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    So i was programming last night (early this morning) when i noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw a big earwig crawling around on my shoulder. My instinctive reaction was to flick it off ... it was about 3am, shrieking like a girl wasn't an option. Genius. I spent the next 3 hours glancing at my shoulder, desk, ... everywhere but the screen, every few seconds in paranoia. Upon reflection i'm thinking it may be a fitting pet, after all pirates had parrots on their shoulders, may programmers should have bugs on theirs. :) ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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      So i was programming last night (early this morning) when i noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw a big earwig crawling around on my shoulder. My instinctive reaction was to flick it off ... it was about 3am, shrieking like a girl wasn't an option. Genius. I spent the next 3 hours glancing at my shoulder, desk, ... everywhere but the screen, every few seconds in paranoia. Upon reflection i'm thinking it may be a fitting pet, after all pirates had parrots on their shoulders, may programmers should have bugs on theirs. :) ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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      cmk wrote: after all pirates had parrots on their shoulders, may programmers should have bugs on theirs. I think I would prefer the parrot. Marc My website Traceract Understanding Simple Data Binding Diary Of A CEO - Preface

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        So i was programming last night (early this morning) when i noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw a big earwig crawling around on my shoulder. My instinctive reaction was to flick it off ... it was about 3am, shrieking like a girl wasn't an option. Genius. I spent the next 3 hours glancing at my shoulder, desk, ... everywhere but the screen, every few seconds in paranoia. Upon reflection i'm thinking it may be a fitting pet, after all pirates had parrots on their shoulders, may programmers should have bugs on theirs. :) ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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        *shrug* I have mice in my desk. They eat anything remotely edible, piss on my toothbrush (yes, i keep a toothbrush in my desk), and leave droppings everywhere. Trade ya!

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          *shrug* I have mice in my desk. They eat anything remotely edible, piss on my toothbrush (yes, i keep a toothbrush in my desk), and leave droppings everywhere. Trade ya!

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          Shog9 wrote: Trade ya! I usually have a gf on my shoulder, err, back more correctly, when I am trying to write code. Trade with all of ya! :omg:

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            Shog9 wrote: Trade ya! I usually have a gf on my shoulder, err, back more correctly, when I am trying to write code. Trade with all of ya! :omg:

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            Is she interested in what you are doing, or is she trying to pull you away? Good music: In my rosary[^]

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              So i was programming last night (early this morning) when i noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw a big earwig crawling around on my shoulder. My instinctive reaction was to flick it off ... it was about 3am, shrieking like a girl wasn't an option. Genius. I spent the next 3 hours glancing at my shoulder, desk, ... everywhere but the screen, every few seconds in paranoia. Upon reflection i'm thinking it may be a fitting pet, after all pirates had parrots on their shoulders, may programmers should have bugs on theirs. :) ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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              Bah, those things are common here - I've had to brush them off countless times. It's the black widow spiders and fire ants that I most worry about, but fortunately those mostly stay outside. Inside the things that creep me out are the wolf spiders whose legspan exceeds 1 1/2 inches. Oh, and the windscorpions that come in the house from time to time don't creep me out that much, but I wouldn't want one of them crawling across me - thier bites are nasty. ;)

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                So i was programming last night (early this morning) when i noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw a big earwig crawling around on my shoulder. My instinctive reaction was to flick it off ... it was about 3am, shrieking like a girl wasn't an option. Genius. I spent the next 3 hours glancing at my shoulder, desk, ... everywhere but the screen, every few seconds in paranoia. Upon reflection i'm thinking it may be a fitting pet, after all pirates had parrots on their shoulders, may programmers should have bugs on theirs. :) ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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                Weird. I've noticed a lot of earwigs in the garden recently and I had crawling about near my laptop earlier in the week.

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                  Shog9 wrote: Trade ya! I usually have a gf on my shoulder, err, back more correctly, when I am trying to write code. Trade with all of ya! :omg:

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                  rwestgraham wrote: I usually have a gf on my shoulder, err, back more correctly, when I am trying to write code. You'll be more productive if you switch positions... (hur hur hur) :rolleyes:

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                    Bah, those things are common here - I've had to brush them off countless times. It's the black widow spiders and fire ants that I most worry about, but fortunately those mostly stay outside. Inside the things that creep me out are the wolf spiders whose legspan exceeds 1 1/2 inches. Oh, and the windscorpions that come in the house from time to time don't creep me out that much, but I wouldn't want one of them crawling across me - thier bites are nasty. ;)

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                    That should read: "Inside, the things that...". CP won't let me edit my post :(

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                      Bah, those things are common here - I've had to brush them off countless times. It's the black widow spiders and fire ants that I most worry about, but fortunately those mostly stay outside. Inside the things that creep me out are the wolf spiders whose legspan exceeds 1 1/2 inches. Oh, and the windscorpions that come in the house from time to time don't creep me out that much, but I wouldn't want one of them crawling across me - thier bites are nasty. ;)

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                      J. Dunlap wrote: Inside the things that creep me out are the wolf spiders whose legspan exceeds 1 1/2 inches One place I lived had those with 6 inch legspan and fangs like pencil points, plus they could jump about 3 feet when properly motivated. The creepy part was hearing them land. There weren't a whole lot of mice though. :~


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                        *shrug* I have mice in my desk. They eat anything remotely edible, piss on my toothbrush (yes, i keep a toothbrush in my desk), and leave droppings everywhere. Trade ya!

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                        hmmmmmm, am I the only one thinking that it would take just one occurence before I: 1. Threw the toothbrush away. 2. Tore the desk apart, and killed anything with fur. and 3. MOVED MY TOOTHBRUSH TO A PLACE WHERE IT DOESN'T GET PISSED ON?????? Maybe i'm just an agressive problem solver. :-D

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                          So i was programming last night (early this morning) when i noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw a big earwig crawling around on my shoulder. My instinctive reaction was to flick it off ... it was about 3am, shrieking like a girl wasn't an option. Genius. I spent the next 3 hours glancing at my shoulder, desk, ... everywhere but the screen, every few seconds in paranoia. Upon reflection i'm thinking it may be a fitting pet, after all pirates had parrots on their shoulders, may programmers should have bugs on theirs. :) ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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                          This is the time of year when the local ant population lets me know that its time to shake the crumbs out of my keyboard. I hate typing with ants crawling over my fingers... "Capitalism is the source of all true freedom."

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                            hmmmmmm, am I the only one thinking that it would take just one occurence before I: 1. Threw the toothbrush away. 2. Tore the desk apart, and killed anything with fur. and 3. MOVED MY TOOTHBRUSH TO A PLACE WHERE IT DOESN'T GET PISSED ON?????? Maybe i'm just an agressive problem solver. :-D

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                            Do i look like someone who isn't lazy?! ;) (FWIW, if i was actually motivated enough to brush my teeth regularly while at work, it'd be on my desk rather than in it)

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                              J. Dunlap wrote: Inside the things that creep me out are the wolf spiders whose legspan exceeds 1 1/2 inches One place I lived had those with 6 inch legspan and fangs like pencil points, plus they could jump about 3 feet when properly motivated. The creepy part was hearing them land. There weren't a whole lot of mice though. :~


                              I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

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                              andy brummer There weren't a whole lot of mice though. :~ :laugh: No surprise!

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                                J. Dunlap wrote: Inside the things that creep me out are the wolf spiders whose legspan exceeds 1 1/2 inches One place I lived had those with 6 inch legspan and fangs like pencil points, plus they could jump about 3 feet when properly motivated. The creepy part was hearing them land. There weren't a whole lot of mice though. :~


                                I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

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                                thinking about those will make me feel much better next time I swear at our canadian winters :~

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                                  This is the time of year when the local ant population lets me know that its time to shake the crumbs out of my keyboard. I hate typing with ants crawling over my fingers... "Capitalism is the source of all true freedom."

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                                  When i was in San Diego i used to have bad ant problems. Any food left anywhere and i'd come home to a 1" wdide trail of ants along the carpet or walls. Used to also have these tiny little round hard shelled bugs that would get into everything. After a while i gave up and just started eating them. It was a little weird having a bowl of cereal with little things swiming around, but if you don't look you don't notice. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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                                    When i was in San Diego i used to have bad ant problems. Any food left anywhere and i'd come home to a 1" wdide trail of ants along the carpet or walls. Used to also have these tiny little round hard shelled bugs that would get into everything. After a while i gave up and just started eating them. It was a little weird having a bowl of cereal with little things swiming around, but if you don't look you don't notice. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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                                    cmk wrote: It was a little weird having a bowl of cereal with little things swiming around, but if you don't look you don't notice. I've fumigated the food cupboards for those things a few times but they always come back. I heard that the eggs are present in most cerials you buy and other dry food (lentils, flour, etc) and that if you keep stuff long enough you wil always eventually have them. (I tend to buy bulk and I guess I keep it too long) But as you've discovered they don't taste of anything and eating them is no big deal once you get over the psychological aspect. Steve T

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                                      So i was programming last night (early this morning) when i noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw a big earwig crawling around on my shoulder. My instinctive reaction was to flick it off ... it was about 3am, shrieking like a girl wasn't an option. Genius. I spent the next 3 hours glancing at my shoulder, desk, ... everywhere but the screen, every few seconds in paranoia. Upon reflection i'm thinking it may be a fitting pet, after all pirates had parrots on their shoulders, may programmers should have bugs on theirs. :) ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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                                      Once I had a huntsman on the Wall. A huntsman is a big spider which is 20cm wide (including the legs). That was a shock. I killed it, but maybe I shouldn't Hunstamn are innocuous, unlike the tiny and deadly redback :doh:

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                                        J. Dunlap wrote: Inside the things that creep me out are the wolf spiders whose legspan exceeds 1 1/2 inches One place I lived had those with 6 inch legspan and fangs like pencil points, plus they could jump about 3 feet when properly motivated. The creepy part was hearing them land. There weren't a whole lot of mice though. :~


                                        I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

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                                        holy crap!! :omg:


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                                          Once I had a huntsman on the Wall. A huntsman is a big spider which is 20cm wide (including the legs). That was a shock. I killed it, but maybe I shouldn't Hunstamn are innocuous, unlike the tiny and deadly redback :doh:

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                                          20cm wide spider!!!???!!! i had a baboon spider crawl across the patio in front of me once in cape town and that scared the crap out of me ... last week here in tracy where my gf lives i found 3 black widow spiders and that wasnt nice ... but none of them were 20cm across :omg:


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