Okay, Hugh MacKay

Neighbor wants to plant his terraces in corn for the deer and that ought to make a good 'maiden voyage' for it.

Got any idea what those silly "bumps" are on the insecticide boxes are? Derned if I can see a purpose for 'em.

Allan

BT-genetics are replacing these things these days. Score a net positive for genetic engineering.

--->Paul

The product I used in one of these was called Counter 15G. Really just a replacment for Furadan 15G or Dasanit 15G. They worked well for those nasty chemicals you didn't want on your flesh. I don't know if the idea caught on, haven't seen anyone using them in recent years, nor have I seen it on new planters. The ones I had came from the chemical company, you just cut 3 to 4 inch hole in lid and fitted that device. The idea is good, just have a feeling it got standardized.

I have a cousin who's son was putting granular Furadan in one day, out of bags. Before closing lids he leveled material off with his hand. Two hours later he found himself at Poision Control Center of Hospital. They almost lost him. Doctors determined he absorbed the chemical through a cut or scratch on his hand. He was a very lucky guy.

Like Billyiron says, I been away for awhile.

Can't remember the number of times I've leveled the box of Furadan with my bare hands. :>)

Allan

Since seeing billyiron's post I believe I had the words in wrong order, it was Lock N' Load.

Like Billyiron says, I been away for awhile.

Can't remember the number of times I've leveled the box of Furadan with my bare hands. :>)

Allan

I always unhooked the dudes when not corn on corn so that they don't needlessly wear. Then, ya gotta have somewhere to carry the drive chains. :>)

Allan

I always unhooked the dudes when not corn on corn so that they don't needlessly wear. Then, ya gotta have somewhere to carry the drive chains. :>)

Allan

steveormary

I know my friend was not absolutely sure with his cancer. He just noted that he never felt the same after using the chemical. I remember using one called Tote, a herbacide for use in cabbage, broccoli, rutabagas, etc. I always felt it did more damage to me than it did the weeds.

The one that scares me today is the statistic that our oxygen content in the atmosphere has droped from 40% down below 20% since the beginning of the industrial revolution. We are using bottled water at ever increasing rate. My dad said in the 1950s, water we drink and the air we breath would always be free. Living beings have adapted very well to harmful chemicals. I don't think we will do so well without water or oxygen. I'd be kind of curious if my dad were alive, if he would change his opinion?

I just asked the wife. She says the jury is still out on this, but that it "tends" to run in familys.

She says the blow to the head would be more in line with cause than the chemicals.

Just passin' it on,

Allan

Thanks for the reply. Dont know about the Doctors either. Fergit that. I lean toward heredity and the blow to the head. So far I am doing ok with it. I have had PD now for about 9 years and hope I can make it for another 10. Thanks for putting up with all this and y"all be careful.

steveormary

PD has a hereditary link as well as physical trauma causations - my Mom was diagnosed with it early in her 50s, possibly from anesthesia during a back surgery (took her hours to come out of it - they thought she was going into a coma). Her brother was diagnosed with it a few years after her symptoms showed. They grew up living in the shadow of the thread mills in Rossville, GA so there is no telling what industrial byproducts they were exposed to in their formative years.

The hereditary link concerns me as I am the reincarnation of my uncle (just 33 years younger). The drugs they have now are so much better than what they started my Mom out on 20 years ago - just make sure the doc knows what is working for you and what is not. My Mom was irreversibly harmed by a then-new drug that did its damage before they realized its effect on her.

Keep fighting the disease as best you can - the best revenge is living well and not letting it beat you down. You have my prayers.

Thanks for the inputs and replys. Y"all be careful and stay safe.

steveormary

Thanks for the reply. Dont know about the Doctors either. Fergit that. I lean toward heredity and the blow to the head. So far I am doing ok with it. I have had PD now for about 9 years and hope I can make it for another 10. Thanks for putting up with all this and y"all be careful.

steveandmary

He had been a crop duster since the end of WWII working in the Salinas Valley in California. My mom has black and white photos of him, smiling, pouring chemicals directly from metal cans with no protective gloves or anything on into the spray tanks of his plane. He sprayed all kinds of stuff like DDT and such that have been banned for years. I do not doubt for one moment that the chemical exposure was a cause of his untimely death.

Then again, at the time, there were no warnings about use and handling. Though my Grandfather on more than one occasion would not work for a given farmer because they would tell him the field was empty, and he would swoop in to begin spraying and entire migarant families with children were running, having been in the fields working. He did not like the attitude many landowners held that they were "just Mexicans" and who cares if they get sprayed.

Makes you wonder how many uncounted deaths among workers were never linked to use of this stuff.

Sorry Alan in NE for changing the subject. For what it's worth, that's a heck of a planter you got for very little money!

steveormary