, taking the bite himself. ;-) Anyways, hope Janna heals quickly and isn't in too much discomfort. Curtis > > It finally happened. > > A real gentleman would have blocked the offender, taking the bite > himself. ;-) That would have been tough, even for a real gentleman. Had you been around, though, you could have smashed open the coral head and we could have beaten the eel to death. > Anyways, hope Janna heals quickly and isn't in too much discomfort. Thanks. I'll pass that on to her. She was feeling more sorry than anything, apologizing for ending my dive, apologizing for getting blood all over the boat. I asked, "what are you apologizing for, you're the one with the shredded hand?" She wanted me to go on the second dive. At least I was gentleman enough to pass on that (besides, it was cold!). Fortunately the captain thought it a bit rough to do a second dive off Lanai and headed back to Maui, dropping us off on the way to the second dive site. I think he just didn't want any more blood on his boat. She also apologized to my cousin for missing her pre-wedding BBQ yesterday afternoon, but her apologies were again quickly dismissed. Even my family isn't selfish enough to hold that against her. We'll make the wedding today after I dress up Janna's hand with some stylish gauze and tape. I really just hope she'll reform her eel-poking ways. She still claims to love the evil elongated creatures and I have little doubt that she'll go back to poking as soon as she heals. Next time she might not be lucky enough to retain all her fingers. Maybe I'll get her a chain mail glove. I wonder what the Bonaire and Cayman dive nazis would make of that! >> It finally happened. > > A real gentleman would have blocked the offender, taking the bite > himself. ;-) real gentleman liberal may well be an oxymoron. > Anyways, hope Janna heals quickly and isn't in too much discomfort. > > Curtis > >> It finally happened. > > > A real gentleman would have blocked the offender, taking the bite > > himself. ;-) > > real gentleman liberal may well be an oxymoron. You have to be a gun-toting, war-mongering, death-penalizing Republican to be gentle? > You have to be a gun-toting, war-mongering, death-penalizing > Republican to be gentle? No, but it helps. I'm a gun toting, war mongering, death penalizing Democrat. > > You have to be a gun-toting, war-mongering, death-penalizing > > Republican to be gentle? > > No, but it helps. > > I'm a gun toting, war mongering, death penalizing Democrat. Yeah. You're Democrat like I'm NRA. > It finally happened. I don't know how many times I told her she was > going to get bitten if she continued to tease moray eels with her [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > I'm ordering eel tonight at the sushi bar. Evil bastards. Like PADI, you didn't provide her with sufficient risk assessment skills to keep her safe. Unlike PADI, you tried. Sorry to hear about Janna's accident. Hope she heals properly and everything turns out fine. Feel free to tell her I said so. Lee > Like PADI, you didn't provide her with sufficient risk assessment skills to > keep her safe. Unlike PADI, you tried. > > Sorry to hear about Janna's accident. Hope she heals properly and > everything turns out fine. Feel free to tell her I said so. Thanks. It looks like she didn't get an infection, so now it's a matter of deciding whether to let it heal as is, or get some more work done to reduce the scarring. The local they gave her at the ER, several "ring block" injections right to the bone, hurt her much more than the eel, and she's reluctant to have to get any more. >> Like PADI, you didn't provide her with sufficient risk assessment skills to >> keep her safe. Unlike PADI, you tried. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >several "ring block" injections right to the bone, hurt her much more >than the eel, and she's reluctant to have to get any more. Let it scare, it will make a great story when she is a grand mom "Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :I hated to say "I told you so" but did anyway. Many times. I think :she got the point. : :I'm ordering eel tonight at the sushi bar. Evil bastards. May as well enjoy your eel. It's not as if you'll be getting any sex to enjoy. Dan Bracuk If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. > :I'm ordering eel tonight at the sushi bar. Evil bastards. > > May as well enjoy your eel. It's not as if you'll be getting any sex > to enjoy. You will be bringing me a new keyboard to Marathon? > It finally happened. I don't know how many times I told her she was > going to get bitten if she continued to tease moray eels with her [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > I'm ordering eel tonight at the sushi bar. Evil bastards. I hope you're not serious about your anger at eels. It reminds me of a woman I was buddied up with on a dive to the Coronado Islands off San Diego. All of the sudden she started killing sea urchins. Back on the boat I asked her why and she told me she was injured once by running into some sea urchins. Needless to say I never dove with her again. And the irony is she's a pediatric nurse at the Children's Hospital. Adam > I hope you're not serious about your anger at eels. It reminds me of a > woman I was buddied up with on a dive to the Coronado Islands off San > Diego. All of the sudden she started killing sea urchins. Back on the boat > I asked her why and she told me she was injured once by running into some > sea urchins. Needless to say I never dove with her again. And the irony is > she's a pediatric nurse at the Children's Hospital. Not the most politically correct thing to admit --- but when we would dive down in the Coronado's Islands, we too would break open the urchins and feed them to the Garibaldi and Seniority fish. Urchin here are taking over and killing off the kelp population in many areas --- so I feel no guilt in crushing a few to feed the other guys! Kimber  SignaturePink --- It's The New Black!!! http://www.thinkpinkscuba.com > Not the most politically correct thing to admit --- but when we would dive > down in the Coronado's Islands, we too would break open the urchins and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Kimber Sea Urchins eat kelp? Then what do they eat when they're in Hawaii? > Sea Urchins eat kelp? Then what do they eat when they're in Hawaii? Californians? JF > > Not the most politically correct thing to admit --- but when we would dive > > down in the Coronado's Islands, we too would break open the urchins and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sea Urchins eat kelp? Then what do they eat when they're in Hawaii? Other things? http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/echinoderm/Seaurchin.shtml Diet: Sea urchins eat plant and animal matter, including kelp, decaying matter, algae, dead fish, sponges, mussels, and barnacles SignatureDennis > Sea Urchins eat kelp? Then what do they eat when they're in Hawaii? Just like bears... Things that move slower than they do... Adam Helberg wrote:> > I hope you're not serious about your anger at eels. It reminds me of a woman I was > buddied up with on a dive to the Coronado Islands off San Diego. All of the sudden [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Adam Hmmm Just kill urchins because one once hurt her! Man ... I sure hope a kid doesn't bite her!! SignatureRay Contreras =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Webmonkey for: http://www.ossystems.com http://www.bobs-garage.com http://www.coltri-usa.com http://www.rayzplace.com > Hmmm Just kill urchins because one once hurt her! Man ... I sure > hope a kid doesn't bite her!! Well, I kill fireants because I was once bit by one... OK, maybe more than just *once*... >Adam Helberg wrote:> >> I hope you're not serious about your anger at eels. It reminds me of a woman I was [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Hmmm Just kill urchins because one once hurt her! Man ... I sure >hope a kid doesn't bite her!! Why ? you got a problem with veal ? > Why ? you got a problem with veal ? Nice try for a joke, but a "kid" is a goat... Veal is from a young calf (i.e. bovine)... Oh well, what can one expect from a culture that came up with Kapusniak, eh? >> Why ? you got a problem with veal ? > > Nice try for a joke, but a "kid" is a goat... Veal is from a young > calf (i.e. bovine)... Oh well, what can one expect from a culture that > came up with Kapusniak, eh? what's wrong with kapusniak done well it's lovely and really nice meal on a cold winters night > what's wrong with kapusniak done well it's lovely and really nice meal on a > cold winters night Awh, come on... Sour cabbage soup? Hell, it just *sounds* disgusting... Cold winter nights are when you make some chili... >> what's wrong with kapusniak done well it's lovely and really nice meal on >> a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Cold winter nights are when you make some chili... the Polish over on the Eastern border aren't into chilli afaik ( didn't see it on the menu ). The kapusniak with dumplings was lovely after hiking through the snow eaten in a little pub in front of an open fire wash down with a few beers. Atmosphere probably had a lot to do with it > the Polish over on the Eastern border aren't into chilli afaik ( didn't see > it on the menu ). The kapusniak with dumplings was lovely after hiking > through the snow eaten in a little pub in front of an open fire wash down > with a few beers. > > Atmosphere probably had a lot to do with it I suspect that the 'atmosphere' created after eating sour cabbage is similar to that created after eating chili with beans... <grin> >> the Polish over on the Eastern border aren't into chilli afaik ( didn't >> see [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I suspect that the 'atmosphere' created after eating sour cabbage is > similar to that created after eating chili with beans... <grin> don't sit to close to the open fire > >> what's wrong with kapusniak done well it's lovely and really nice meal on > >> a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > through the snow eaten in a little pub in front of an open fire wash down > with a few beers. ?????????????? - just curious > Atmosphere probably had a lot to do with it >> >> what's wrong with kapusniak done well it's lovely and really nice meal >> >> on [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > ?????????????? - just curious about > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > about your story. >> <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > your story. Spent some time doing day walks in the Promsel region of Poland. Stayed in some local pubs Gasthof type accommodation and used to eat local sauerkraut and dumpling soup. Cheap, filling and warming. Travel over in there winter as my wife is a teacher and those are our long holidays > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > and dumpling soup. Cheap, filling and warming. Travel over in there winter > as my wife is a teacher and those are our long holidays still confused Promsel???? There is no such region in Poland >><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > still confused Promsel???? There is no such region in Poland Pommern? > janus...@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > Pommern? Are you kidding? In Polish it would be Pomorze and definitely it is not in the Eastern part of the country. BTW what is word origin of Pommern? Janusz >>>>Spent some time doing day walks in the Promsel region of Poland. Stayed in >>>>some local pubs Gasthof type accommodation and used to eat local sauerkraut [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > BTW what is word origin of Pommern? Don't know, just a quick draw.. Pomme de terre, because of Huguenotte imigrants? Matthias > janus...@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Don't know, just a quick draw.. Pomme de terre, because of > Huguenotte imigrants? Really long shot :-)))) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomerania#Origin_and_meaning_of_the_name In Polish and couple of other Slavic languages origin is quite obvious and Latin version is derived from them. I was only curious about German version of the name if it is distorted thru centuries Slavic name or maybe has other roots. Janusz >> janus...@hotmail.com wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > Janusz >> janus...@hotmail.com wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >> >> > still confused Promsel???? There is no such region in Poland Sorry it is my German heritage ( and probably crook spelling ) coming out, in polish I think it is Pryzemysl, know it? lovely C8th town, eastern border near the Ukraine. SE of Krakow. In the surrounding area there are some beautiful villages and great day walks. Apparently excellent summer hiking in the Mtns as well >> Pommern? > > Are you kidding? In Polish it would be Pomorze and definitely it is > not in the Eastern part of the country. > > BTW what is word origin of Pommern? buggered if I know > Janusz > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > In the surrounding area there are some beautiful villages and great day > walks. Apparently excellent summer hiking in the Mtns as well So it was Przemysl. Have you seen WWI fortifications? Janusz >> <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] >> > So it was Przemysl. Have you seen WWI fortifications? I understand some of the C19 fortification were converted and stopped the Russians very very interesting iirc Lovely churches and nice walks by the river > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 72 lines] > Russians very very interesting iirc Lovely churches and nice walks by the > river8 Some? After Antwerp and Verdun it was 3rd largest stronghold of WWI. The battles caused both sides approx.115 killed, wounded and MIA. When have you been there? Janusz >> <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] >> river8 > Some? After Antwerp and Verdun it was 3rd largest stronghold of WWI. very interesting, don't know to much about WW1 in the east as my grandfathers served on the western front, one on each side > The battles caused both sides approx.115 killed, wounded and MIA. I assume you are missing a few zeros > When have you been there? 2002 > Janusz > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 95 lines] > > I assume you are missing a few zeros thousands > > When have you been there? > > 2002 > > > Janusz >> <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 109 lines] > > thousands must do a bit of research on it, thanks On 19 Kwi, 10:29, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:55:33 +1000, "dechucka" > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Awh, come on... Sour cabbage soup? Hell, it just *sounds* > disgusting... It looks that you don't know what good food means. > Cold winter nights are when you make some chili... chili? disgusting. It looks like digested once Janusz > chili? disgusting. It looks like digested once Nawh, refried beans are what look like they have been previously digested... On 19 Kwi, 11:22, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com> wrote: > On 19 Apr 2007 02:03:05 -0700, "janus...@hotmail.com" > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Nawh, refried beans are what look like they have been previously > digested... No. I has to be chili. Once when I was seasick guys forced me to eat some and as I remember on the both ways it looked and tasted the same ;-) Janusz >> chili? disgusting. It looks like digested once > > Nawh, refried beans are what look like they have been previously > digested... good chilli warms you up that night and than the next morning but at different ends > > It finally happened. I don't know how many times I told her she was > > going to get bitten if she continued to tease moray eels with her [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > was injured once by running into some sea urchins. Needless to say I never dove with > her again. And the irony is she's a pediatric nurse at the Children's Hospital. No, I do like eels. Still. Sergeant majors and other pesky damselfish are another story. I try to smack them whenever I get a chance. > It finally happened. I don't know how many times I told her she was > going to get bitten if she continued to tease moray eels with her [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > I'm ordering eel tonight at the sushi bar. Evil bastards. Best wishes to Janna. Hope she heals quickly, and remembers the adage "look, but don't touch!" And if I know women (and lets face it, I probably don't) she's even now figuring a way to make this your fault. ;) Dennis > It finally happened. I don't know how many times I told her she was > going to get bitten if she continued to tease moray eels with her > finger, but she's learned her lesson now the hard way. I'm sorry she's hurt and will have lots to go through. Please give her my best and I hope she can enjoy the rest of the trip anyway. She is lucky that it wasn't worse. A Belizean friend of mine, almost lost his whole arm. He's got some pretty nasty scars. I must say, you are being charitable considering you are a sharkbite victim. (snip) > I'm sorry she's hurt and will have lots to go through. Please give her my > best and I hope she can enjoy the rest of the trip anyway. Will do. She had fun showing it off at the wedding (one of the guests was an ER doc, so we also got a free consult). Champagne and Vicodin is apparently a good combination. > She is lucky that it wasn't worse. A Belizean friend of mine, almost lost > his whole arm. He's got some pretty nasty scars. They have bigger eels in Belize. It's colder water in Hawaii, so they're all little and shriveled up. > I must say, you are being charitable considering you are a sharkbite victim. Being invulnerable, the shark bite didn't even break the skin. And I'm sure I've teased as many eels as she has, but my fierce visage cows them into submission. I almost got my hand munched by a spotted eagle ray on Friday. Those guys have plates much nastier than the stingrays of Stingray City. I was always afraid of feeding horses when I was a kid, so I have no idea why I let the winged beastie munch a few mussels out of my hand. Fortunately, probably again due to invulnerability, it didn't munch any muscles. > It finally happened. I don't know how many times I told her she was > going to get bitten if she continued to tease moray eels with her > finger, but she's learned her lesson now the hard way. Of course, she'll blame you for it... According to them, it's our fault if they do stupid things and they get to take the credit for when us guys *do not* do stupid things... So, is her new nickname going to be "Lefty"? Lana'i is nice, isn't it? But where did you find a sushi bar? Next time rent a Jeep. (Just kidding, I know you're staying on Maui..) kula > It finally happened. I don't know how many times I told her she was > going to get bitten if she continued to tease moray eels with her > finger, but she's learned her lesson now the hard way. - Saw a video of some guy who grabbed hold of a sharks tail.. -- and ( Yes..) > I'm ordering eel tonight at the sushi bar. Evil bastards. - No need for helmets or seat belts; - can't happen here..! ( Governor John Corzine ) |
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