Post by Wrasse on Sept 25, 2006 12:08:15 GMT -5
...me out (didn't have enough room in the title 
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Scorpions!
While rather fun to fight in MMOs, the real things aren't all that cool. I'm watching my dad's place (along with his animals) and he's got this large house on a very large lot (great for dogs) on some newly developed land (read: I envy him) and, for some reason, there are tons of scorpions trying to sneak in. Maybe it's because he's old, semi-senile or just traveling a lot but he hasn't done anything about them so I have to go on scorpion-squishing duty while I watch the place (and we have an office in it that I work out of...where I constantly check under my desk to make sure they are not planning some assault on my feet while I work). These suckers are fairly big too (couple of inches long sometimes) and pretty darn fast. Good news is a sting is on par with that of a bee or wasp (from what I hear but may be able to confirm very soon).
Hey and then there's the copperheads everywhere around this area (the kind that 'warn' you that you are getting too close by biting you and only injecting a small amount of venom - nice 'warning' - they bit the next door neighbor's doberman who was in doggie ICU for about a week - cost them a grand or more I believe) and the bobcat that they sighted in the back yard the other day...maybe I don't envy him so much anymore.
* likes the wilderness but also prefers to keep it at a distance from his home *
** looks under his desk again **
)Scorpions!
While rather fun to fight in MMOs, the real things aren't all that cool. I'm watching my dad's place (along with his animals) and he's got this large house on a very large lot (great for dogs) on some newly developed land (read: I envy him
) and, for some reason, there are tons of scorpions trying to sneak in. Maybe it's because he's old, semi-senile or just traveling a lot but he hasn't done anything about them so I have to go on scorpion-squishing duty while I watch the place (and we have an office in it that I work out of...where I constantly check under my desk to make sure they are not planning some assault on my feet while I work). These suckers are fairly big too (couple of inches long sometimes) and pretty darn fast. Good news is a sting is on par with that of a bee or wasp (from what I hear but may be able to confirm very soon).Hey and then there's the copperheads everywhere around this area (the kind that 'warn' you that you are getting too close by biting you and only injecting a small amount of venom - nice 'warning' - they bit the next door neighbor's doberman who was in doggie ICU for about a week - cost them a grand or more I believe) and the bobcat that they sighted in the back yard the other day...maybe I don't envy him so much anymore.
* likes the wilderness but also prefers to keep it at a distance from his home *
** looks under his desk again **
