Posted on 07/26/2013 3:46:12 PM PDT by Kaslin
They are large too, about the size around of a tea cup. Their long legs make them good jumpers. The one in my closet jumped about seven feet from the floor of the closet to my hand. Yark! is right.
You are most welcome.
I was in upper Egypt during a windstorm and someone asked the Egyptian driver, “Does the wind always blow this way”? And the driver is dead serious when he says, “No, sometimes it blows the other way.”
We all laughed. It hurt his feelings, him not being familiar with American idioms. I still laugh.
I loved Egypt. We went there twice when we lived there (also to Kenya) and once again to Egypt when I came home. The Egyptians are nice...and they LIKED Americans. That was a breath of fresh air for us.
I liked it there. Spent a year total, in the early 80’s. But I came away with a VERY negative impression of islam. THAT HAS GROWN.
Tarantulas can jump like that and can bite, but they rarely get rowled up.
Except after nuclear experiments in the desert.
I learn something new every day. :o)
I was there five years and worked with 30 Saudis. My boss was a real peach and I grew fond of him. He reminded me of one of my uncles, very kind.
Islam and the middle east was so very foreign to me. I used to sign my letters "from the dark side of the moon." However, I grew up and saw people as people. Their religion isn't for me. I think it's stupid, but I'm not going to denigrade the people who follow it. Not a Christian thing to do.
I actually became a better Christian there. Religion was always kind of important to me. But it became the center of my life...OVER THERE. I have continued the devotion.
Imagine, becoming a better Christian is a Muslim country. And it wasn't just ANY Muslim country, it was the HOME of Islam, though we were in the north, right on the Persian Gulf. THEY called it the Arabian Gulf, of course.
I had a co-worker, an Indian, and a REAL pain in the wazoo. He was giving me static about taking off 15 minutes from work to go across the street to Mass. He was Catholic too.
He was so annoyed with me, even though I made up those 15 minutes during my lunch hour, that he went to my Muslim boss to complain. I will never forget that. I was there when he told my boss.
You know what my Saudi Arab Muslim boss said?
He said, "Harry, God is number one. There is always time for God. Mary (not my real name) can go to pray anytime she wants."
I don't know who was more flabbergasted more, Harry or me.
No kidding. I go walking right at 7 AM, just to beat the heat. I go to the fishing marina around 9 AM, since it is cool in the fishing well. I've been catching a bunch of crappie.
It's about the godless, perverted, anti-business, rabid liberals that live and run your modern day Sodom and Gomorrah.
I will give you credit, you folks sure know how to throw a party!
For the record......
In East Tennessee, the night of July 25 2013 the low was 57° f, a record low for the date.
50 ways to beat the Heat...
You gotta start with shutting down Lebron...
John 8:7. Check it out.
Like the old saying goes “the weather is here wish you were beautiful”. I have heard that from Californians many times.
Why don't you use that as your tag line so freepers will know up front how you feel and they won't insult you with their own opinions of their own states.
My, my, sweeping generalizations...Californians have a chip? All of us? Lol. Okay.
"The weather is here"?? I never heard that here either. Must be a saying from your neck of the woods.
Never did hear that saying of "the weather is here...."
My apologies for misquoting you. I shouldn't start writing on the web until I've had my FULL two cups of coffee. Just had my second...it's 6:55 A.M.
Also, I love Arizona and Texas too. The deserts of Arizona are absolutely magnificent. My mother was born and reared in Arizona and she taught us to love the desert.
I visited New York City a few years ago. I LOVED the Big Apple but didn't have the time to visit the rest of the state.
I did get to see Yellowstone--absolutely MAGNIFICENT. But, then, I did get to visit much of the world when husband and I lived in Saudi Arabia. We meant to do that, knowing that when we came home we would see our own country. Unfortunately he got lung cancer...what to do besides mourn?
Please stop sending Californians to Texas ;)
Can we still visit?? It's such a great state, I'd hate to not go. :o)
Actually I haven't been to west Texas...yet. There is still much more to see.
Agree. What heat? Here in Ohio for the past week it’s been lows in the 50’s and highs in the upper 70’s. In fact, it’s been a mild, rainy summer with only one 4 or 5 day period in the 90’s. For what it’s worth, this is generally the hottest time of the year in southern Ohio.
Global warming has cooled us down considerably.
I’m beginning to think global warming was a government diversion to distract us from the coming ice age that had been forecast for so long. :>)
Both of our states have a fabulous history I hope Californias future is as good as her history. So sorry about losing your husband, sounds like you had an exciting life together. My husband just turned 78, every day is a blessing. We have traveled, fished, hunted all over the US Canada and Mexico and have seen lots of the world beside. Haven't been to the middle east like you but that's OK with me, never wanted to go there.
Can't argue with that...it IS such a great state.
Sure, if you have any $$ left over after CA withholds taxes...you can come for a brief visit. Just don't relocate ;)
When I lived in Guantanamo Bay back in the 60s they would drive a DDT fog truck through the housing area every few days. It was so dense you couldn’t see a thing. We thought it was great fun to run behind the truck in the white fog.
Probably explains a LOT about me.
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