Crash Coregan
Last Sunday I was riding down the road nearing the suburb of Fremont called "Niles". This is where Charley Chaplin made most if not all of his movies. In any even I had missed my medication the morning before and had to take a double dose that evening. So this morning when I took my medication I was still a bit overdosed.
I was riding along and perhaps not paying a great deal of attention as I approached a new overpass with a good bike lane on it. The section I was on was rough road but not horrible. Suddenly I was thrown up in the air and my main concern was not hitting my head on the curb. I managed to fall on my entire right side. I was totally confused, I had struck my head but lightly since my body absorbed most of the impact and my head just slapped down on the asphalt. But there hadn't been anything in the road to do that! I was trying to get up and some driver stopped and was helping me up. He must have been a cyclist because he was putting the chain back on the crankset since it had fallen off. I said something along the lines of "What in the hell did I hit." And he said that a pine cone had fallen out of a tree and bounced from my right side under the front wheel. I hope I thanked him for his help but I was too confused to remember. I immediately turned around and came back before the pain set in. That was a completely new one on me. I can't remember ever having a pine cone fall near me in all my years of riding. Though that might be lost in my concussion memory. In any case my right side is REALLY sore. My right hip sustained some road rash but just barely and the Pearl Izumi's didn't get any visible damage. Good thing since they are top of the line and my favorites. After I get back from a ride I can sit down for awhile without getting sweat buildup and sores in my crotch before a shower. None of the others will do that, it's straight into the shower no matter how hard you've ridden. Now I can't sleep well since I normally lay on my right side. And I managed to hurt my shoulder a little more from the bad sleep. I'll sure be glad when this heals up. It reminds me of that insurance commercial where the squirrel is throwing pine cones at someone's car. |
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:28:37 -0700, Joerg wrote:
I've had my cone comeuppance a different way. During a long desert drive it got late. Aahhh, some trees, lets overnight there so we can sleep in and won't be pelted by the morning sun. No tent needed, just roll out the mats and the sleeping bags and the doze off. Shortly thereafter phsss ... BUMPH. One of these had landed just a foot from my head: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/12...er-pine-cones- large-in-hand_1024x1024.jpg?v=1506527768 Naah, this is a "pine cone" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A...illii_cone.jpg Further info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_bidwillii The distribution is far wider than they say. I know/knew of one about 60 miles north of Sydney and would hold a ride every year in the hope of scoreing some of the cones to take to our camp for roasting and boiling. You'd also see them in moist gullies up the east coast when bushwalking. |
Crash Coregan
On 2018-10-30 21:18, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:28:37 -0700, Joerg wrote: I've had my cone comeuppance a different way. During a long desert drive it got late. Aahhh, some trees, lets overnight there so we can sleep in and won't be pelted by the morning sun. No tent needed, just roll out the mats and the sleeping bags and the doze off. Shortly thereafter phsss ... BUMPH. One of these had landed just a foot from my head: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/12...er-pine-cones- large-in-hand_1024x1024.jpg?v=1506527768 Naah, this is a "pine cone" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A...illii_cone.jpg Further info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_bidwillii The distribution is far wider than they say. I know/knew of one about 60 miles north of Sydney and would hold a ride every year in the hope of scoreing some of the cones to take to our camp for roasting and boiling. You'd also see them in moist gullies up the east coast when bushwalking. Wow, everything seems to be bigger in Australia. Pine cones, snakes, road trains. I didn't know you can roast and eat pine cones. In our area only squirrels and a few other animals eat them but mostly only partially. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
Crash Coregan
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:58:47 -0700, Joerg
wrote: On 2018-10-30 21:18, news18 wrote: On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:28:37 -0700, Joerg wrote: I've had my cone comeuppance a different way. During a long desert drive it got late. Aahhh, some trees, lets overnight there so we can sleep in and won't be pelted by the morning sun. No tent needed, just roll out the mats and the sleeping bags and the doze off. Shortly thereafter phsss ... BUMPH. One of these had landed just a foot from my head: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/12...er-pine-cones- large-in-hand_1024x1024.jpg?v=1506527768 Naah, this is a "pine cone" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A...illii_cone.jpg Further info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_bidwillii The distribution is far wider than they say. I know/knew of one about 60 miles north of Sydney and would hold a ride every year in the hope of scoreing some of the cones to take to our camp for roasting and boiling. You'd also see them in moist gullies up the east coast when bushwalking. Wow, everything seems to be bigger in Australia. Pine cones, snakes, road trains. I didn't know you can roast and eat pine cones. In our area only squirrels and a few other animals eat them but mostly only partially. I suspect that the squirrels are eating the pine seeds contained in the cone, not the cone itself :-) cheers, John B. |
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On 2018-10-31 16:03, John B. slocomb wrote:
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:58:47 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2018-10-30 21:18, news18 wrote: On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:28:37 -0700, Joerg wrote: I've had my cone comeuppance a different way. During a long desert drive it got late. Aahhh, some trees, lets overnight there so we can sleep in and won't be pelted by the morning sun. No tent needed, just roll out the mats and the sleeping bags and the doze off. Shortly thereafter phsss ... BUMPH. One of these had landed just a foot from my head: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/12...er-pine-cones- large-in-hand_1024x1024.jpg?v=1506527768 Naah, this is a "pine cone" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A...illii_cone.jpg Further info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_bidwillii The distribution is far wider than they say. I know/knew of one about 60 miles north of Sydney and would hold a ride every year in the hope of scoreing some of the cones to take to our camp for roasting and boiling. You'd also see them in moist gullies up the east coast when bushwalking. Wow, everything seems to be bigger in Australia. Pine cones, snakes, road trains. I didn't know you can roast and eat pine cones. In our area only squirrels and a few other animals eat them but mostly only partially. I suspect that the squirrels are eating the pine seeds contained in the cone, not the cone itself :-) cheers, Ours eat them down to the core. What's left looks like a short stick. Squirrels aren't very smart and they probably don't think about the consequences of what they eat. I saw one scarf down a big mushroom the size of a hand. The next day I saw a dead squirrel less than 10ft from there. Who knows, maybe it wanted to go over the rainbow bridge with some major brain fireworks. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 7:15:27 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote:
Snipped Squirrels aren't very smart and they probably don't think about the consequences of what they eat. I saw one scarf down a big mushroom the size of a hand. The next day I saw a dead squirrel less than 10ft from there. Who knows, maybe it wanted to go over the rainbow bridge with some major brain fireworks. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ Some people think that if they see a squirrel eating any mushroom that the mushroom is safe for humans too. That is utterly FALSE. http://www.mushroomthejournal.com/gr...s/squir27.html "According to Dr. John Rippon, an IMA member and world expert on fungal diseases, squirrels have an interesting adaptation that allows them to eat mushrooms containing deadly amanita-toxins without being affected. There are three important chemicals in the amanitas. Two will knock you right off, but are destroyed in cooking. The third one is the interesting one: it consists of the second amanitin, bound tightly to a glycoprotein molecule. When we digest the mushroom, the enzymes in our gut break the bond between the toxin and the glycoprotein, leaving the toxin free to enter our bloodstream, while the glycoprotein is excreted (a glycoprotein is a mucus molecule, in case you don't know). What the squirrels have done is line their gut with a toxin-compatible glycoprotein, so that as soon as it gets split from its original glycoprotein molecule, it gets rebound to the squirrel glycoprotein, and excreted along with it. Obviously, the squirrels don't cook their food to destroy the first two molecules, but presumably those get bound in exactly the same way. Thus, squirrels and a few other animals (guinea pigs also, I believe) can eat mushrooms that are highly toxic to other animals with no ill effects." Also, certain amanita mushrooms/toadstools have a toxin that is NOT DESTROYED BY COOKING! Thus even if those are cooked they remain toxic to humans. Also, some varieties of the amanita genus of mushrooms/toadstools have NO KNOWN ANTIDOTE. Cheers |
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On 2018-10-31 20:27, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 7:15:27 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote: Snipped Squirrels aren't very smart and they probably don't think about the consequences of what they eat. I saw one scarf down a big mushroom the size of a hand. The next day I saw a dead squirrel less than 10ft from there. Who knows, maybe it wanted to go over the rainbow bridge with some major brain fireworks. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ Some people think that if they see a squirrel eating any mushroom that the mushroom is safe for humans too. That is utterly FALSE. http://www.mushroomthejournal.com/gr...s/squir27.html "According to Dr. John Rippon, an IMA member and world expert on fungal diseases, squirrels have an interesting adaptation that allows them to eat mushrooms containing deadly amanita-toxins without being affected. There are three important chemicals in the amanitas. Two will knock you right off, but are destroyed in cooking. The third one is the interesting one: it consists of the second amanitin, bound tightly to a glycoprotein molecule. When we digest the mushroom, the enzymes in our gut break the bond between the toxin and the glycoprotein, leaving the toxin free to enter our bloodstream, while the glycoprotein is excreted (a glycoprotein is a mucus molecule, in case you don't know). What the squirrels have done is line their gut with a toxin-compatible glycoprotein, so that as soon as it gets split from its original glycoprotein molecule, it gets rebound to the squirrel glycoprotein, and excreted along with it. Obviously, the squirrels don't cook their food to destroy the first two molecules, but presumably those get bound in exactly the same way. Thus, squirrels and a few other animals (guinea pigs also, I believe) can eat mushrooms that are highly toxic to other animals with no ill effects." Yes, they can eat mushrooms. However, this fellow ate the whole thing and it was bigger than he was. Gut lining only goes so far. I don't know if it was him but the next day I found a dead squirrel of same appearance not far from this spot and it didn't look like hit or attacked by anything or fallen out of a tree (no high trees there). Some humans do this stuff, too, for whatever reason, except they use syringes. Also, certain amanita mushrooms/toadstools have a toxin that is NOT DESTROYED BY COOKING! Thus even if those are cooked they remain toxic to humans. Also, some varieties of the amanita genus of mushrooms/toadstools have NO KNOWN ANTIDOTE. I know. That's why all my mushroom-collecting friends and relatives kept saying not to eat any mushroom unless an expert has deemed it ok, and only if you can really trust that person. My solution is to buy any mushrooms I eat in the store. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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