Everything’s Bigger in Texas August 30, 2007
Posted by skinbad in Food, Science, Travel.trackback
But let’s leave egos and Tex-Mex induced diarrhea aside for the moment. What about spider webs? Yep. They’re big too. 200 yards worth of mosquito graveyard.
“There are times you can literally hear the screech of millions of mosquitoes caught in those webs.”
Texas also leads the nation in the number of dessicated joggers’ bodies found in public parks.
It’s true. Google it!
Uh, skinny? It’s “eggos”. They make the waffles bigger in Texas to fit the over-sized sized slots in the Texas Toasters.
Yes, Daves tend to be “bigger” though I would lean towards “rounder” in texas.
Dude, that just makes Texas even more f’n awesome! Look at that kickass skeeter graveyard. Texas Spiders FTW!
spiders make me piss myself.
Indiana Jones is not pleased.
Snakes!
Did you get a good look at those skeeters in the web? They are HUGE also, big enough to carry off a small poodle (as if that would be a lose). I killed a centipede at work last week, that had to have been at least 10-12″ long. It took 4-5 good stompings with the heel of my boot to crunch that thing.
FYI, Skinny, your original spiderweb pic was a high resolution 3.555MB file that was making the IB main page load very slowly. So, I downloaded it to my hard drive, compressed it for a web page in Microsoft Picture Editor, and substituted the compressed picture for the original. This took about three minutes. It’s now a 151.76KB file. On our main page, you can’t tell the difference. 3.555MB is way more information than will be visible on the site, and just slows down the page load and uses up our storage (for which I am now paying the princely sum of $20 per year, and thereby jeopardizing my financial security).
The Help tab has a link to some useful information about the compression of .jpeg files. Just about any picture editor software will make this easy. Shoot me an email if you want more information on how to do this.
Skin, QUICK!!! call firsties at Aces. DiT totaly ganked your post!!!
Did you get a good look at those skeeters in the web? They are HUGE
I hate to point this out, but the biggest and most voracious skeeters in America are in those frickin’ Scandi states — Wisconsin and Minnesota. They’ve got skeeters the size of robins with the attitude of Dracula on meth.
They don’t have centipedes, however. I remember Texas centipedes, and scorpions, in my house. They scared the shit out of me.
I remember Texas centipedes, and scorpions, in my house.
Yeah, those little bastards do like to come in the house and give you a good scare. I haven’t had a centipede come in yet, but have had a bunch of scorpions. And I have been stung by one, hurts like hell, but won’t kill you or make you sick.
“…Wisconsin and Minnesota. They’ve got skeeters the size of robins with the attitude of Dracula on meth.”
We shoot ‘em with bows and arrows.
I hate mosquitos. This might make me love spiders.
Maybe.
Spiders, lizards, snakes, bats…all things I love because they eat things I hate. Creatures of night, brought to light!
(The Last Unicorn rocks.)
I’ve gotten stung by a scorpion a couple of times. I sat on one once that was hiding in the chaise lounge cushion by our pool in Texas, and it poked me in the ass.
It’s really no worse than a bee sting that you would shrug off in the north. They’re just such evil looking little critters that they seem worse than they really are.
The scorpion bite is muy mal.
[I'll bet Mrs. Peel gets this one]
Spiders, lizards, snakes, bats…all things I love
because the killing them makes chicks hot.
noooo. the mosquito is the state bird of Louisiana.
Everything’s Bigger in Texas
As the wife of a Texan I say: “yep.”
heh
thats what you SAY. . . . . but you MEAN. . . . . ?
The love of my life, whenever we would sleep together would go out of her way to humiliate me. She was a real sweety
Even if it was good for her, it was my job to ask, and she would always go all Vger (star trek the motion picture) on me, and be like “oh yes it was great.”
“bitch”
And then we would have sex again.
Women are devious creatures, kinda like 4 eared rabbits.
I don’t care if she was telling the truth, it was hillarious.
Women are devious creatures, kinda like 4 eared rabbits.
Hmmm. I’ve never really thought of Mrs. Michael as a 4-eared rabbit before, but that actually makes sense.
Ever meat any of Nibblets special forces?
Ever meat any of Nibblets special forces?
Yes, and the meat was delicious. Rabbit sammiches are great! Even better than squirrel.
Hassenfeffer (spell?) is great, especially with red cabbage, potatoes and rolls. The Bevo Mill and Schneithorsts in STL had the best.
Michael?
You tread a thin ground.
Back somewhat on topic. The mosquito problem is out of control in STL. I can barely take my daughter out without having to spray her down. Poor thing gets eaten alive whenever we go out.
The City of STL used to have trucks go around and spray about once a week.But, they stopped becauseenviroweenies were threatening to sue, and the City, lacking money, just quit the program.
I need to spell better.
Growing up I never had an insect problem.
The house I lived in used to belong to one of the most renowned mayors of my home town, and only 4 doors down the mother of the mayor lived, and on a few more doors was the policechief’s official residence (even though he actually lived in a neighboring town) And “HIS” neighbor was the chief assessor.
So growing up, my neighborhood was always deloused.
That is absolutely true.
I hate mosquitos with all the intensity of a thousand exploding stars.
OT, I’m going to hike the second highest peak in Nevada this week-end. It’s near the bustling metropolis of Baker, Nevada, so there’s a chance I’ll end up lost and dead in the middle of the desert without ever actually finding the trailhead. If I don’t make it back, please avenge my death by burning Baker to the ground and sowing its fields with salt.
Eddiebear, is the Bevo Mill still open? Jeez, that place was like a time warp to another century. I remember decades ago when their bar had Jaegermeister before it became a college-kid fad.
Michael? You tread a thin ground.
Yeah, I kinda knew that Nibblets was a religious subject for you.
Hassenfeffer (spell?)
Close, you left out the “p” and added an “s” — it’s “Hasenpfeffer”. In German, this literally means “rabbit-pepper”, but it’s understood as the noun for the popular rabbit stew.
Spiders, lizards, snakes, bats…all things I love because they eat things I hate.
Preach it sister. Especially when they eat mosquitos, mice, moles, and other varmints, including Yorkies.
Here, authorities were alerted to a dead hawk. It was found to have the West Nile Virus.
Have fun Sobek!
They eat Yorkies? SWEET! My sister has a couple she needs to get rid of. They’re not housetrained and she’s fixing to have a baby. You can’t have a baby crawling around on a carpet dogs have been peeing and crapping all over.
(Of course, good luck getting my sister to see that. I can’t believe she likes those nasty little rat dogs so much that she’s willing to risk her baby’s health. She’ll swear up and down to you that they are housetrained, but I know she’s the one who cleans up all their shit, because my brother-in-law is not about to lift a finger. I guess it’s like Mac users telling you their computer never crashes even when it frequently does.)
Little Coyote, no habla espanol.
Hey eddiebear, I don’t know if you’re using DEET on the kid, but just in case, there’s a couple of good lotion-type products on the market that don’t contain DEET but are an herbal preparation.
Cutter and Off! both have their versions of it. I find it works great.
Also, if you have any storm drains in front of your house, drop a mosquito puck in each of them. It helps a lot.
Bevo Mill is still open. Now, it’s a breakfast/brunch place only. My dad still goes there at least once a month.
Anybody can spray repellant on their skin. It takes a real man to face meningitis.
If I don’t make it back, please avenge my death by burning Baker to the ground and sowing its fields with salt.
Should we blow up the thermometer, too?
I mean Baker, Nevada. It’s in White Pine county, and from how it looks on the map, I’m not sure if anyone would ever notice if it were razed. So yeah, please take out the thermometer in Baker, CA, too. Just so the message is clear.
We use some sort of “Toddler Friendly” apray that is firly effective. It’s just that even being out for something innocuous, like getting junk out of the car, leads to an attack.
I never heard of the mosquito puck. I’ll give it a try.
I never heard of the mosquito puck
How do you think baby skeeters are made? The stork sure and the hell doesn’t bring them.
Mrs. Peel,
Coyotito was the name of the baby who got bit by the scorpion in The Pearl.
^me
Puck…d’oh.
I think they are actually called dunks.
You can get them by the sixpack at Home Depot, they last about a month in standing water. EPA approved biological mosquito control. They are an organic base (peanut hulls, I think) full of a bacterial toxin that only affects mosquitoes and other small fly larvae.
I also use them in my lily/ lotus water barrels that have no fish in them.
Also check your gutters for clogs and standing water. Our Locust tree with it’s messy leaves shedding all season used to create a mosquito breeding situation quite often in our gutters. You couldn’t walk three feet into the yard without being swarmed when that was going on.
Brew, I recognized the name but forgot that the baby got stung by the scorpion. I only remembered what happened to Coyotito at the end.
its messy leaves…
Thanks.
I do that it’s thing all the time. My worst proofreading pain.
its messy leaves
Shouldn’t it be it’s ?
You’d think so, but “it’s” isn’t possessive, it is a contraction.
The possessive of it is its, which rhymes with tits.
Which give me contractions.
My worst proofreading pain is that I can never remember how to spell occassional. I don’t know why; it’s some sort of mental block or something.
it’s = it is “It’s (it is) raining.”
its = possessive pronoun like his/her/her “Its messy leaves stained my gown.”
Should we make The Pearl next on our reading list?
I know how the rule works, I’m just so damn lazy I don’t check for it in my typing.
That’s why it bugs me when I do it.
KC, are we in charge of the September reading suggestion?
I’m leaving Tuesday for 2 weeks of train travel across Canada. With my dad. In a completely non-smoking train.
I may not survive.
I still think The Naughty Nymphs from the Planet Playtex would be a good read.
It was a helluva good movie *nods*
KC, are we in charge of the September reading suggestion?
You girls come up with something suitable.
Involving Pillow Fights, preferably.
Russ and I got our October Selection all picked out.
ItsIt’s more exciting than Pillow Fights.(Depending on
whosewhooshWho is involved.)The Who is involved?
Damn Lipstick. Do you ever just hang out at home? What the hell are you going to do in Canada if you can’t smoke?
What was that Diana Garbandal (sp?) book you talked about? I have an idea for a book that is a nice change from the slaughter/bloodshed stories we’ve been stuck on.
Lips, check your email. I gave you my book idea.
It actually has some slaughter,bloodshed, and prison scenes in it, so it could fly around here.
women in prison?
I’m in.
*said very slowly*
Must. Bite. Tongue.
*Has read 3 of Diana Gabaldon’s books*
pssst, Dave, there’s some steamy sex involving turgid nipples.
I’ve never before heard nipples be described as turgid.
Another first brought to me by ib.net!
Erect, yes.
Stiff, also.
Hard, even.
But never turgid.
In a completely non-smoking train.
I may not survive.
Lipstick, I’ll let you in on a little secret – Nicotine Gum!
That is what I use on those 12 hr of flying and sitting in airports. And that is the only way I could survive without ripping some moron and their kid’s heads off in the airport/on a plane.
Or “taut”.
Taut is good.
Bart, have you ever heard a drop of preseminal fluid on the tip of the one-eyed snake called “a tear of seminal longing”?
Well, now you have.
I thought I had heard just about everything.
As usual, I was wrong.
Well, now you have.
*blushes*
Lipstick,
I’ll second Mr. M’s nicotine gum suggestion, I used it on my Utah trip. I chewed through a 50 pack of 4mg pieces in the first few days, then I bought a 2mg box. I preferred the 2mg gum, the 4mg made me a little shaky and upset my stomach, but that was because I chewed it like a regular piece of gum (you are supposed to put it between your cheek and gum after a few chews).
The 2mg gum I could just keep chewing and it did the trick. I’ve been smoke-free since June 15th.
Thanks Mr. M and Pups. I’ll get some gum for sure. Anybody ever try the patch?
Bart, have you ever heard a drop of preseminal fluid on the tip of the one-eyed snake called “a tear of seminal longing”?
Jeebers, Mrs. Peel is in a mood tonight.
Totally cool putdown of Bart, however. I can’t argue with that.
Anybody ever try the patch?
No, but the gum works for long flights.
Is this your life now [redacted]? Growing pale in the gloom of your infested apartment, drinking yourself into oblivion each night desperately trying to forget that you, not [redacted] or the Corps, are solely responsible for your demise? Lashing out from behind the cowardly refuge and anonymity of the perpetual whiner’s “blogosphere” domain?
Lashing out from behind the cowardly refuge and anonymity of the perpetual whiner’s “blogosphere” domain?
Uh, isn’t that an IB prerequisite?
I have a Life,
That is a no no. Don’t be disclosing people’s names without their permission, or I might start disclosing your IP address(es).