Well I can handle most creepy crawleys. I have survived a beig bitten by a 6' King Brown snake, and tipped many a spider and centipeed out of my boots in the morning. However waking up in the moring with a scorpion in my swag gave me a bit of a turn.
What freaks me out is other peoples body spit. You spit in my face and I am just as likely to hurl on your shoes. Blood I can handle but another persons saliva will turn be a loverly shade of green.
Freaky Friday
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Posted 21 April 2006 - 10:59 PM
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 01:49 AM
Snakes! Especially snakes at dive sites!!!!!
Guess we won't see you here in Oz any time soon. We have 7 of the top 10 deadliest snakes down here.
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." Albert Einstein
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 10:12 AM
Not true! Have been in the process of rescheduling my OZ trip for the end of the year!
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 10:44 AM
My offer to carry your bags, be your tank sherpa and divemeister for beer still stands!!!Not true! Have been in the process of rescheduling my OZ trip for the end of the year!
No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 12:43 PM
When and where?
and will they accept additional people?
and will they accept additional people?
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." Albert Einstein
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 01:03 PM
Game theads on message boards
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 06:44 PM
Spiders!! Big Hairy crawly spiders.. I hate those
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 07:17 PM
ANYTHING eaten on Fear Factor!! 
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 09:27 PM
ANYTHING eaten on Fear Factor!!
How bout Fear Factor itself??
I've watched it once and got so grossed out that I've never watched it again
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Posted 23 April 2006 - 08:26 PM
People in the entertainment business who think they have a grasp on reality freak me out! Especially "reality" show producers...
Cheers!
Jim
Cheers!
Jim
Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is what you do in spite of your fear.
Every man has fear. Any man who has no fear belongs in an institution. Or in Special Forces.
Every man has fear. Any man who has no fear belongs in an institution. Or in Special Forces.
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Posted 28 April 2006 - 03:41 PM
PALMETTO BUGS!
I used to live in Atlanta. I remember one of my first summers there my roommate and I had our townhouse door open on a nice hot Summer evening sipping some red wine and enjoying the weather when all of a sudden something flew into the house. Something BIG.
I said "Holy cow, did you see that!?? I think a bird just flew in the house!"
My roommate rolled off the couch laughing so hard. "That's no bird!! That's a Palmetto bug!"
"WHAT!!??? What the heck is that!?"
"A cockroach with wings!!!"
"NO WAY!"
"WAY"
Aaaaaaaackkkkk!
Summary description of a Palmetto Bug description:
Palmetto Bugs are the largest of all roaches that infest homes growing up to 3". Now remember, these cockroaches FLY! And it gets worse, Palmetto Bugs aren't afraid of the light and they are more armored than a regular cockroach. How's that for gaaaack?
I used to live in Atlanta. I remember one of my first summers there my roommate and I had our townhouse door open on a nice hot Summer evening sipping some red wine and enjoying the weather when all of a sudden something flew into the house. Something BIG.
I said "Holy cow, did you see that!?? I think a bird just flew in the house!"
My roommate rolled off the couch laughing so hard. "That's no bird!! That's a Palmetto bug!"
"WHAT!!??? What the heck is that!?"
"A cockroach with wings!!!"
"NO WAY!"
"WAY"
Aaaaaaaackkkkk!
Summary description of a Palmetto Bug description:
Palmetto Bugs are the largest of all roaches that infest homes growing up to 3". Now remember, these cockroaches FLY! And it gets worse, Palmetto Bugs aren't afraid of the light and they are more armored than a regular cockroach. How's that for gaaaack?
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 28 April 2006 - 08:33 PM
PALMETTO BUGS!
Palmetto Bugs are the largest of all roaches that infest homes growing up to 3". Now remember, these cockroaches FLY! And it gets worse, Palmetto Bugs aren't afraid of the light and they are more armored than a regular cockroach. How's that for gaaaack?
Ummm, how about shooting a 2" one on a wall at chest height with a .22cal pellet gun at point-blank range, then picking pieces out of your beard, hair and clothes for the next few minutes? Thankfully I had my mouth shut when I pulled the trigger, so I didn't have to find out if they taste like chicken...
(not half as bright as I thought I was)
Or waking up feeling lousy and flu-ish, only to find out that a clutch of black widow spider eggs had hatched outside your bedroom window overnight, and you're now covered with bunches of bites and baby spiders? The shower got 'em off of *me*, but I stayed in a motel for the next several days while the toxins got the rest of 'em in my bedroom. I was more than a little uncomfortable sleeping in ANY bed for the next few months.
I won't go into the after-effects of brown recluse spider bites (saw it, wasn't on me). Scorpion stings and other nasties aren't anything in comparison.
Hmmm. Getting bit in the palm of the hand by a tarantula 'cos blowing on it finally managed to annoy it sufficiently?
Taking a two-day hike up to an old AZ ghost town in late Spring, only to find out it's a MAJOR spawning ground for Western Diamondback rattlesnakes, maybe?
Move to the desert, and you can enjoy ALL THIS and more! Admittedly, out of bunches of hikes over 30+ years time, I only saw ONE Gila Monster, and very rarely saw any rattlers. Except for the scorpions, most of the dangerous wildlife has the decency to avoid the cities. I've been hit by at least 3 scorpions that I saw, different home each time. If there's any bugs, there's bound to be scorpions.
Oh, and bring your small dogs in at night, if you're on the outskirts of town or near a wash or river. It's suprizing how far into town the coyotes come. I saw one loping down the street with a cat or small dog in it's jaws. Sorry, Fluffy!
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Posted 04 May 2006 - 10:43 PM
Okay, since it's officially Friday in the Eastern time zone, I'll kick off this weeks' festivities:
Fish cooked and served whole (heads, eyes, skin, everything) freak me out!
YEECCCCHHHH!
Cheers!
Jim
Fish cooked and served whole (heads, eyes, skin, everything) freak me out!
YEECCCCHHHH!
Cheers!
Jim
Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is what you do in spite of your fear.
Every man has fear. Any man who has no fear belongs in an institution. Or in Special Forces.
Every man has fear. Any man who has no fear belongs in an institution. Or in Special Forces.
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Posted 05 May 2006 - 03:25 PM
Ditto on the spiders. Needles freak me out, or I should say syringes - after 15 piercings and 5 tattoos, the needle doesn't bother me.
I share the spider (as we discovered in Grenada - ever seen two grown adults stop dead in their tracks in a rum distillery before and decide that they don't need to go any further?) and needle fear with you Hawk! I haven't had a vacination since I was 6 and the last time I had dental work done I was under general!
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Posted 12 May 2006 - 02:12 PM
Biting into something that is supposed to be soft and finding something oddly chewey!
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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