Ow! Ow! Ow!

[88GT]

I was showing one of my listings this afternoon and walking the exterior when there was excruciating pain in the arch of my foot. One of the lovely pieces of landscaping is some monster of a tree with 3" [STRIKE]thorns[/STRIKE] mace spikes. The spike pierced my barely-there flip-flop and found the tender part of my sole. My whole foot is aching now. And it's a pain (ha! pun intended) to walk. Yes, I've cleaned it out. Yes, I will be seeking a doctor's care and a tetanus booster tomorrow. But in the mean time.....

On a positive note: the buyer's agent was carrying. Sloppy OC for those who have to know. I wanted to ask if he was an INGOer, but it wasn't appropriate conversation at the time. So if he was (and you're reading this Mr. Buyer Agent), here's a shout out!.

 

[mrjarrell]

Sounds like the listing has a honey locust or similar tree that needs cutting down. I hate those suckers.

 

[CathyInBlue]

All honey locusts should be cut down, dug up, incinerated, and the earth where they grew salted. There is nothing of redeeming value in that species.

 

[BogWalker]

All honey locusts should be cut down, dug up, incinerated, and the earth where they grew salted. There is nothing of redeeming value in that species.

We should turn them all to glass

 

[Georgia A Hines]

88GT
But you see, I like those trees. Grew up with them, But they are not for the yard but for the outlying border. They have beautiful foliage and sweet smelling blooms and they bring the bees for pollinating the fruit trees and the garden plants. I also have the red bloomers. Sorry you are hurt, there is probably a tiny piece of the thorn, the very tip of it in your foot. They do get painful. They poison me and so do rose thorns. Makes my skin turn black, not red. Watch for infection and soak in Epsom salts for drawing affect.

 

[churchmouse]

88GT
But you see, I like those trees. Grew up with them, But they are not for the yard but for the outlying border. They have beautiful foliage and sweet smelling blooms and they bring the bees for pollinating the fruit trees and the garden plants. I also have the red bloomers. Sorry you are hurt, there is probably a tiny piece of the thorn, the very tip of it in your foot. They do get painful. They poison me and so do rose thorns. Makes my skin turn black, not red. Watch for infection and soak in Epsom salts for drawing affect.

Well there you go.

 

[hoosierdoc]

PUNCTURE WOUND, Foot - University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview

Was it a rubber soled shoe? Always a risk of a foreign body with puncture wounds to foot. And they hurt like crazy.

 

[snapping turtle]

They are a very hard long burning wood also. I know deer eat the pods.

They are hell on ATV tires.

 

[snapping turtle]

Seems the cuss filter is off. **** ***** ect .

Mods just a test i will report if it is just hell or others that should be filtered.

 

[snapping turtle]

Nope hell is just not on the list of cuss words.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I love Honey Locust trees. Those spines look so cool on the trunk of the tree and they have lots of blooms in the spring and lots of different animals like to eat the bean pods.

But, yeah, I probably wouldn't want one in my yard.

 

[88GT]

I love Honey Locust trees. Those spines look so cool on the trunk of the tree and they have lots of blooms in the spring and lots of different animals like to eat the bean pods.

But, yeah, I probably wouldn't want one in my yard.

Or your foot, let me tell you.

 

[rhino]

I was showing one of my listings this afternoon and walking the exterior when there was excruciating pain in the arch of my foot. One of the lovely pieces of landscaping is some monster of a tree with 3" [STRIKE]thorns[/STRIKE] mace spikes. The spike pierced my barely-there flip-flop and found the tender part of my sole. My whole foot is aching now. And it's a pain (ha! pun intended) to walk. Yes, I've cleaned it out. Yes, I will be seeking a doctor's care and a tetanus booster tomorrow. But in the mean time.....

Did you examine the thorn carefully to make sure none of it got left behind? If there's a piece in there, it could either make your life miserable or your body will eventually absorb it and you'll not notice.

 

[gunman41mag]

TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR FOOT JENN

 

[horsehaulin]

So I should surround my shop fence with these in hopes of keeping the converter thieves out?

 

[Hornett]

If you wait until the wood dries out, and try to cut a honey locust, it will dull your chain saw blade in no time flat.
It actually makes sparks while you are trying to cut it.
Very hard wood once it cures.

 

[michaeladkins]

Those Honey Locust trees are bad news. We have 3 of them in the yard and I am constantly trimming the thorns off. I am always worried my son or the dog is going to get stuck by a thorn.

I did the same as the OP one time and had one stick in my flip flop. Not a great feeling.

Get feeling better soon!

Mike

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

I was showing one of my listings this afternoon and walking the exterior when there was excruciating pain in the arch of my foot. One of the lovely pieces of landscaping is some monster of a tree with 3" [STRIKE]thorns[/STRIKE] mace spikes. The spike pierced my barely-there flip-flop and found the tender part of my sole. My whole foot is aching now. And it's a pain (ha! pun intended) to walk. Yes, I've cleaned it out. Yes, I will be seeking a doctor's care and a tetanus booster tomorrow. But in the mean time.....

On a positive note: the buyer's agent was carrying. Sloppy OC for those who have to know. I wanted to ask if he was an INGOer, but it wasn't appropriate conversation at the time. So if he was (and you're reading this Mr. Buyer Agent), here's a shout out!.

OUCH! One of my roommates had that happen to him when we were playing frisbee once. He ran under this tree and I just saw him tumble to the ground and reaching for his foot. We had to cut off his tennis shoe to get his foot out since the thorn went all the way through the sole of the shoe and almost all the way through his foot.

 

[hammer24]

About 6 or 7 years ago, while out hunting, I made the mistake of accidentally leaning back into a large locust tree. The thorn punctured though my pack, coat, and two additional layers into the small of my back. About 1/2 inch of it broke off under my skin! We couldn't get on it in order to get it out as it was under my skin, so off to the ER. The doc worked on it for quite a while before deciding he had to cut. I'm more careful now.

 

[Birds Away]

That's a big owie! Hope it heals quickly.