The post whore thread.

[buffalobo]

That is a cool looking critter, but in the right moment or circumstances, I am sure it would scare the shit out of folks not used to seeing or knowing about them.

Just thinking about wife or daughter being surprised by one sets me to laughing.

[BuffCyclist]

About 100 pages ago when it was last brought up, I had mentioned how I went out to my garage to start a load of laundry. When I turned around to head back inside, one of those guys was staring me down right in the middle of my path. I flipped my shit and went to reach for my CCW, then I realized what exactly I was going to shoot with my Glock 23 and was like, oh wait, LOL.

They'll definitely freak you out if you aren't expecting them. They're about 4" long and the healthy ones have a thick back end and huge pincers!

[buffalobo]

About 100 pages ago when it was last brought up, I had mentioned how I went out to my garage to start a load of laundry. When I turned around to head back inside, one of those guys was staring me down right in the middle of my path. I flipped my shit and went to reach for my CCW, then I realized what exactly I was going to shoot with my Glock 23 and was like, oh wait, LOL.

They'll definitely freak you out if you aren't expecting them. They're about 4" long and the healthy ones have a thick back end and huge pincers!

I can very easily see me jumping about 4' high and landing Glock in hand ready to defend myself.


I am thinking the wife, if carrying would put a couple rounds in it(and the hardwood floor) as a reflex.


Hope she is not close to a shotgun when it surprises her. Don't think I can putty that hole in the floor.

[BuffCyclist]

Haha, exactly! Now if I saw a scorpion that size, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot that sumbitch!

Vinegaroons aren't scary once you know what they are. Scorpions on the other hand, those are one of God's creatures that I'd have no problem taking out.

[buffalobo]

Yea, pretty much stomp scorpions into greasy spots. Worked on a pipeline job outside Alamogordo back in the late 80's. Scorpions would crawl up on the tractors because of the heat retention at night. Couple of close calls until we learned to check for them and snakes.

[BuffCyclist]

There's a canyon just outside of town that you can go hiking in year round, but its not advised in the summer. During then, you can throw a stone in any direction and hit a rattlesnake.

A coworker said he took his dog hiking up there to scout out the barbary sheep for his next hunt (a few weeks later). He said he kept hearing this weird noise, then saw his dog was really interested with something. Checked it out and sure enough, a rattler. Then he realized that sound he had heard all along was rattlers. Freaked out, threw his dog on a leash, got out his gun and slowly but carefully hiked out of there.

[BuffCyclist]

Wash - I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar!

...

Mal - Chicken's come home to roost.

* huge piece of debris from battle hits ship *

Mal - What the HELL!

Wash - Ittts okay... I'mmm a l..leaf on the wind!

Mal - What does that MEAN!?

[wax_job]

Watching "Bullet to the head" ... Based on the 60% rotten tomato rating.


I think they were generous.

[wax_job]

[spyder]

Fuck scorpions, and those, and the spiders we have here... Last time we went hiking, we came across a tarantula... it scared the bejesus out of me! I was sitting, and was leaning back, arms propping me up from behind. A stick moved under my finger and so I looked back, a friggen tarantula is what moved the stick. It was two inches from crawling on me. It wasn't too big of a spider, only about 4" in diameter, but I hate, *hate* spiders. I jumped up, and before I stopped, ya, my hand was clinching the grip on my Hk (still holstered)... My wife laughed her ass off (didn't think I had that kind of vertical). She then told me the legal reasons I couldn't shoot it bla bla bla bla..... So, I took a few rounds out of the mag, and thew them at it. Stupid little thing....

Disclaimer* It was on soft dirt when I threw the rounds at it.