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Post by The Godly El Sabah Nur on Jan 20, 2004 2:54:03 GMT -5
Ok, Thorin, where were you stationed, and what kind of insects did they have there? I was stationed in Hawaii and there's TONS of cockroaches there. Plus huge, venomous centipedes. Nur help you if you got stung by one. There's also scorpions in Hawaii as well.
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Post by Tar A on Jan 20, 2004 12:36:07 GMT -5
Oh ew.
I'm all in favor of hijacking the thread myself. There's always the kitties to come back to, you know.
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Post by Warrior Thorin on Jan 20, 2004 15:37:25 GMT -5
Ok, Thorin, where were you stationed, and what kind of insects did they have there? I was stationed in Hawaii and there's TONS of cockroaches there. Plus huge, venomous centipedes. Nur help you if you got stung by one. There's also scorpions in Hawaii as well. Well, I did time at Schofield Barracks, but the only thing I got stung by were mosquitoes. I did see some awesome looking frogs there, though. I was also in Panama where I saw many multi-colored bugs and creatures and was bitten by a vampire bat (rabies shots defintely sucked too). I was also stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas where you had to watch out for the cows when you were driving on the ranges, as well as the occassional rattlesnake. Ft. Bragg, NC, was my favorite, but the worse thing there was a few mosquitoes, snakes (cotton-mouths), and ticks. I also did time in Bosnia and Turkey, but the only concern there were rats and wild dogs.
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Post by The Godly El Sabah Nur on Jan 20, 2004 17:12:17 GMT -5
Hey wow, I was stationed at Schofield too. I did some time in Vietnam too. They had plenty of insects and reptiles there....
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Post by BertramStantrous on Jan 27, 2004 2:02:58 GMT -5
Sometimes, my grandpa grabs bugs out of the air (and off the ground) and eats them.
He also drinks a lot.
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Post by RedCommunist on Jan 30, 2004 23:54:21 GMT -5
As I told Francos on AIM, he has inspired me to get a Mantis....and breed a Mantis army!
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Post by Tar A on Jan 31, 2004 1:09:00 GMT -5
*wrinkles her nose*
I really wish people would stop bumping this thread...
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Post by Abysseria on Feb 2, 2004 8:35:15 GMT -5
LOL - It's like the thread that'll never die
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Post by SuuKyi on Feb 15, 2004 20:47:52 GMT -5
Some years ago a mantis appeared in my tool shed. I have always found these creatures to be magnificent and beautiful. I named this one "Sylvia" and visited with her in the evenings. Sylvia liked the abundant insect life in my yard (Since I did not like to cut it as frequently) and the crickets in the tool shed gave her plenty to eat at night. She was very trusting (or contemptously unconcerned) with me and she would let me pick her up. She would also eat the crickets I offered her. By day she had green eyes with little black "pupils" which would dilate completely at night, turning her eyes black. I had never seen that in an insect thinking that they all had compound eyes.
Sylvia sojourned with me for a few months but in the fall she took off for other environs and I wish her well. Too bad she never left an egg sac but it was an interesting experience.
No, this thread is not ready to die <grin>
As for those thoroughly grossed out by bugs; be glad this is not the Carboniferous period of 320 million years ago. Those bugs would be capable of shifting furniture in their nightly movements!
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Post by Abysseria on Feb 16, 2004 8:38:26 GMT -5
I tought they still did, but now they're all busy living in the RR?
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Post by Warrior Thorin on Feb 16, 2004 9:57:05 GMT -5
Kind of like those Palmetto bugs in Florida?
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Post by Francos Spain on Feb 22, 2004 3:06:36 GMT -5
Now if only I could get my friend to give me a few of his Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches...
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Post by Tar A on Feb 22, 2004 16:39:36 GMT -5
I don't know about Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, but my chem teacher in high school had some HUGE cockroaches in a tank in the back of her room, I mean they were THIS big. (Just imagine me holding my hands really far apart.) She would take them out and let them crawl over her hand and pet them. It was the most disgusting thing ever... and this coming from one of my favorite teachers... it was traumatizing.
She would also tell stories of when she went to West Africa for a year with the Peace Corps, and lived in this tiny village in the middle of nowhere and taught kids to read and write English there. She spent more time on describing the bugs and insects - especially these huge flying cockroaches - than the actual people there or what she did. It was awful just listening to that... remind me never to join the Peace Corps...
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Post by Livingood on Feb 22, 2004 18:54:16 GMT -5
Hey, Tar A....surprise! I signed us both up for the peace corps! Happy birthday, hope ya like it
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Post by Abysseria on Feb 23, 2004 10:09:52 GMT -5
Hey - don't knock the cockroach. They're an enduring insect. We can learn a lot from them
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