Just because Desertgrandma asked ... - Page 2

zelda_pinwheel · 07-17-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

BUT ... on the bright side, the dangerous wildlife tend to thin out the noisy children. So, that's a plus ... right??

hmm, i hadn't thought of that... suddenly is texas is starting to sound a bit better to me...

... although, re-reading your expanded list of mortal dangers lurking at every moment, maybe i'll just buy some industrial strength earplugs.

RickyMaveety · 07-17-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

My first pair of Rics have lasted about two years so far. I wear them for all my yard work. No Mesquite thorns though.

You didn't mention coyotes. Is that because they are relative benign in comparison to all else?

No ... plenty of coyotes. It's just that, with all my cats being indoors, I don't think of them as a problem. You can hear them howling at night, however. I happen to love the sound.

RickyMaveety · 07-17-2008, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hmm, i hadn't thought of that... suddenly is texas is starting to sound a bit better to me...

... although, re-reading your expanded list of mortal dangers lurking at every moment, maybe i'll just buy some industrial strength earplugs.

Well ... you know, and it really is true .... snakes just want to get the hell away from people. So, tossing a handfull of gravel in a snake's general direction has always gotten them going where I want them to go (which is away from me). Mountain lion attacks here are really rare (because there are so many deer ... and lions really prefer deer to people).

Most of the attacks I know about happened in California ... and fairly close to human habitation. True of both the lion and coyote attacks. The problem is that their preferred prey has been driven out of the area ... so people start looking pretty tasty. Here, there are still deer and other smaller prey all over the place.

The fire ants?? Well, I use a bait to keep them out of my yard. Once a year baiting usually does it. Yes, I know ... not a particularly Buddhist thing to do ... but once you've been chewed up by them, you get a whole lot less philosophical about them. I got swarmed one day so badly (standing over by the boat dock ... luckily) that the only thing I could do to save myself was to jump into the lake. I probably had 300-400 bites on me in the end ... but, I'm not allergic to fire ants, so ... whew!! Now, I know to look for their mounds and stay at least 10 feet away from any mound. Haven't been bitten since.

The cats are pretty good about killing the scorpions and many of the rattlesnakes that have actually gotten in to the house (through the drainage pipes that come out of the cat porch ... and then through the cat door). I still have to screen those pipes. It's on my todo list.

Nate the great · 07-17-2008, 07:13 PM

It cold be worse, Ricky. They have a such a bad insect problem in GB that someone developed this:

Can you imagine how big the crickets must be!?!

RickyMaveety · 07-17-2008, 07:24 PM

Ask any Texan ... they'll tell you they are bigger here. (May not be true ...but they'll tell you that anyway.)

zelda_pinwheel · 07-17-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

It cold be worse, Ricky. They have a such a bad insect problem in GB that someone developed this:

Can you imagine how big the crickets must be!?!

paaaah hahahaha !!!!!

oh, thanks for that nate !!!

zelda_pinwheel · 07-17-2008, 07:56 PM

i maybe should mention, i find that particularly hilarious because my grandmother just told me the other day she has "a damned cricket" living on her balcony.

"a damned cricket ? why all the hate ?" i said. "crickets are good luck, according to the japanese." (chinese ? not sure now)
"the blasted thing makes such a racket all night long, i can't get any sleep !! and here's what i want to know, i live on the 6th floor, how in the blazes did he get up here in the first place ???"
then she told me she almost threw the plant where he was hiding over the edge, but she changed her mind because she didn't want to kill an innocent bystander by accident, and after that the sneaky bugger moved to a different pot plant. last i heard, the battle raged on. so far, it's cricket : 1, grandmother : 0. maybe i should buy her one of those bats.

RickyMaveety · 07-17-2008, 08:19 PM

Hmmm ... she's still got to corner the little bugger before she can smoosh him.

I really love the sound of the crickets out here. But note, I say "crickets" plural. While one cricket will keep you up all night, a whole chorus of them is really soothing.

Maybe, you should get her a hundred MORE crickets and then have them ALL sing to her!!!

slayda · 07-17-2008, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i maybe should mention, i find that particularly hilarious because my grandmother just told me the other day she has "a damned cricket" living on her balcony.

"a damned cricket ? why all the hate ?" i said. "crickets are good luck, according to the japanese." (chinese ? not sure now)
"the blasted thing makes such a racket all night long, i can't get any sleep !! and here's what i want to know, i live on the 6th floor, how in the blazes did he get up here in the first place ???"
then she told me she almost threw the plant where he was hiding over the edge, but she changed her mind because she didn't want to kill an innocent bystander by accident, and after that the sneaky bugger moved to a different pot plant. last i heard, the battle raged on. so far, it's cricket : 1, grandmother : 0. maybe i should buy her one of those bats.

ZP, you don't want her to go batty on you do you?

Nate the great · 07-17-2008, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

paaaah hahahaha !!!!!

oh, thanks for that nate !!!

Thank you. I've been waiting to use that one for about a moth now.

RickyMaveety · 07-17-2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

Thank you. I've been waiting to use that one for about a moth now.

Wouldn't that make it a moth bat??

I'm confused.

nekokami · 07-18-2008, 09:57 AM

Not so much in the way of dangerous wildlife up here in NH. We do have bears, so you have to be careful about bird feeders in the spring, and garbage. Moose can be a bit of a problem in the spring, not so much other times. The only poisonous snake is the water moccasin, and it's rare.

On the other hand, we have blizzards.

pshrynk · 07-18-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i maybe should mention, i find that particularly hilarious because my grandmother just told me the other day she has "a damned cricket" living on her balcony.

"a damned cricket ? why all the hate ?" i said. "crickets are good luck, according to the japanese." (chinese ? not sure now)
"the blasted thing makes such a racket all night long, i can't get any sleep !! and here's what i want to know, i live on the 6th floor, how in the blazes did he get up here in the first place ???"
then she told me she almost threw the plant where he was hiding over the edge, but she changed her mind because she didn't want to kill an innocent bystander by accident, and after that the sneaky bugger moved to a different pot plant. last i heard, the battle raged on. so far, it's cricket : 1, grandmother : 0. maybe i should buy her one of those bats.

Tell her to make sure she has a good shot, becasue the little bastards charge when they're wounded.

RickyMaveety · 07-18-2008, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Tell her to make sure she has a good shot, becasue the little bastards charge when they're wounded.

Oh yes .... forgot to mention that. Nothing more dangerous than a wounded and charging bull cricket!!

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07-17-2008, 07:13 PM	#19
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	It cold be worse, Ricky. They have a such a bad insect problem in GB that someone developed this: Can you imagine how big the crickets must be!?!

07-17-2008, 07:24 PM	#20
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Ask any Texan ... they'll tell you they are bigger here. (May not be true ...but they'll tell you that anyway.)

07-17-2008, 07:56 PM	#22
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i maybe should mention, i find that particularly hilarious because my grandmother just told me the other day she has "a damned cricket" living on her balcony. "a damned cricket ? why all the hate ?" i said. "crickets are good luck, according to the japanese." (chinese ? not sure now) "the blasted thing makes such a racket all night long, i can't get any sleep !! and here's what i want to know, i live on the 6th floor, how in the blazes did he get up here in the first place ???" then she told me she almost threw the plant where he was hiding over the edge, but she changed her mind because she didn't want to kill an innocent bystander by accident, and after that the sneaky bugger moved to a different pot plant. last i heard, the battle raged on. so far, it's cricket : 1, grandmother : 0. maybe i should buy her one of those bats.

07-17-2008, 08:19 PM	#23
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Hmmm ... she's still got to corner the little bugger before she can smoosh him. I really love the sound of the crickets out here. But note, I say "crickets" plural. While one cricket will keep you up all night, a whole chorus of them is really soothing. Maybe, you should get her a hundred MORE crickets and then have them ALL sing to her!!!

07-18-2008, 09:57 AM	#27
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Not so much in the way of dangerous wildlife up here in NH. We do have bears, so you have to be careful about bird feeders in the spring, and garbage. Moose can be a bit of a problem in the spring, not so much other times. The only poisonous snake is the water moccasin, and it's rare. On the other hand, we have blizzards.

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