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Reply #30 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 3:47pm
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Life plays tricks on us, and I feel God has a strange
sense of humor!!

My brother had a terrible fear of dying in a nursing
home!! Laying there for years, rotting away!!
He did not fear death, he feared suffering!!

On Feb. 17 of this year, while doing volunteer
work at a nursing home, he had massive heart
attack and was gone in a matter of seconds!!

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Reply #31 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 4:06pm

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Spiders never bothered me until I got married. My ex was/is terrified of them & passed her fear on to me (& our daughter). I'm much like Fozzer now & encourage them as pets. Here Boris.* LOL Grin


Hi Hagar...!
Snap..!
One of my "many"  "X's" was/is terrified of Crane flies, (remember them?)...
It got so bleedin' annoying that I finally had to bury her, along with all the others, at the top of my garden... Wink...!
...I rather like Crane flies now... Grin...!

Cheers mate... Grin...!
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P.S. ..if the Metropolitan Police read this can they please plant a new crop of potatoes after they have dug up my garden....thank-you.... Grin...!
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Reply #32 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 4:50pm

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Hi Hagar...!
Snap..!
One of my "many"  "X's" was/is terrified of Crane flies, (remember them?)...

Remember them? Don't remind me. Daddy Longlegs we used to call them. (Is there a Mummy Longlegs? ) We get plagues of the pesky things. Not sure when the next batch is due. I spend all my time trying to stop them committing suicide by fluttering around inside my lampshades. They insist on crawling all over my monitor too. I feel rather sorry for them as someone told me they only live for a few days. Roll Eyes

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It got so bleedin' annoying that I finally had to bury her, along with all the others, at the top of my garden... Wink...!
...I rather like Crane flies now... Grin...!

P.S. ..if the Metropolitan Police read this can they please plant a new crop of potatoes after they have dug up my garden....thank-you.... Grin...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

I should watch out. Knowing the Boys in Blue they might be on their way this very minute. I spotted our police helo heading north earlier. LOL  Grin

PS. What would the Mets be doing in your neck of the woods? I would think the local coppers know all about you already. Tongue
 
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Reply #33 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 5:20pm

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But what to do with the potatoes they dug up? Shocked What to do, what to do.. Cry

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Reply #34 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 5:33pm

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Daddy Longlegs we used to call them.

Sorry Hagar but I gotta correct you there, they're definetly two different animals.
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I may be wrong with the specifics, but the Crane Fly belongs to the Dipthera class and the Daddy Long Legs are, well, they're not even insects!  Arachnids unless I'm mistaken.  Although it is possible the Long Legs is a nymph of the Crane Fly, but counting up the legs should tell otherwise.  Besides, I'm pretty sure all species belonging to Dipthera undergo Complete Metamorphisis.  Although it's been awhile since I've studied insects, so don't take my word for it.
 
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Reply #35 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 5:37pm

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nononononono crane flys are called daddy long legs.
 
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Reply #36 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 5:41pm

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In Britain or America?  Or maybe Australia, Canada...
 
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Reply #37 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 5:44pm

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Sorry Hagar but I gotta correct you there, they're definetly two different animals.

I may be wrong with the specifics, but the Crane Fly belongs to the Dipthera class and the Daddy Long Legs are, well, they're not even insects!  Arachnids unless I'm mistaken.  Although it is possible the Long Legs is a nymph of the Crane Fly, but counting up the legs should tell otherwise.  Besides, I'm pretty sure all species belonging to Dipthera undergo Complete Metamorphisis.  Although it's been awhile since I've studied insects, so don't take my word for it.

You certainly know your bugs Scorp. It might depend on which part of the world you're from. We always called crane flies Daddy Longlegs around here.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/cr/cranefly.html

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nononononono crane flys are called daddy long legs.  

PS. You can tell Crumbso is from my part of the world.  Wink
 
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Reply #38 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 5:51pm

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Thanks Hagar, although I did misspell Diptera... Cry Doesn't much matter in Texas though, most [normal] people 'round here call 'em bugs too! Wink
 
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Reply #39 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 5:58pm

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oh right well yeah I'm from britain and thats what the're called over here.
 
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Reply #40 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 6:03pm

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oh right well yeah I'm from britain and thats what the're called over here.

Yup. We're almost close neighbours. Off topic. Pity we couldn't have met up at Shoreham Airport this weekend.

On second thoughts you might never have recovered from the shock. LOL  8)
 
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Reply #41 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 7:42pm

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Here in Canada we call the spider "daddy long-legs" and I've always heard the crane fly refered to as "mosquito hawks"... I'm not sure why the word "hawk" is used but they do look like giant mosquitos. I've been told not to kill the crane flies because they eat mosquitos... maybe that's where the "hawk" comes from.

Did you know that if you pull a leg off of one of those long legged spiders it will continue to move on it's own for a while? Creepy.

The coolest insect is the dragonfly... they look like little helicopters. I once saw one eat a large deer-fly alive.
 
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Reply #42 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 8:15pm

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The coolest insect is the dragonfly... they look like little helicopters. I once saw one eat a large deer-fly alive.

Not to mention a Dragonfly with Mosquitoes is like me with Pepsi. Grin A big plus here in Houston, dang swamp... Tongue
 
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Reply #43 - Aug 17th, 2003 at 11:04pm

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In Australia, the spider is a 'Daddy Long Legs' and the thing with wings that you're calling a 'Crane Fly' is known here as 'A Bloody Big Mozzie'.  Grin Wink

P.S. (from the 'Brensec Encyclopaedia of Useless Information') The daddy long legs spider has the most poisonous venom of all the spiders, but it delivers such a miniscule amount that it won't even harm a human. I have heard that their bite can be quite painful though.
Although I don't know anyone whose ever been bitten by one as they are so unaggressive.
They also keep the mozzie population down too.  Grin Grin Wink
 
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Reply #44 - Aug 18th, 2003 at 2:06am
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