*I can only pay you in baked goods and money I design myself and print off at home. It has my face on it!

I totally want some Hobocamp Bucks now. Collect 'em all.

Maybe you could open a Cafe Press store and sell Hobocamp Brand stuff... like mugs and t-shirts. A calendar of tasteful Sleeping Bag Coat shots would sell like hotcakes...

 

one word: foamy.

 

I tried to pass a meg50 buck bill off to a stripper last night. Chick was displeased. And more than a little uptight for someone who works in a peeler bar, if you ask me.

a star mentioned Cafe Press. You could also combine your best posts into a book and sell it on your site.

You could call it Mein HoboKampf.

 

ummm I did a little research... because, what else am i going o do at work.

Good news: Your GP or practice nurse may only be able to provide some vaccinations free. These can vary across practices, but usually include:

typhoid,hepatitis A,meningitis C, andtetanus, diphtheria and polio (which are combined in one vaccine).

bad news: Other vaccinations are not usually free. Your GP may charge for them (including an administration fee) or refer you to a special travel clinic. They include:

yellow fever,meningococcal meningitis,japanese and tick-borne encephalitis,hepatitis B, andrabies.


really not fun news: You will have to go back more than once for the rabies jab because it is usually given in three doses.


You can always just seduce another doctor, right? though you would have to go to a different hospital for that.

 

I would bet money you aren't going anywhere. You just got a love bite from Garrett Reid so now you need a shot.

 

HepB is a three shot series too, as I recall. Awesome reference to Oregon Trail, btw.

 

Some thoughts:

1.) Get some of the Hep ones for free at an STD clinic. Start now!

2.) Shouldn't the program pay for your shots, if you're going for work?

3.) I actually now someone who was bit by a bat. Except he didn't know it at the time, waited to long before realizing what happened, and now may die. He only waited like 5 days, and the doctors told him, "You'll either start dying, or you want." It is INSANE. Next Wednesday is his all clear date, but he could still get symptomatic between now and then. I ask you, as a rep. of the medical field, how come we can't find a way to fix the disease once it takes hold???

4.) Finally, and perhaps most importantly, where's the construction dude update? My loins are moist with anticipation. They have been for some time. It is starting to get ripe.

 

Dude. Is it just the rabies shot that's jacking the price up to $700? Because even after you've gotten your rabies via Craigslist, you're still going to have to shell out for those other shots, right? Maybe you should look for somebody to infect you with all that other stuff too, just to be on the safe side.

 

Meggums, the fact that you wrote "no weirdos"... I mean... have you forgotten who you are?

They are drawn to you like moths to the flame, m'dear.

 

If you solicit for contributions I promise not to pay with the 3megbuck I've had in my wallet for a while ,,, the one next to the dried up condom.

 

I think you should set up a "Rabies for Hobocamp!" charitable fund. I'll donate.

Also, Jason, please do not ever refer to your loins and moistness again - JESUS!

 

good lord that is hilarious. you have to post the replies you get- oh please get replies!

 

hey meg!

member when i lived in uganda? here are some tips.

i got all those vaccinations except rabies...which- surprise! -was the most expensive. i thought id take my chances (and they hurt really bad and i think there are at least 3 in the series) heres the kicker. the rabies vaccine that my classmates got...the federal lot # they ALL had (except for maybe 2 people who had the shots before uganda)...were RECALLED. BUNK! the vaccine wasnt even good...for all that work and money. so dont feel bad if you dont wanna spend like 400 bux on it....? justa tip.
i didnt get bitten by rats on a regualr basis or anything, although, they lived in my room. nice.

MMR was justa booster, so its cheap
i think dip was a booster too
typhoid was pills for 5 days
and HEP A and B you should have anyway for you day to day life in NYC. really. they have combined shot for those now. 3 in the series, but half of people convert with the first shot.

as for yellow fever. ouch and yuck. it was only given 3 places in all of illinois...and i think it was 100 bux. and it burns. but hey! i didnt get yellow fever. and you def. dont need it to get to east africa...but you do need it to get back stateside...yikes!

in the interest of money and psychological effects...i also researched my anti-malarial before i left. some are once a week some are daily and they all suck pretty much. the weekly one (larium/mefloquine) makes some people freak out and have crazy dreams too (i think 4 people out of 17 had allergies to it) and its challenge to remember once a week...7 people got malaria. i took doxycycline...it is super cheap and daily. but my body was not happy taking it for 5 months (it gave me wretched heartburn). if youre heading there for 2 maybe its something to consider. ? it took awhile for my body to wig out.

anywho, if you have more questions you should call me...tanzania and uganda and neighbors...so they climate and situation are alot alike. and were friends! (and im jealous of your trip)

oh, and get a prescription for ciproflaxin before you do. its awful stuff, but sadly...saved my life 6 or 7 times. :(

xoxoxo becky

 

According to a freind of mine (whom I trust implicitly) "...she need not *actually* contract rabies, she only needs the *threat* of rabies. My friend got the whole inoculation and it was totally covered by her insurance because a feral kitten bit her, just a little."

Just so you know.

 

All I know is that if you do get rabies, I will totally have a Support the Rabid Fun Run for you. Like Michael Scott had for Meredith after he hit her with a car. I'm thinking of the t-shirts already.

 

I saw a documentary on rabies on the Discovery Channel when I was in the hospital - I guess they figure that sort of thing cheers people up. Never realized how serious a disease it is; there are only six known survivors, and the only treatment, by chemical induction of coma, is completely experimental and has only worked once. So, I say it's money well spent.

When I went to Asia a couple of the vaccines weren't covered. We got around this, really mostly by accident, by going to Belgium. There was a Tropical Medicine center there that gave us all manner of injections, and then they couldn't figure out how to bill Americans for that sort of thing, so they didn't.

At the time I got by with chloraquine for my anti-malarial, but I think Africa has been resistant to that one for ages. FYI, anti-malarials cost pennies in the countries you might need them in, or at least this was true 15 years ago with India.

Sounds like it should be amazing fun. Zipaway pants, eh? Sounds like a party.

 

Africa!! How exciting! My Mum's a nurse and if you come to England, she will give you all of the required jabs for free, especially as she loves ya x

 

That shit is hysterical, but I just wondered one little thing... I'm not that good with the insurance thing- I HAVE it, I just am not sure if this works really- if the clinic doesn't take insurance... but your insurance company will cover that stuff.... you can just get reimbursed, right? So... just make sure your insurance company covers it! Or, instead, just go through all the motions with the clinic, then steal the schedule and work it out yourself at some place that takes your insurance. Rock on. ;)
Alternatively, DON'T GO TO AFRICA! I should talk. I fully intend on going on safari in a few years.
Good luck with the shots, and my word verification is nhjvag. Nice vag?

 

This is a genius idea! I could only imagine some of the responses you have received so far.

 

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Merry Christmas!

 

And....Happy New Year! Thanks for reading my poorly written/conceived crap.