markdi
Flashlight Enthusiast
led flashlights
what are you afraid of?
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pedalinbob
Flashlight Enthusiast
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Shanghaied said:
Large moth.
With their large, meaty, hairy bodies........
And they are attracted to light...
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when we went to the Grand Canyon, we stayed at a hotel that was quite nice...except for all the moths.
millions of them--and they were pretty big. they would get into the hotel room and flutter about, banging their big meaty bodies on everything...even my face.
yuck.
Bob
Shanghaied said:
Large moth.
With their large, meaty, hairy bodies........
And they are attracted to light...
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when we went to the Grand Canyon, we stayed at a hotel that was quite nice...except for all the moths.
millions of them--and they were pretty big. they would get into the hotel room and flutter about, banging their big meaty bodies on everything...even my face.
yuck.
Bob
Rothrandir
Flashaholic
sasha...
pedalinbob
Flashlight Enthusiast
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Rothrandir said:
sasha...
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LOL!
a REAL man wouldnt be afrai...er, uh...
what was that?!?? OUCH!
Sasha--> /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twakfl.gif <---Bob
Rothrandir said:
sasha...
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LOL!
a REAL man wouldnt be afrai...er, uh...
what was that?!?? OUCH!
Sasha--> /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twakfl.gif <---Bob
Shanghaied
Newly Enlightened
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The_LED_Museum said:
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Shanghaied said:
Large moth...
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You should move to Seattle then.
The biggest insects here are swallowtail butterflies and dragonflies. Both are harmless, and are not attracted to light.
No large bodied moths, crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas, large beetles, scorpions, large earwigs, large spiders, etc.
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Now dragonflies are cool, but I'll have you know that I'm not too crazy about butterflies either.
Now moths... Nothing that's not warm blooded are suppose to be that furry... I don't mind the small fellows (got a couple in the apartment somewhere), but when they get to about an inch across (wingspan), they just makes me want to curl into a ball and beat myself all over, just so that they won't touch me. Once I was forced by a friend to see a few speciments of the larger ones in a museum, about 8 inches across, and I (I'm 6 foot tall and weigh about 190 pounds) was sobbing behind her back.
And I was told that one species, which are about 2 inches across and are completely white, has no mandibles, their sole purpose was to reproduce and die. Where I lived when I was little they use to die in their thousands on tree branches in the woods every fall.
Where I lived when I was little (north-eastern China) people also eat silk worm (a kind moth, whhich is disgusting) cocoons after the silk threads has been removed...
Not a happy childhood as far as moths are concerned.
ps bob and jim you just made it that much more difficult to sleep tonight /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
The_LED_Museum said:
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Shanghaied said:
Large moth...
[/ QUOTE ]
You should move to Seattle then.
The biggest insects here are swallowtail butterflies and dragonflies. Both are harmless, and are not attracted to light.
No large bodied moths, crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas, large beetles, scorpions, large earwigs, large spiders, etc.
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Now dragonflies are cool, but I'll have you know that I'm not too crazy about butterflies either.
Now moths... Nothing that's not warm blooded are suppose to be that furry... I don't mind the small fellows (got a couple in the apartment somewhere), but when they get to about an inch across (wingspan), they just makes me want to curl into a ball and beat myself all over, just so that they won't touch me. Once I was forced by a friend to see a few speciments of the larger ones in a museum, about 8 inches across, and I (I'm 6 foot tall and weigh about 190 pounds) was sobbing behind her back.
And I was told that one species, which are about 2 inches across and are completely white, has no mandibles, their sole purpose was to reproduce and die. Where I lived when I was little they use to die in their thousands on tree branches in the woods every fall.
Where I lived when I was little (north-eastern China) people also eat silk worm (a kind moth, whhich is disgusting) cocoons after the silk threads has been removed...
Not a happy childhood as far as moths are concerned.
ps bob and jim you just made it that much more difficult to sleep tonight /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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bindibadgi
Flashlight Enthusiast
I am deathly afraid of the sea. I love to watch the waves break on the rocks, and sometimes I sit too close to the edge, but the sea gives me the willies big big big time. I even get afraid when I see footage of near the ocean surface on TV. I have no idea why I sit and watch the waves, because it really scares the crap out of me. I must be crazy.
I keep having nightmares about the sea just rising and rising and engulfing the land. I think Tolkien called it Avalon syndrome or something. He had it too.
I keep having nightmares about the sea just rising and rising and engulfing the land. I think Tolkien called it Avalon syndrome or something. He had it too.
markdi
Flashlight Enthusiast
when I was a kid there was a dragonfly with a 10 inch wing span dead in our barbecue
Rothrandir
Flashaholic
i guess something that unsettles me is the concept of eternity or infinity...
i think i can honestly say that theres nothing on this planet that scares me (that i've run acrossed at least! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif), but when i try to imagine what eternity is or would be like, i just plain get creeped out.
i think i can honestly say that theres nothing on this planet that scares me (that i've run acrossed at least! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif), but when i try to imagine what eternity is or would be like, i just plain get creeped out.
kakster
Flashlight Enthusiast
Running out of batteries.
PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
Spiders
Arrogant idiots
Calories! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crackup.gif
I also have mild acrophobia, but I'm able to manage it with Dramamine. Comes in really handy when I have to climb a tower.
Arrogant idiots
Calories! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crackup.gif
I also have mild acrophobia, but I'm able to manage it with Dramamine. Comes in really handy when I have to climb a tower.
bindibadgi
Flashlight Enthusiast
Thanks raggie, I don't know what it is I'm afraid of - maybe just the deep deep unkown. I shudder at the thought of all that depth under me, even if it is empty of all the bitey things. Even here roughly 20,000 feet above sea level.
*Edit*: 20,000 feet??? Where do I think I am? Himalayas?
Oh well, it was just one zero too many. What could that hurt? In Astophysics, an order of magnitude is close enough!
*Edit*: 20,000 feet??? Where do I think I am? Himalayas?
Oh well, it was just one zero too many. What could that hurt? In Astophysics, an order of magnitude is close enough!
jayflash
Flashlight Enthusiast
Roth, you reminded me that when I try to imagine eternity, I too, get a creepy, scary, feeling.
eebowler
Flashlight Enthusiast
People... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xyxgun.gif I don't mind spending the night in the bush alone. Animals can be predicted and precautions can be taken.Animals act in self defence or attack if provoked. People however, attack for no reason, they cannot be predicted, they aim to destroy and nothing more.
My full respect goes out to all the police officers in CPF. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif
My full respect goes out to all the police officers in CPF. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif
Negeltu
Enlightened
Aren't people animals? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif
Draco_Americanus
Enlightened
Ignorent people scare Me. (ie. politicans that vote before they think, people that would kill a snake or other critter that is of no harm if people would bother to be atlest half educated about sutch things. )
People that drive while eating,reading and/or talking on a phone. Vans/Suv's with a soccerball sticker in the window
passing semi trucks on icy roads.
swimming in very deep water and over seaweed gives Me the willies.
knights in shinning armor, dragonslayers. sharp pointy things like needles.
Uncontrolled fire!
hights on a windy or unstable surface. Cancer.
Bugs and crawly things used to bother Me but now don't. I used to bother My mom by letting jumping spiders run up and down my arm, they kinda tickled! I also used to let garter's snakes flicker thier tounges next to my cheek. My mom hated that too.
anyway thats enough for now.
People that drive while eating,reading and/or talking on a phone. Vans/Suv's with a soccerball sticker in the window
passing semi trucks on icy roads.
swimming in very deep water and over seaweed gives Me the willies.
knights in shinning armor, dragonslayers. sharp pointy things like needles.
Uncontrolled fire!
hights on a windy or unstable surface. Cancer.
Bugs and crawly things used to bother Me but now don't. I used to bother My mom by letting jumping spiders run up and down my arm, they kinda tickled! I also used to let garter's snakes flicker thier tounges next to my cheek. My mom hated that too.
anyway thats enough for now.
Draco_Americanus
Enlightened
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eebowler said:
People... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xyxgun.gif I don't mind spending the night in the bush alone. Animals can be predicted and precautions can be taken.Animals act in self defence or attack if provoked. People however, attack for no reason, they cannot be predicted, they aim to destroy and nothing more.
My full respect goes out to all the police officers in CPF. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif
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Agreed!!
with the exeption that people are animals but the only animals I truly fear, even the most poisonus snake will not go out of it's way to harm you but some people will. (ok maby a hungery lion or bear will too)
eebowler said:
People... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xyxgun.gif I don't mind spending the night in the bush alone. Animals can be predicted and precautions can be taken.Animals act in self defence or attack if provoked. People however, attack for no reason, they cannot be predicted, they aim to destroy and nothing more.
My full respect goes out to all the police officers in CPF. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif
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Agreed!!
with the exeption that people are animals but the only animals I truly fear, even the most poisonus snake will not go out of it's way to harm you but some people will. (ok maby a hungery lion or bear will too)
