tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7199534401329446459..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Texas Notes: RedheadsNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85041732442357278622020-08-17T17:48:23.126-05:002020-08-17T17:48:23.126-05:00Ha! I love houseguests. Ha! I love houseguests. Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54382811190800106592020-08-17T15:14:09.601-05:002020-08-17T15:14:09.601-05:00It seems to me the intent of this column was to di...It seems to me the intent of this column was to discourage house guests.<br />Well done.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45785345258981290362020-08-15T20:54:21.946-05:002020-08-15T20:54:21.946-05:00Ha! Great story about making the bad guy sing. N...Ha! Great story about making the bad guy sing. Not so tough without a pistol I guess?Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19760808475444186962020-08-15T20:53:02.159-05:002020-08-15T20:53:02.159-05:00I never thought I'd become used to so many cre...I never thought I'd become used to so many creatures camping out but one does adapt! You won't have much to worry about in North ATX and if you do, just call me and I'll take care of it. Don't forget to shake your shoes and boots out though, just in case. Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38220674973781705002020-08-15T16:33:53.896-05:002020-08-15T16:33:53.896-05:00Guess the creepy-crawlies don't bother you any...Guess the creepy-crawlies don't bother you anymore. Sounds like you even (sort of) like them. I lived in Florida for a couple of years, in the mid-70s. I still miss the sand and the surf and the sunshine and the ocean breezes. But I do not miss the bugs. I hate bugs. <br /><br />I had a map of the U.S. on my wall when I lived down there. One night, I saw a scorpion (I think) covering the entire state of Tennessee. Had to keep the kitchen spotless and put tin cans on the table legs, because of the ants. And the "palmetto bugs" (the big flying roaches) were very common, and would eat the glue in the bindings of books. It was not fun finding one when you opened them. <br /><br />Didn't see too many big centipedes, though. We get their much-smaller cousins up North. To me, they're like the rats were to Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984"...they are the worst thing in the world (*Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia!"). I yell and shriek when I encounter one. Been that way all my life. <br /><br />Old Chicago story: The Feds wanted an insect-hating Capone mobster to talk. He refused. So they put him into a buggy cell, and soon he was singing like a canary. I'd sell out anybody in a heartbeat if that happened to me. Anybody and everybody.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68555914431682022752020-08-15T14:40:34.203-05:002020-08-15T14:40:34.203-05:00Caren my skin is crawling after reading that. You...Caren my skin is crawling after reading that. You are a better man than I. The UK is comparatively sparse when it comes to scary creepy crawlies but as our climate warms there are newspaper reports of visitors form the nearby Continent which fill me with terror. Damn, there is enough in life out to get you - especially currently - without Dame Nature unleashing a plague of biting, stinging horrors fit to scare you to death! I shall be ultra careful whenever I return to Austin. Only the occasional cockroach or hornet has troubled me so far. I have been warned!Ian Harrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00137550466231169802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9102249232067019082020-08-15T13:25:13.483-05:002020-08-15T13:25:13.483-05:00Tell her to shake her shoes and boots out before p...Tell her to shake her shoes and boots out before putting them on! Maybe she's already learned that the hard way, like I did. Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32465305934390888312020-08-15T09:16:00.792-05:002020-08-15T09:16:00.792-05:00Great piece. My daughter moved to Florida recentl...Great piece. My daughter moved to Florida recently and has had some of the same kinds of experience with geckos and various arachnids. I think she and her family are now almost as used to them as Caren is.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.com