You're right, publius, re progressive sensitivity. My first few stings after being torn from my roots in CT and displaced to SC were painful but soon healed. The last sting caused my right hand to swell to about 50% larger than normal.

The only place in the South I'd like to return to is the mountains of Tennessee/North Carolina. The house my fiancée and I had up there saw snow 4 months out of the year and no fire ants.

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