"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 06/05/2020 at 10:13 • Filed to: far side friday

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facw > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/05/2020 at 10:18

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Well I’ll definitely take the tarantula on my head over the scorpion any day of the week.

DipodomysDeserti > facw 06/05/2020 at 10:23

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Not me.

-guy who’s been stung by scorpions a handful of  times.

TheRealBicycleBuck > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/05/2020 at 10:30

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Friday.

This Friday and Saturday , I shall be preparing for the big storm that should come visit us on Sunday. We have plenty of supplies, I just need to batten down the hatches. It’s not much work, but I’m not happy that the hurricane season is kicking off already.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/05/2020 at 10:39

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I kind of expect to be in the office tomorrow. WHEE

Just Jeepin' > DipodomysDeserti 06/05/2020 at 10:41

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Asking as someone who might like to visit the desert someday...under what circumstances have you found yourself being stung by one?

TheRealBicycleBuck > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/05/2020 at 10:43

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Tomorrow is supposed to be a woodworking project day for me. My wife’s birthday is coming up and she asked for something seemingly simple, but it still requires time  to get it right.

Thomas Donohue > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/05/2020 at 10:48

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Two ‘darling’ references in consecutive posts?

THEME!

Cash Rewards > DipodomysDeserti 06/05/2020 at 10:49

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The southwest looks beautiful, I enjoyed the couple of days I spent in new mexico  once, and the food was spectacular. But scorpions? I just couldn't. No. Nope. I struggle with hornets. And sometimes large spiders. Spiders that sting? I'm shuddering as I type this.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DipodomysDeserti 06/05/2020 at 10:52

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I don’t endorse getting stung by large asian centipedes, myself. BTDT

DipodomysDeserti > Just Jeepin' 06/05/2020 at 10:58

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In my house. You’ll never see one out camping or hiking, and they try to avoid human contact at all costs. They run away if they sense you, so you have to step on them in order to get stung. Feels like a bee sting but lasts for a few hours. I ended up getting a cat to control them a bit. You have to gas your whole house to get rid of them, so I figured I’ll live with them rather than possibly giving my kids cancer from the pesticides. They also eat pests like cockroaches which actually spread disease . They’ve been here for half a million years, so they probably have a better idea on how to get along than I do.

DipodomysDeserti > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/05/2020 at 11:01

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Centipedes will fuck you up. I’ve only come in contact with a few out here.   People are scared of the desert, but Asian rainforests brew up some gnarly shit. Viral or otherwise.

Just Jeepin' > DipodomysDeserti 06/05/2020 at 11:05

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Sounds reasonable enough. I’m happy to coexist with spiders, but they’re a little less intimidating than scorpions.

DipodomysDeserti > Cash Rewards 06/05/2020 at 11:08

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Hornets freak me out more than scorpions. Scorpions don’t want to be anywhere near people, and only sting you if you step on  them.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti 06/05/2020 at 11:22

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There were scorpions in Louisiana when I was stationed there. Smallish, maybe 1-1/2" long. I took the blank adapter off my M-16 once and fired a blank at a scorpion with the muzzle an inch or so away from the scorpion. Couldn’t even find any pieces afterward.

Interesting times, those were, digging great holes in the ground in the woods in Louisiana and then setting up housekeeping therein. Defensive perimeter, overlapping fire, and all of that. I’ll pass on seconds.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/05/2020 at 11:23

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A Category 6 hurricane is the one thing we’re missing right now.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/05/2020 at 11:30

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Please don’t tempt mother nature to pile on. We really don’t need yet another thing to deal with.