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Sharksbaja
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Bruce, you da man, thanks for the help. Ever a chance you movin' back to Mulege in the future??
I know, you haven't even left yet! See, you're already missed.
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El Camote
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Alacr?n Grande
| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Camote, man you have your share of critters. Funny thing is, you'd think that big palapa of ours would rain down alacrans but I've only found two
little ones in over 2 years. |
That's because the big mamas are hiding under your bed, waiting to snuggle up when you go to sleep! 
Speaking of biggies: Several years ago made the first trip down in the fall and we were all excited because we were going to continue on south, to
Bahia Concepcion, for a 2 week, 40th birthday celebration for this pedo viejo. In all the excitement, birthday boy overdid it on the celebration and
found himself and the dog staring at the pulsating walls after his better half had wisely called it a night.
I look down and see the biggest, fattest alacr?n crawling towards me from the back door shouting caucasoidal racial slurs in Spanish and swinging his
pincers in a provoking manner (OK, this part is open to interpretation).
Our curious pup was about 6 ft away on the sofa and, fearing for her safety if she decided to inspect it, grabbed the closest large object, my #12
shoe, and sent his entrails spraying across the floor and 2 feet up the wall. In the morning, I would have thought this scenario the by-product of a
demented and fermented mind except the evisceration was still stuck to the wall.  Biggest scorp. I've seen down there since.
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Sharksbaja
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Yer crackin' me up
Are you saying one rewally came at you w/ pincers flexing?
Where the heck do you live?
David........ they were manufactured under the name TIP inc (Technical Irrigation Products} it was a subsidiary of Salco Products. They dealt mostly
with Saudi Companies in the 1980s but Rain-Bird and Toro were also customers. Whatever happened to them I could care less... my dad got the screws put
to him. But I gotta lot of nice inventory. Never had a use for it in Oregon.
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Capt. George
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have any of you ever really smelled moth balls?
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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its too hard to keep hold of there little wings;
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Capt. George
have any of you ever really smelled moth balls? |
I used to mothball my gas way back when.
Jerry....
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Capt. George
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the real answer is:
how did you get your head between their legs!
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Sharksbaja
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Hey thanks for the insightful contribution to this thread. BTW how are your houseplants doing while you're away....do you have houseplants in
Baja?
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Capt. George
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I'll bite. No, I do not have houseplants.
Why do you ask?, he says.
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Sharksbaja
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The shark thinks the subject line connotation was misconstrued.
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Capt. George
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no houseplants in Punta Abreojos
when we leave FL all plants go in the ground
you in US or Baja now?
we head to Baja end of month, yeehah.
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Our landlord's kids take care of the watering, and "neighbors" check on them.
Our problem is most often ratas y ratones. Our shower goes to grey water drain, and a rat drowned in the line when we returned and starting bathing.
I couldn't snake him out and we was pretty ripe before he "flowed" away. I had to redesign my filter, and now it is rodent proof.
One year we left sticky traps on the kitchen counter. We returned to find lots of perfectly preserved skeletons in starved postures of torture. Traps
are more humane, I think.
I've given up on making the cabin mouse proof. Mexican mice evolved from a sci-fi movie, and I'm convinced they can walk through walls.
In the largest alacran competition, I offer the following recently posted photo. The size 8 footprint along side makes a pretty good guage. This old
girl was a smidge over 6" long streached-out and measured from claws to telson.
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Bruce R Leech
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sticky traps
last time I used sticky traps we got up in the middle of the night hearing lots of cat noise. the traps had done there job well and the cat was trying
to cash in on the easy pick ens and had no less that three traps with a total of five mice stuck to all sides of his head. needles to say he was running around like a cat with sticky traps stuck all over
his head.
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Sharksbaja
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 Now DATS funny Bruce!!!
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Talking about Alacrans living in Palapa roofs. When living in Tripui in the 80's I had ,one evening, while watching TV, an about 4 inch one drop from
the ceiling and land right on my watchamacallit. Being in swimming trunks, that really got my attention. I also, with a flyswatter, flipped a large
one that was cruising through, and that sucker turned around, lifted itself up looking 3 times its size, and came after the swatter. However they look
tougher then they are. You can readily kill them with a flyswatter.
They do look scary though and when stung, do hurt. I know. Got stuck in the tip of my ringfinger and it felt like someone put it on a hotplate on full
heat.
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Scary lookin' things
| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
When living in Tripui in the 80's I had ,one evening, while watching TV, an about 4 inch one drop from the ceiling and land right on my
watchamacallit. |
Whatchacallit?......... the alacran that is.
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Bruce
The image of your poor cat STILL has me giggling out of control!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
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Sharksbaja
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Raccoons in the waterfall?
I kept finding piles of odd looking scat in the dry pool atop our little waterfall to the spa. I thought "man these are some odd wimps". Then I
started finding some on a portion of our garage roof where there is shade all day long. One early morning I spied the culprit. Coons, and fat ones at
that. I had no idea they inhabited Baja.
Ya never know in Baja. I think they keep the vermin down. Say.....do they eat scorpiones?
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im not sure about the coons eating but they best be carefull i was invited to dinner one time and not knowing i can tell ya first hand it tasts a
little oily but a lot like turkey and id eat it again but id add some BBQ sauce them little ribs work good for tooth picks too
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Yea, coonskin hats are a dead give-away! Jerry I might feel like I'm eating a
dog with hands!
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