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    by santeewelding ·

    Moments ago, I saw a cockroach on the wall. It scurried downward, behind the monitor, too late for me to act.

    Momentarily, it showed up with antennae twitching above the keyboard. I whacked it with my TR-recommended swatter. Not hard enough, or I missed. Scurried away, it did.

    Absentmindedly, while reading some member dismissing us for talking about talking too much, I put the tumbler to my lips for another sip of sherry.

    Lo!

    It had fallen in. It struggled against my upper lip.

    BLECH !

    Do we talk about talking too much?

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    • #2867794

      Clarifications

      by santeewelding ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      Clarifications

    • #2867792

      Perhaps not “talking too much”,

      by seanferd ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      but TMI – Too Much Information.

      This does not nest in the realm of either, for me. But, blech, indeed.

      edit: And what of these complaints of too much meta (or meta meta)?

      • #2867790

        Beats me

        by santeewelding ·

        In reply to Perhaps not “talking too much”,

        I don’t hang with them folks. Don’t understand them and don’t truck with them, either.

        • #2867786

          A small hint ,then,

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Beats me

          of where such dismissal lives in the threads?

          Pah. I probably don’t want to know. Silly of me to ask. So very tired of people’s experiments in miscommunication, intentional or otherwise, trolling or simply unthinking.

          I’ll stay where it is warm.

        • #2867779
        • #2867777

          Wow.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Hint

          That guy has most of his facts pretty straight, but they don’t support his (rather vague) proposition, which I happen to find fairly meaningless.

          Someone else’s assertions about TCP/IP, HTTP, and the military are quite out of this world.

          It’s why I stopped visiting the Twin Threads in short order. It’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion, repeatedly, from slightly different angles.

          Too bad we don’t care for other forms of chit-chat. Probably would be interesting.

        • #2867775

          Pays, I think

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to Wow.

          To nevertheless hold your nose, observe, and to maintain your dignity, which those in the Twin Threads have not. They be leaking out everywhere. They are their own Julian Assange.

        • #2867774

          Twin Threads?

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Wow.

          ???

        • #2867771

          First, Donovan Colbert

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to Twin Threads?

          Then, Chad Perrin.

          Both overly long, first about one thing, then a completely other that slid by the premise of the first; then, the two more or less mucking about in the middle, with everyone contributing to the mess.

        • #2867770

          Ah.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Twin Threads?

        • #2867769

          Ah.

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Twin Threads?

          That one in which seanferd displayed mastery in snark. :^0

        • #2867766

          Really?

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Twin Threads?

          Hm. If I’ve mastered something, even for a second, I suppose I should note it for future reference.

          Santee is the only one I know who called out the (to me) obvious, while everyone went to focus on content. That was the bit Donovan got right, apparently. I still don’t believe any logic is being used, even “post-revelation”.

          I really can’t hold my nose that long. I deal with the same brain-deadening, repetitious philosophy (à la Mel Brooks) elsewhere, as a staple, and I’ve had quite enough for a while.

          Even if I am yet occasionally overcome with SIWOTI syndrome. There is so little payoff. I’m not learning anything or being entertained, and I don’t see anyone else learning. People take positions and maintain them, regardless of facts.

          Besides, there are already entities here I promised I would no longer engage. I don’t wish to increase the count. (I wasn’t angry, but I pretty much told the character to get stuffed.) Better to come back later, in fresh conversation, and see if I can learn anything or challenge my thinking in new topics. No point in talking to the wall, less point in listening, as I see it, right now.

          Where the hell is Balthor, anyway?

        • #2867765

          BALTHOR

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Twin Threads?

          Dunno, but I miss him. Can’t say as I blame him for staying away, though.

        • #2867763

          So many to miss.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Twin Threads?

          Nice to see Deepsand revisit occasionally these days. But I miss our departed and otherwise missing peers.

          Damn.

        • #2867761

          Me too, seanferd.

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Twin Threads?

          There’s a little less sparkle around the place.

          Though I have to admit, you added some with this: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-12846-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=338491&messageID=3389685&tag=content;leftCol

          Cracked me up so hard my kittypoo scurried off my lap. I’m still grinning. :^0

        • #2867756

          Thanks. That was funny to *me* now.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Twin Threads?

          It was only slightly amusing to me when I posted it. But it was a mildly jocular way to express what I think of some of the dialogue competing monologues here, sometimes.

          I pray someone calls me on it when I go off the charts.

          It was supposed to be a self-reporting poll, which I did not clarify, so I’m glad there weren’t responses against that grain.

          I’m also glad it didn’t get a hundred responses to which I would have had to reply, “It’s not about you.”

          Sorry, kittys. 🙂

        • #2865673

          Seanferd

          by dcolbertmatrixmso ·

          In reply to Twin Threads?

          I’ve described the thread as a mosh-pit. It isn’t for everyone. Slam-dancing is the act of running around in a cirlce repeatedly swinging your arms and legs around as if having a spastic fit while getting pummelled by other people intent on doing the same thing. There is no sanity or logic to it, and only a small fraction of lunatics in any crowd ever really participate in it. But I’ve enjoyed a good thrash until way too far into my 30s. 🙂

          Stage-diving, though, is suicide. No fun at all. I never understood why people do it.

          I’m completely sympathetic to those who want no part of either, though.

        • #3039015

          This we can get on CNN

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to A small hint ,then,

          …And can read the crawl at the same time. Enforced confusion facilitates the miscommunication, so the can say “We informed you of that, you should have been listening instead of reading. Pay attention, w2ill ya?”

        • #3039014

          I am uncertain, becabill

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to This we can get on CNN

          Of how to take your far-off look. Clearly, you muse.

          Regardless, I award you a thumb.

          I’ve learned to pay my attention to you.

          _________

          No material changes. Only changes to meet what ought to be the highest standards of TR.

        • #3038981

          Thanks. I wish I would pay more attention

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to I am uncertain, becabill

          to those little red underscores I keep overlooking as I type.

          I suppose I could take my own advice and *proofread*.

        • #3038980

          Or better…

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Thanks. I wish I would pay more attention

          turn off spell checking!

          Trust in the force… err… scratch that, trust in the schwartz! That’s the one 😉

        • #3038949

          Actually here AG means here is to

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Thanks. I wish I would pay more attention

          Turn off the Spool Chocker the Schwartz will guide you. :^0

          Col :p

    • #2867791

      Only if

      by boxfiddler ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      we don’t do anything about anything for talking about talking too much.

      • #2865643

        Darn it…

        by dcolbertmatrixmso ·

        In reply to Only if

        Should have read all the posts first. I should have known my observation would not be original in a thread this active.

        • #2865240

          I do

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Darn it…

          have a moment or two… 😉

      • #3038977

        Fun, though,

        by papa_bill ·

        In reply to Only if

        ..and kinda refreshing.

        • #3038948

          Actually Davette

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Fun, though,

          Gets a very amusing expression on her face as she gets sucked out of the Ail Lock Door into Raw Space.

          HAL9000 finds it so amusing that he continually sends a Pod out to bring her back in so he can watch it happen again and again. 😉

          HAL9000 also doesn’t play nice as he will not put a web cam in place so that the rest of us can see it either. :_|

          Col

    • #2867787

      Of course

      by nexs ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      But your story has not to do with the question you pose, unless you took out a conversation with your housemate.

      Speaking of which, you seem to have many insectual housemates – Is this by choice?

      • #2867785

        Hot neighborhood.

        by seanferd ·

        In reply to Of course

        Seaward, there are the snails. They only come out at night.

        • #2867782

          It’s

          by nexs ·

          In reply to Hot neighborhood.

          Earwigs for me.
          It drives me round the twist, flyspray is a must – I don’t DO the insect thing, especially spiders.

        • #2867772

          Me, I get all sorts of critters.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to It’s

          In summer, I frequently get outdoorsy types which would rather not have come in, but the lights, you know…

          Year round, there are a variety of ants, spiders (which don’t get the axe unless they get in my way), occasional centipedes and millipedes, and tiny brown things I’ve never identified.

          I’m right on the edge of a woodsy river valley, so things could be mush worse, I suppose. Just a half mile closer to the lake, the air is thick with bugs at night (which also means huge spiders), so I guess I’m lucky in not having to deal with that, either.

          Very few mosquitoes in recent years. I wonder why.

        • #2867768

          Same here.

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Me, I get all sorts of critters.

          As long as the spiders stay in the basement and leave me alone, I leave them alone. Unless they’re small and tannish and nocturnal, in which case they’re smooshed upon notice.

          The occasional waterbug, mouse, mole. And skeeters all season.

          Oh. And bald-faced hornets pummeling the picture window in mid-summer. That’s pretty strange.

        • #2867764

          Oh, vespidae.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Same here.

          We get all sorts of wasps and hornets which like to build under the second storey walkway. My job to deal with them. Sometimes I’m afforded cans of oily poisonous goodness with which I can strike from several meters. Mostly, I use my own mix of soap and bleach, after the sun goes down.

          Cheapskate management. They still don’t understand it is important to be rid of these things, particularly with several people living here prone to anaphylactic shock due to stings. The kind of people for whom epi-pens do no good.

        • #2867762

          Only recently

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

          Have I learned the distinction between “anaphylactic” and “prophylactic”. Had to look the both of them up to get straight about it, and, to be ready to act with respect to either.

          If the epi-pen does them no good, then nothing does. One of the downsides of knowing enough about it to say, of another or yourself, “You’re fuc*ked”.

        • #2867760

          I sure don’t leave the house

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

          through the front door when they’re at it. And I sneak oh so smally and quietly around the front corner when I do go…

          And inspect the hell out of the trees in front when they show up. I haven’t figured out where they come from yet, or why it’s only for a week or two in mid-summer. Or why they’re trying to bust out my picture window. :0

        • #2867759

          You, sir, are having me on. Aren’t you?

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

          But the answer for these folks is tubes, much larger doses of epinephrine, and steroids. I think it was steroids. Whatever it was, it stood a chance of radically worsening glaucoma. Doctor: “Well, do you want to breathe, or do you want to see for a few more minutes?” That was in the case of a relatively “mild” reaction.

          An epi will help, just not the kind an individual can legally carry about.

        • #2867758

          The phlebotomy and the intravenous

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

          And, whatnot, is also not what an individual carries about.

          No. I do not have you on.

          I carry about — in contravention of federal law — enough to take care of business, hoping never having to do it. Like the other contraventional side of the coin.

        • #2867754

          OK, then a fun reference.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English

          I love this kind of stuff. I just found it, because you had gotten me thinking about it.

          One of the reasons I find Ansu so terribly entertaining is his eye on language.

        • #2865935

          Hornets

          by nexs ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

          Are a breed I’d be glad to never come across. I may be exaggerating them in my mind, but I envisage them as monster wasps – which wouldn’t be a problem if medieval methods of beast removal were available…

        • #2865932

          You really don’t want

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

        • #2865926

          Boxy

          by nexs ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

          You are correct.

        • #2865925

          I probably wouldn’t be here today

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

          If one of them things had fallen into my drinky-poo.

        • #2865153

          Seven centimetre wing-span…

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Oh, vespidae.

          you’d need to be drinking out of a goldfish bowl for it to even fit in there…
          But seriously… that’s simply too freaky. I could try to picture what a hive of those would look like, or what their queen would look like… but I’d likely jump out the window in a panic if I did.

          And it’s -5 °C out there.

          Which is comforting, as wasps don’t do freezing.

        • #2865929

          Crickets

          by tink! ·

          In reply to Me, I get all sorts of critters.

          Frequently get lost in our office. We track them down by their incessant chirping and then kindly remove them back to the out of doors (far away from the door.)

          Spiders – depends on the size, type and our mood. Sometimes they go outside, sometimes not.

          Oh, and as far as talking about talking too much – at least you’re all talking about [b]something[/b] even if it IS about talking. LOL.

        • #2865846

          Only had one this year.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Crickets

          Cricket was hiding behind my couch. Had a place in PA, though, where they would regularly get in under the bit of the house that had no excavation (there were even small tree stumps left under there). Those would drive me batty. You didn’t expect them – they would start up later than the sea of crickets in the yard.

          Birds in a warehouse is always fun, too. And snakes. They don’t look too good once someone has run them over with lift equipment.

        • #2865794

          Birds

          by tink! ·

          In reply to Only had one this year.

          in a warehouse are an interesting situation. Usually leaving the dock door open allows them to leave at their leisure – (as soon as they figure out that’s the way out instead of constantly going up into the rafters.)

          Birds in a pool house were always a funny thing too. For some reason birds would sometimes end up inside our school’s indoor pool building and it often took a while to get them back out the doors.

        • #2865761

          Yep. 30-odd bay doors.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Only had one this year.

          Most of them open, most of the time. The birds, however, would insist on trying to get out the roof openings where the fans were. If the fans were on, the birds knew not to go that way.

          I used to get one every other year in my childhood home. Passing out and falling down the chimney. Once I got them to come out, they would refuse my efforts to help get them out of the basement. There is something sad about a bird which is so frightened, or resigned to death, that it falls to the ground when released. They figure it out pretty quickly after that, though.

        • #2865879

          Cave Crickets and Stink Bugs

          by av . ·

          In reply to Me, I get all sorts of critters.

          We have lots of critters here too because we live next to a nature preserve. The Cave Crickets are the absolute worst. They come in with the firewood and they jump at you. It gives me the chills just thinking about them.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_cricket

          We have lots of stink bugs this year too. They don’t bother you though. Just don’t kill squash them or they do stink and attract more of their kind.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug

          I don’t mind little spiders, but the big ones get the vacuum. We sometimes have big nasty wood spiders. If they’re in the house, they’re dead meat.

          I’m sure you don’t miss the mosquitoes, but possibly they spray near you to get rid of them. They did that in NY and some parts of NJ because of West Nile Virus.

          AV

        • #2865847

          I don’t think they have sprayed for sefveral years.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Cave Crickets and Stink Bugs

          I only recall two or three years that they have sprayed around here, but i certainly could be wrong.

          This:
          Dropping them into a jar with an inch of soapy water with a high enough concentration will dissolve the exoskeleton, and once enough are collected they can then be flushed down the toilet on occasion

          Yummy.

        • #2865845

          Saliva

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to I don’t think they have sprayed for sefveral years.

          I am told, will do the same.

          Not speaking, mind you, of their bacterial gut contents, at which point, I think twice.

          Better to rip off the legs of a cricket.

        • #2865843

          Starchy exoskeleton?

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to I don’t think they have sprayed for sefveral years.

          Cracker carapace.

        • #3038978

          Cave Crickets

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to Cave Crickets and Stink Bugs

          we call “camel crickets” around here. The live in dark, moist places like the crawlspace of my first house. They can’t see well at all. but they all seem to watch you as you try to pull wires and repair plumbing. when they jump, it always seems to be toward you, causing you to bang your head on flooring nails. Harmless, but very high scores in “creep factor”.

        • #3038979

          My wife would do a murder/suicide

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to Me, I get all sorts of critters.

          Me for letting the bugs in (I’m always blamed for this) and her for being unable to escape them. For her, one critter is a full-blown infestation.

          I’m personally not bothered that much except for wasps. They make my skin crawl.

        • #3038947

          Well in that case you had best not show here this

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to My wife would do a murder/suicide

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeNQ4ZY8VQ0

          What can I say some Farmer was on the News today saying that these Locus don’t do anything any good and then they swung over to a Kookaburra standing on the ground eating as many as flew into his beak.

          He thought it was great as he didn’t have to go hunting and dinner came to him. 😉

          Col

        • #3038943

          Onlyest thing I can say

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to Well in that case you had best not show here this

          Is that the good-looking young lady who introduced the story at her news desk appears to have taken her lessons — right down to vocalism and dramatic pause — from U.S., local-news practice.

          Our people have it honed. I’ve watched the polish evolve over a lifetime. I’m sick of it.

        • #3038940

          I don’t watch the news any more

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Well in that case you had best not show here this

          I prefer having my deception feed in one channel at a time. Picture without sound or sound without picture…

      • #2867783

        Your questions are two

        by santeewelding ·

        In reply to Of course

        One implied; one direct.

        As to the first, you have no giddy soul.

        As to the second, what can I say? I live among you all, insectual included.

        • #2867781

          My soul

          by nexs ·

          In reply to Your questions are two

          Is happy where it resides, being an insect, or not, it is happy.

          I’ve had only 2 cockroaches roam my Castle. One in the garage, and one in the hall – both died badly.

        • #2865810

          In Florida, home of cockroach lore

          by delbertpgh ·

          In reply to My soul

          If you live in Florida you are plagued with bugs. Everything grows there in abundance, and not just leafy things in pots. If you don’t routinely poison the perimeter of your Florida house, my mother told me, you get bugs.

          She said it did not indicate a problem if you saw a big roach in the house. That meant he just wandered in from outside. It’s when you see little ones that you know you have them growing between your walls.

        • #2865773

          Arkansas is a great deal like that.

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to In Florida, home of cockroach lore

          I keep boric acid powder in all my drawers, corners, room perimeters. I cover the the powder in the drawers with removable shelf paper so’s I can repowder annually. Eeewww…

        • #2865733

          Overkill

          by nexs ·

          In reply to Arkansas is a great deal like that.

          Is underused.
          I’d relocate.

        • #3038974

          It was the “palmetto bugs”

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to In Florida, home of cockroach lore

          that used to crawl across the ceiling in my second house. Why they preferred the ceiling I’ll never know, but if they fell to the floor, they would make a surprising noise. They would made a louder popping noise when they would die very suddenly. It was a two-paper-towel job to clean them up. Yeah, yech.

      • #2867767

        You see, Nexus

        by santeewelding ·

        In reply to Of course

        I am not alone and I am not strange, when it comes to the “insectual”, and more than the gravitational constant would seem to allow.

        • #2865937

          Strangeness

          by nexs ·

          In reply to You see, Nexus

          Is something to sought. Getting by without oddity is far too simple, and dare I say it – boring.
          I don’t mind conversing with inanimate objects, but insects are given a wide berth.

        • #2865931

          I knew

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Strangeness

          there was a reason I like you. 😉

          [i]Strangeness
          Is something to sought. Getting by without oddity is far too simple, and dare I say it – boring. [/i]

        • #2865835

          If you can’t be chic

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to I knew

          be odd.
          – Cary Grant

        • #2866876

          Well, Santee, got a little worried re you

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to You see, Nexus

          When my worn out eyes read the word “incestual”
          instead of ‘”insectual”.

          Gotta get new lenses. These the VA gave me wore out fast.

        • #2866875

          They wore out?

          by nexs ·

          In reply to Well, Santee, got a little worried re you

          You been lookin’ too much?
          At what, signified by your conclusion of incestual, perhaps? Perhaps the mind has found its way to the gutter.

          Your mother told that you’d go blind, but she never said that mere thoughts would hurry the process.

        • #2866874

          Mercy !

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to They wore out?

          You hit the man with too much over this. I, myself, would be tried.

        • #2866873

          You yield

          by nexs ·

          In reply to Mercy !

          Too easily, but this time, I jove.

        • #2866868

          When you depend

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to You yield

          Upon a turn of phrase; a turn of word; a turn of letter…

    • #2865928

      I’d say

      by ansugisalas ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      we’re talking about straining stuff through the front teeth.
      Or about the practical benefits of the cognac-snob swirling-my-drink-at-eye-level before drinking.
      The French, they know cockroaches.

      • #2865927

        The french

        by nexs ·

        In reply to I’d say

        Know, also, a multitude of other unusual delicacies.

      • #2865844

        Clarity and color,

        by seanferd ·

        In reply to I’d say

        my @$$. They are looking for roaches. I knew there had to be a real story behind the connoisseur façade.

        You are such a font of useful information!

        • #2865837

          It’s not all useful

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Clarity and color,

          for reference, see the “twin thread” :p

        • #2865765

          Tee hee.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to It’s not all useful

          I find your posted thoughts to be well worthwhile. And usually fun. 😀

    • #2865884

      We never talk about talking too much . . .

      by av . ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      Because we’re all too busy talking. :p

      BLECH is right! I hate when that happens. The problem is that bugs like to drink alcohol as much as we do. Think of all of the places that bug could have chosen to go where he would be safe, but instead he decides to dive right into the sherry and risk it all for a sip!

      At least he had a little something before you squashed him.

      AV

      • #2865868

        Said roach

        by santeewelding ·

        In reply to We never talk about talking too much . . .

        Was on its back, legs frantic. It was the legs and their movement on my lip that startled me.

        A famous person suggested to me offline that I should have crushed the roach between my teeth, swallowed, and carried on like a man.

        As it was, I didn’t. I poured it out, flushed it, washed the tumbler, and carried on like the wuss he said I was.

        Oh, and, then came here and talked about talking about it.

        • #2865836

          “like” a man.

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Said roach

          Actual men don’t need no trappings of manlyhood, nor need they stay within the safety of manly convention.
          “Like” a man leads to bad places, off-stage, people should never try to be something they’re not.

        • #2865768

          How do you cook them to be delicious enough for that?

          by tobif ·

          In reply to Said roach

          Nah. I prefer sticking to vegetarian…
          It ain’t wussy, that’s about having values.

        • #2865760

          Yesss

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to How do you cook them to be delicious enough for that?

          Vegetarians are the true gourmet’s meat! ]:)

        • #2865697

          Still…

          by smartacew0lf ·

          In reply to Said roach

          seems a waste of good Sherry to me. Sigh, you let the bugger win. 🙁 I think I would have had to eat ’em!

        • #2865237

          Yep Deep Frying after basting in Sherry

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Still…

          Sounds like a Recipe to me as well. 😉

          Col

      • #3038973

        I suspect

        by papa_bill ·

        In reply to We never talk about talking too much . . .

        that roach had an expensive funeral as I’m sure Santee drinks only the best hooch.

    • #2865833

      Or you could grow a Mustachio to stop this happening again

      by oh smeg ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      After all it’s blatantly obvious you need something to strain your drinks with. :^0

      Now you have me thinking of Joe’s Apartment

      [b]Be Afraid we know where you live, WE LIVE WHERE YOU LIVE.[/b] 😀

      So what cocky have you upset recently and why are they out to get you Santee? 😉

      Col

      • #3038972

        I can’t recommend the mustache and beard

        by papa_bill ·

        In reply to Or you could grow a Mustachio to stop this happening again

        …for insect control. Having sported one for a few years, I found it to be the favored vacation spot for my dearly departed dog’s resident fleas. I now know why guys are always scratching their beard.

        My cat’s fleas, however, don’t seem to favor the VanDyke I now farm, I guess they consider it cramped quarters.

        • #3038946

          RE: My cat’s fleas, however, don’t seem to favor the VanDyke I now farm

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to I can’t recommend the mustache and beard

          Maybe like all things related to cats they just have poorer taste. 😉

          Though as I used to breed Great Danes that is never a problem that I’ve run across. 😀

          Col

        • #3038831

          Don’t Great Danes

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to RE: My cat’s fleas, however, don’t seem to favor the VanDyke I now farm

          …have Great Fleas?

        • #3038827

          They sure do

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to Don’t Great Danes

          They’re so big you have to shoot them. The fleas, that is.

        • #2866911

          RE: [i]have Great Fleas?

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Don’t Great Danes

          No they have normal flees but millions more of em.

          They have lots more room to carry the flees.

          But as they also have short hair my dogs at least didn’t have many fleas.

          Drool and hair stains on cloths are entirely a different matter though. :^0

          You learn never to wear single color things floral patterns tend to hide the drool marks and hair.

          Makes things hard when you have Black and Blue dogs though as what hides one color shows the other. 🙁

          The only real problem we had with Fleas was a Ground Flea Infestation in a Country town where we lived and it affected everyone. You walked downstairs and your legs turned black.

          Things where so bad that the dogs didn’t want to go down the stairs they would just sit on the top step and look miserable. Of course if they had some Play Time things where different. 😀

          I hit the entire yard with Flea wash and spread Lime under the house and never had any problems again. The Pest Controller was making a killing though spraying yards every second day to try to control those Ground Fleas. My treatment also stooped the ticks which you could see advancing across the neighbors yards infesting everything that they crossed.

          Col

        • #2866908

          Hey!

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Don’t Great Danes

          “Don’t Great Danes
          …have Great Fleas?”

          I resemble that implication!

          Btw, funny thing; guess what great danes are called in Danish?

          Highlight to see the answer:Grand Danois

        • #2866764

          Oops!

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to Hey!

          I just realized what I implied about Victor Borge, too!

          I repent!

    • #2865811

      Real men swallow

      by delbertpgh ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      Sherry, that is.

      I heard that in Thailand they deep-fry roaches. Maybe they have a superior snacking roach.

      Incidentally, sherry is kind of an elite drink. Don’t meet many sherry drinkers.

      Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

      • #2865771

        You are running in the wrong circles…

        by jamesrl ·

        In reply to Real men swallow

        Among the English, Sherry is a popular aperatif. Not uncommon to go to a dinner party and be offered one before dinner is served.

        My mom drank Sherry. Didn’t grow up rich, for sure. English ancestry though.

        Some of my friends drink Sherry.

        My Father in law drank Sherry. Grew up in Ireland, was a popular aperatif.

        My wife drinks Sherry, and I do as well.

        Guess I’m one of them there elitety type fellers. I drink Earl Grey tea too, if that matters.

        Harvey’s Bristol Cream is a good Sherry to start with. Has kind of a nutty flavour.

        • #2865763

          Mmmm. Tea.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to You are running in the wrong circles…

          Earl Grey is good. I also became quite fond of English Breakfast Tea. I came across it in a weird little discount store in California (I believe, in Whittier) on a working trip there. Imported, came in a little wooden box. I was hooked, instantly.

        • #2865758

          English breakfast tea is nice…

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Mmmm. Tea.

          I’ve long since slipped into the greens and whites though…
          Had to do with a teapot. Old, much used, black on the inside.
          Then, after hold green tea a few times… all clean.
          Got me thinking about black stuff offa normal tea, and about the cleansing properties of green tea.
          Tastes good too.

        • #2865749

          Green teas are good, too.

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to English breakfast tea is nice…

          I’ve never settled on any particular type or brand, though.

        • #2865609

          Green Tea is great for a cold

          by tink! ·

          In reply to Green teas are good, too.

          I’ve found that simply drinking a lot of hot Green Tea constantly throughout the day helps my cold/cough go away fast and without nasty OTC meds.

        • #3038970

          Lapsang Souchong

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to Green Tea is great for a cold

          Is delicious, if you like barbecued tea.

        • #3038945

          Actually Scotch is much better than Green Tea

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Green Tea is great for a cold

          Drink lots of that stuff during the day and you no longer care if you have or don’t have a cold.

          You don’t overly care about work either which works for me. 😉

          Col

    • #2865724

      Well what you should have done is

      by oh smeg ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      Look in the Drink Container first. Though drinking Sherry out of Plastic Cups is just so wrong on so many levels to begin with. 😉

      You’ll also have to stop sipping the sherry and Skool it straight down, that way the Cocky goes straight into your Stomach hitting the bottom without touching the sides and the Protein doesn’t do you any harm at all.

      As the old saying goes [b]What The Eye can not see the Heart Can Not Grieve.[/b] So basically if you don’t know to begin with there is no problem. Except for the poor little Cocky of course.

      So Santee in future treat the Sherry like Burning Booze and throw it straight down. 😉

      Col

      • #2865718

        There is

        by santeewelding ·

        In reply to Well what you should have done is

        A kind of cracked logic to what you are saying.

        But you address the cockroach and not the question.

        No thumb.

        • #2865689

          Not at all Santee

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to There is

          I was addressing your Repulsion to feeling the Cocky hit your lip and trying to get away.

          After all if you had of sallowed it without realizing it you wouldn’t have started this thread would you?

          The Alcohol in the sherry is going to kill most of the germs on the cocky and your stomach Acids would do short work of the rest so other than not wanting to eat one to begin with it’s not going to do you any harm.

          There was a place here selling Chocolate Frogs which I thought was a reasonable thing until I realized that they had dipped real frogs in chocolate. Defiantly not a Fredo in sight there and even I drew the line at those things. 😉

          But then again there are quite a few dishes that i also refuse to eat because they offend my sensibilities or my culture has told me that they are not things to eat. While I’m no cat lover I’m also not going to be pushing the idea that they make a great meal. But that is because I was taught from a very early age that Cats are not for eating cattle are.

          But things like Embryo Eggs boiled are not to my liking either and I wouldn’t consider trying one. They are however a Delicacy in certain parts of the world but that doesn’t mean that I need to eat them. However if you where not aware what it was you where eating you tend to enjoy it till you find out what it was. Well most people at least.

          I still remember my little sister wanting to fit in demanding that I eat a Traditional Meal with a family when we where traveling. I stuck to the steak and she threw up on the Birds Nest Soup. Actually till she saw the bits of bird in it she was enjoying it and then things changed. :^0

          Col

    • #2865715

      Attention to details!

      by tobif ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      Santee!
      Your chances are good the moment you apply for a position where they ask for “Great attention to details”!

      This goes for any area of application, but one such area is, of course, tiny living creatures, like spiders, cockroaches and their friends. (Have you written about ants yet?)
      What do you think about cats? I know they’re a bit bigger, but I like cats. (well, not to eat, though)
      Good thing with cats is that it’s usually hard to eat them by mistake.

      Now, to the question: I don’t think we talk too much about talking. To be honest, we don’t talk much at all; we write, instead 😉
      But, not too much.
      When you’re dealing with geeks, then it’s logical that it becomes logical. A question about how to program a certain task will occasionally evolve into discussion about differences between program languages. And then Santee will stir up another meta-level by talking about the discussion itself.

      Still, it’s not too much.
      As Susan wrote in her post yesterday (defending her right to be funny), if you know you don’t like to read a certain kind of content, just click somewhere else.

      • #2865711

        Cats

        by santeewelding ·

        In reply to Attention to details!

        There was that one time, at the dark, back end of Tijuana, while young and drunk in the 60s, practicing my Mexican Spanish (I learned Castillian) I bought a street-vendor taco.

        The meat was suspiciously like what I thought to be feline. Probably was.

      • #2865710

        Cats

        by boxfiddler ·

        In reply to Attention to details!

        like to play with, and eat, bugs. 😀

        • #2865702

          …which implies:

          by tobif ·

          In reply to Cats

          If you don’t want to eat bugs, then you shouldn’t eat cats, neither. 🙂

        • #2865151

          Ha!

          by tink! ·

          In reply to …which implies:

          Now that statement made me laugh. 😀

        • #3038966

          Considering the variey my cat eats…

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to Cats

          [Roaches, lizards, moles, non-descript animal-like remains*, carefully selected commercial cat foods (this is the most disgusting), Boar’s Head Honey Smoked Turkey (before I can have a sandwich), spaghetti (my wife’s recipe), and of course lasagna], it seems they would a highly nutritious meal.

          *This worries me, since he *is* a house cat.

    • #2865709

      Hello, my name is censored

      by ansugisalas ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      and I talk too much.
      Or… I type text into these text fields on web pages too much… at least as far as preserving an air of mystery is concerned. And my sanity, whew, that’s gone.

      • #2865708

        Thank God for that.

        by boxfiddler ·

        In reply to Hello, my name is censored

        Sanity is highly over-rated.

        • #2866774

          Loss of sanity

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to Thank God for that.

          can get you an early retirement!

          (or have I mentioned that?)

        • #2866766

          Actually Loss of Sanity

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Loss of sanity

          Always seems to happen long before retirement. When you work with Computers at the Hardware Level it’s already happened.

          Working as a Help Desk Tech just means that you never had any Sanity to begin with. 😉

          What happens after retirement isn’t a loss of something you have already lost it’s just a far more noticeable deterioration of the existing complaint.

          Or so I’ve been told by Medical Professionals. :0

          Col

    • #2865698

      Did you remember to take a photo of the bug? (For the food-shots)

      by tobif ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tr-out-loud/?p=2973

      Edit: Expanded title for clarity. Vague hints don’t work today. 🙂

    • #2865691

      Wait a second…

      by dcolbertmatrixmso ·

      In reply to Question of immediate import

      You’ve started a successful thread about our long-winded threads complaining that we’re talking too much about nothing in our threads?

      Isn’t that having a discussion about the value of a discussion that you hold without value?

      Do you not see the irony in this, Santee? If our discussions are the insane asylum, this is the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.

      • #2865683

        I see

        by ansugisalas ·

        In reply to Wait a second…

        you’re the roach in the sherry, eh? :p

        • #2865675

          I fancy myself…

          by dcolbertmatrixmso ·

          In reply to I see

          as more of a Cheshire Cat. Friendly with a hint of malice, right Alice? (And frequently fading in and out of reality as convenient – that is not lost on me).

          Whereas Santee would surely be perched on a Mushroom blowing pychedelic smoke-rings from a hookah and uttering riddles.

        • #2865674

          Right…

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to I fancy myself…

          I’ll be a hatter any day.
          With a head this big, every hat is stylish.

        • #2865645

          I’m sure if we try hard enough…

          by dcolbertmatrixmso ·

          In reply to Right…

          We can find a fit for every party involved so far…

          Although it seems as if Santee might contest my self-appointment as the Cheshire Cat, and instead suggest that there is a better role more perfectly suited to Chad and I.

          (Just to be clear, I do not intend to imply Alice and the Jabberwock, though I doubt anyone would make that mistake).

          🙂

        • #2865235

          I bet you’re thinking

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to I’m sure if we try hard enough…

          toves!

        • #2866780

          I’m a hedgehog!

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to I’m sure if we try hard enough…

          NT

        • #3038967

          Pinned him down!!!

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to I fancy myself…

          NT

        • #3038964

          If it suits you both

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to I fancy myself…

          But, remember, that was Charles Dodgson speaking to you through those characters. To seize on the character(s), ignoring the author and the message, is to do what so many did in a lengthy and notable thread of late.

      • #2865679

        Did he complain?

        by boxfiddler ·

        In reply to Wait a second…

        Or (maybe not so) simply ask? 😉

        • #2865672

          Complain?!?

          by dcolbertmatrixmso ·

          In reply to Did he complain?

          Me? Never. I’ve made my own bed.

          In fact, I think this thread is *awesome* by itself, and even more fantastic that just one blog spawned a veritable “dynasty” of related posts that all did well on generating traffic and conversation.

        • #3038965

          Santee done us proud.

          by papa_bill ·

          In reply to Complain?!?

          NT

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