From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Same. I've never had any kind of reaction to one, but this one kicked my butt and gave me a 24hr bug. (and I'm only assuming that's what it was, as it started by the very next morning...) Hopefully all is well with you and there is no reanimation.
ReplyDeleteI always feel crappy the next day. Small price.
ReplyDeleteI've got the flu. I was going to get the shot next week.
ReplyDeleteBoo.
ReplyDeleteMakes me think of the old line from MASH - "Remember that shot you gave me for the flu...it worked, I got it"
ReplyDeleteThe hit your immune system takes and the fallout of catching a cold in the aftermath is better than being bedridden for a week and vomiting.
ReplyDeleteThe flu is so much worse than the side effects of the shot, and is lethal for a scary number of people. We forget how dangerous the flu is because of how successful the shots are.
Also, that guy from reanimator is Jeffrey Combs, the voice of Ratchet from Transformers Prime. He was also a couple of characters on Star Trek and was the voice of The Question on the justice league cartoon.
ReplyDeleteThis year's formulation of the flu shot made me feel like hot garbage for a couple days. Hope you fare better!
ReplyDeleteThe nurse was saying this one was different from the earlier formula this season. Four strains instead of three. What that means for the patient the next day we'll see!
ReplyDeleteTMI I know, but I was literally both-end'ing it that next morning. I have not been that sick since a food poisoning bout a few years ago.
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ReplyDeleteJesse Morgan My favorite Jeffrey Combs role is his psycho Mulder FBI agent from Peter Jackson's The Frighteners.
ReplyDeleteHe basically steals the movie
I STILL need to see that. Maybe tonight.
ReplyDelete"My body... is a road map.... of pain."
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