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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

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To: FrogInABlender; HairOfTheDog
I want to know what built it. Breaking it open didn't give me a clue.

Sorry it's so blurry, but the center was a white hairy looking thing, almost like a dandelion.

I also noticed for the first time this year, that my red bud tree has buds on it already.

Becky

521 posted on 03/03/2006 7:57:37 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: HairOfTheDog; FrogInABlender

Hey now that's a great plan:)

Becky


522 posted on 03/03/2006 7:58:38 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: FrogInABlender

Wow, I've never heard that.

I hate cicadas,,,ugh,,,I had an aunt that use to catch them and tie a long string on them and hold on to it while they flew around. She'd bring them in the house:) I think she was one taco short of a family pack:)

Becky


523 posted on 03/03/2006 8:00:48 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
the center was a white hairy looking thing, almost like a dandelion

Yeah! That's what I was talking about when I said it was full of webby-looking stuff. It's slmost like a spider web egg case inside a shell.

524 posted on 03/03/2006 8:00:56 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: FrogInABlender; HairOfTheDog

Maybe we could plan that for the summer of 2007.

Becky


525 posted on 03/03/2006 8:02:26 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Well, I think we can tell it's a bug, and not a snake (I wondered!)

Hmm... what if you did put the other two in a jar for awhile!


526 posted on 03/03/2006 8:05:01 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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Baby watch update: Nothing:(.

She went to bed slept good, contractions have all stopped.

Becky


527 posted on 03/03/2006 8:05:23 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: HairOfTheDog

I am going to keep it and see what happens. I've laid it on the table with all my plant stuff for now. I'll find a jar sometime today.

Becky


528 posted on 03/03/2006 8:06:43 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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...I had an aunt that use to catch them and tie a long string on them and hold on to it while they flew around...P

LOL!!! I've done that, it's fun! But then I'm one taco short of a family pack too. I like to catch them and give them to the cat to play with. It's hysterical to watch them run around with one in their mouth that's screaming like a jackhammer and you can tell the cat's thinking, "Jeez! I wish this thing would shut up! It's giving me a headache." You can hear the noise echoing from inside their mouth.

529 posted on 03/03/2006 8:07:01 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; FrogInABlender
Maybe we could plan that for the summer of 2007.

Sounds terrific to me... and with your milder temps, it could even work as a fall/winter/early spring thing.

530 posted on 03/03/2006 8:07:05 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
...I've laid it on the table with all my plant stuff for now. I'll find a jar sometime today.

Yeah, you'll come back and there'll be a tiny hole in them and what-ever-it-is will be in your house. ;o)

531 posted on 03/03/2006 8:09:41 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
She went to bed slept good, contractions have all stopped.

Well, the only thing I know for sure about babies... is they don't just decide not to come :~D Soon :~D

532 posted on 03/03/2006 8:10:01 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: FrogInABlender; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

We don't have any bugs big enough to tie a string on :~0


533 posted on 03/03/2006 8:11:01 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: FrogInABlender

LOL, that's why I'm going to find a jar FAST:)

Becky


534 posted on 03/03/2006 8:12:40 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: FrogInABlender

I just don't like bugs, especially the ones that are crunchy. UGH, Susie eats katydids sometimes, gag, I can't stand it. They screech and crunch like a cicada would.

Becky


535 posted on 03/03/2006 8:14:50 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: HairOfTheDog

That is one of the things that sounds very tempting about WA. not much in the bug department:)

And about digging me up a fern. I'd love that, but will they let me bring it home on the plane?

Becky


536 posted on 03/03/2006 8:16:22 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I think so... Especially in your checked bag. I think if we dig it up and cut off the fronds, you can just take the roots with you in a big plastic baggie.

I don't ~think~ you'll get busted for contraband :~D

Maybe I'll just dig one up and mail it to you.


537 posted on 03/03/2006 8:18:45 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: HairOfTheDog; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
We don't have any bugs big enough to tie a string on :~0

The normal ones are about 2 inches long, not including the wings and the 17 year ones are about an inch and a half. They look like this...

We were right on the edge of "Brood X" in 2004, it looks like there's another 13 year brood that's coming up in 2011 too...

Brood X (17-year)

Brood XIX (13-year)

More than you ever wanted to know ain't it! ;o)

538 posted on 03/03/2006 8:26:25 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: FrogInABlender

That ain't a bug, it's a bird :~D


539 posted on 03/03/2006 8:27:22 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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I just wondered. I remember years and years, and years:) ago, I was on vacation with my parents and we got stopped at a state border, and they asked if we were transporting any plant life.

I really think it's something I would want to check BEFORE showing up at the airport with it:)

Talking about it has made me excited about coming so I sat down and figured my budget again:) I really think I could make it at the first of July. I just have to watch the little stuff:)

I'll post my budget on the fridge to keep me in check:)

Becky


540 posted on 03/03/2006 8:32:52 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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