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I have 2% Neanderthal genes (most people of European descent have some...up to 4%) and five of those supposedly make me unafraid of heights. That's so true! I love heights ...riding in a open WWI biplane was one of the most pleasurable things I've ever done. I also love headlands ...the taller and the louder the sea crashing on the rocks, the better. Some day I hope to hang glide.
 

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JaniceM said:
You handle snakes but are afraid of horses??
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Horses more deadly than snakes in Australia, data shows​

Horses killed more people in Australia in recent years than all venomous animals combined, research has shown.

From 2000 to 2013, horses were responsible for 74 deaths.
JaniceM said:
911 said: Any bovine with horns is dangerous.
You said: or any animal with horns.
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I think that is true.

The "bull" I fought had horns, and both the bull and the horns looked a whole lot bigger from behind the cape than they do in the picture, LOL.
 
JaniceM said:
or any animal with horns.

When I read your post, what came to mind is how goats act if you annoy them.. and wondering if that's where that old expression 'getting someone's goat' came from?!?
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When I worked on the farm and we would have some angry steers, they would tell me to go get the "calming goat." We had a goat that was very, very relaxed and calm all the time. He was fun to be around. He would climb on top of his structure we had made for him to go inside during bad weather. I could lead him around by grabbing a horn and using it to steer him. He was really gentile. The other men would tell me if I needed to calm any animals, just put a goat in with them. Maybe that's where it came from. But, I can also tell you that goats do like to lower their head and butt you. The men used to say never turn your back on a goat and bend over. You become a target.
 
JaniceM said:
You handle snakes but are afraid of horses??
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I hate talking about fears, but anyway ... I'm not particularly afraid of spiders, snakes, or even wolves, etc., because mostly they avoid me or are oblivious to my existence.

But I'm afraid of many animals that most people love. And especially afraid of anything that swims or flies. Now THAT's creepy!
 
win231 said:
:) I handle non-venomous snakes. Not much risk. And I can tell whether one is friendly or not.
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Well, they're still creepy.
NorthernLight said:
I hate talking about fears, but anyway ... I'm not particularly afraid of spiders, snakes, or even wolves, etc., because mostly they avoid me or are oblivious to my existence.

But I'm afraid of many animals that most people love. And especially afraid of anything that swims or flies. Now THAT's creepy!
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After watching Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds when I was too young, I've never really liked birds. Not an actual fear, but prefer when they're not too close.
 
hollydolly said:
good Lord Tish, wow, how eerie .. has that only ever been while you were nursing, ?.. has it ever happened before a family member of friend has passed ?
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No, it started while I was nursing and now I am somehow stuck with it.
It does happen before a family member passes or someone I am close to as well as when I walk into a hospital.

It's absolutely horrible, it makes me physically ill when it happens.
I just wish I knew what it is.
 
Tish said:
No, it started while I was nursing and now I am somehow stuck with it.
It does happen before a family member passes or someone I am close to as well as when I walk into a hospital.

It's absolutely horrible, it makes me physically ill when it happens.
I just wish I knew what it is.
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oooh I can't even imagine the distress this must cause you... :(
 
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I started Community College age 54, Deans List, Founder/President ActiveMinds@TC3-1st successful Active Minds at a 2-year colege, honor graduate, AAS Chemical Dependency Counseling. Bottom pictures are from High School. Elected Superlative: Most Courteous. New kid/New The Clarian school newspaper sponsored The Ugiest Man on Campus, penny a vote to win the cherished title of The Ugliest Man on Campus, I won. not bad for the new kid.
 
911 said:
But, I can also tell you that goats do like to lower their head and butt you. The men used to say never turn your back on a goat and bend over. You become a target.
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Reminds me of when I was 16 working the summer on a relative's property in NC. This one pasture had a billy goat, there was a tree stump with a short handled sledge hammer on it just inside the gate. They said that when the billy goat gets that "I'm gonna butt you", look in his eyes, you better pick up that sledge and smack him on the head as hard as you can. They weren't lying! He butted me, I smacked him, was afraid I might kill him but he just shook his head...his skull bone must be 6 inches thick.
 
JaniceM said:
In the first instance I was at the beach, only by the grace of God did I get away from the guy. In the second instance I was taking a shortcut through an alley, the second guy didn't approach or harm me, just stared.
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How did you find out they were serial killers? And did you really bother to get a good look at the guy in the alley (stare bac) as you were walking?
 
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