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Post by murphthesurf on Sept 6, 2019 19:12:37 GMT
Well, looking at it the other way up, so's to speak, Bathy, I'm mostly scared of creepy crawlies, that's it, really. (Well, what do you expect, from a giiiiiirrrrrrrrllllll....... ) Although I'm not too keen on sailing over a load of deep water, eg. the Atlantic. And flying. And bats, not too keen on those, either, even the little ones. Had one batting about (ha! not intended) in the sittingroom one evening once. Screamed the place down then, as well. Posted about it on 'ere. Oh, and zombies and horror stuff. That's it, really. Apart from fennell. Not scared of it, but don't like it. Or coriander. Scared of dentists, though. Btw, you do know I'm off the sauce at present, n'est-ce-pas? Nothing more than a psychological thing, I know, but I just don't fancy it. Tesco's sales of fresh lemons have plummeted. Cooked anything interesting lately? I’ve been teaching the eldest to cook over summer & have just made the kids Spanish omelette for tea... Good on the going dry thing👍🏻 Well done on the cookery lessons - excellent. Love omelettes & Spanish are a fave. Also often put smoked cheese in and it goes all melty. The going dry thing isn't intentional --- since the nasty ulcers 'do' at the beginning of August and the week-long holiday in the Royal Stoke I just don't fancy alcohol, but I'm sure it's purely an imaginary thing as alcohol wasn't the culprit (aspirin was), nor was I told to keep off it at all. However, I suppose not indulging can only be a good thing. What a pity!
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Sept 6, 2019 20:10:13 GMT
We had the biggest wasp type creature I've ever seen in our bedroom last week. It was fucking huge, it was crawling on the floor so I ran downstairs to get my phone and a can of Raid, when I got back upstairs it took off, it took ages to get off the floor and started heading towards me so I blasted the fucker with Raid and it flew back and out of the window. I went outside to see if it has dropped on the drive but couldnt find it, I was well pissed off because I wanted to get a photo of it as I can't explain how big it was. Looked it up on Google and it looks like it was probably a Hornet Queen, I still can't believe how big the fucking thing was. The only insect I can think of that I'd protect myself from it with a sawn-off shogun.
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Post by potterinleeds on Sept 12, 2019 7:52:23 GMT
Anyone notice how much more common they are nowadays. When I was a kid they seemed quite rare & I hardly ever saw them despite being out all day. Now see them often. Even had one in the house the other day. £@#&!n $#!t myself, thought it was a pterodactyl! I saw one yesterday up Lemon Gill, above Grinton, in Swaledale, at approx. 330m above sea level. Never seen one that high up before.
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 15, 2019 10:01:49 GMT
You're a whole lot braver than I am, Timbo and Fel --- I'm terrified of moths. And I mean TERRIFIED. I was in the garden one summer afternoon a few years ago (and it was such a shock and horrendous experience that it's STILL 100% clear in my mind) - pootling about, clearing the odd fallen leaves off things here and there and sweeping them up, and picked a very large brownish-grey ragged leaf off something - I shook my fingers to shake it off, but no matter how hard I shook them it stuck to my fingers - so then I looked at it closely and to my horror suddenly realised that it was a moth - but the biggest moth I've ever seen, with a wingspan of at least three inches - I screamed the place down, finally managed to shake it off and then did the four-minute mile back to the house in 3 minutes 59.3 seconds..... I remember later finding out that it was a Poplar Hawk Moth: ukmoths.org.uk/species/laothoe-populi
Still shudder to think of it. It was HUGE. They are a thing of beauty. Noooooooooooo !!! Can't imagine why I didn't reply 'Up yer kilt' to that one. I'm just too polite for my own good, innit.
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Post by felonious on Oct 15, 2019 13:34:24 GMT
They are a thing of beauty. Noooooooooooo !!! Can't imagine why I didn't reply 'Up yer kilt' to that one. I'm just too polite for my own good, innit. I thought you had but of course I'm right
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