I forwarded this to a bunch of folks who have badmouthed venison over the past few years.

Needless to say, more than 50 per cent of my family’s meat consumption is whitetail & muley backstraps and burger (with quite a bit of home-processed jerky, too).

“Ménière’s disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes severe dizziness (vertigo), ringing in the ears (tinnitus), hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness or congestion in the ear. Ménière’s disease usually affects only one ear.”

Do you experience any of these other symptoms?

I’m not trying to diagnose for you, but I’ve dealt with this disease for the past 10 years or so, and it can be effectively managed with medication.

Here’s a good website if you’re looking for more info: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/balance/meniere.html

Good luck. . .

If your fuse blows repeatedly when a (bilge) pump won’t operate:

1) check to see if there is material (pebble, cigarette package wrapper) jamming the pump’s impellor

2) or, nudge the impellor away from the pump motor on the shaft just a bit.

Ranger positioned the bilge access on my ’96 690 VS beneath a battery tray, so it is more than a pain to get at the pumps.

Um-m-m-m. . . when you run into horrific story like this, it’s always a good idea to go to the Snopes website. If you’re not familiar with it, the website is devoted to establishing the veracity of stories making the rounds. Here’s where the “ball pit” legend is discussed: http://www.snopes.com/critters/snakes/ballpit.asp

While the ball pits are probably totally unsanitary, the snakes in the ballpit thing is just a good yarn.

(I see that I was typing and finding the address while others were hitting the “send” button. Oh well, you may find the address useful.)