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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Mickey1992 on May 27, 2004, 02:46:33 PM
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(http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040527/capt.gh10205271919.bush_cicadas_gh102.jpg)
A cicada crawls on the neck of Air Force Master Sergeant Richard Balfour as he stands at attention at the base of the stairs of Air Force One while President Bush (news - web sites) boards at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Thursday, May 27, 2004. The President was traveling to Nashville, Tenn. to deliver a speech on healthcare. Behind him is Master Sergeant Jefferson Clark. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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The cicadas seem to be hit-and-miss. I live in central Maryland not too far from DC and I haven't heard or seen any. But about 20 miles north in PA they are really loud. Another 20 miles farther north, not a peep.
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LOL!!! Thats damn funny!!! hehehe!
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My next door neighbors brother told me when he was at basic at the grenade training part, they were standing at attention and a deer fly landed on his buddy infront of him, so he touched the bug and it bit him, the guy jumped like a bomb went off behind him, he smacked where the bug bit him, well the Drill Sgt. couldn't chew a man out more then that guy got it...
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*Could* I stand at attention? Why if it meant a dishonorable discharge and prison time if I didn't, yes, I could stand there at attention with a monkey crapping on my head. :D
One thing you DON'T do is break formation while standing at the bottom of the steps awaiting the CIC to walk down.
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that sucks.....Paris Island Marines have to stand at attention for hours while chunks of their skins are being chewed away by sand fleas.
I've been in formation were it was 110 degrees and people were dropping like flies before. It's the best feeling in the world when you finally hear "RIGHT FACE" "RIGHT SHOULDER ARMS" "FORWARD MARCH"
Every bone in your body achs......you lost feeling in your feet about an hour ago....and because your shoes are paten leather (extra shiney) and black your socks feel like the insides of your shoes feels like your cooking at 350.
Gots to say been their done that didnt keep the t-shirt.
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may be its his personal cicada :)
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Personal experience?
NUTTZ
Originally posted by Ripsnort
*Could* I stand at attention? Why if it meant a dishonorable discharge and prison time if I didn't, yes, I could stand there at attention with a monkey crapping on my head. :D
One thing you DON'T do is break formation while standing at the bottom of the steps awaiting the CIC to walk down.
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Originally posted by NUTTZ
Personal experience?
NUTTZ
Monkey part, yes, service time, no. (Dad was a sergeant in the 101st airborn, so I know what one does, and does not do regarding military discipline. ;) )
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Nothing here yet.
But then we use a LOT of chemcials to keep these lawns green.....:D
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Could I stand at attention?
Hell... check out my webcam. :D
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Originally posted by Sandman
Could I stand at attention?
Hell... check out my webcam. :D
where's your webcam?
Cicadas don't bother me at all. In Phoenix we had a HUGE outbrerak of them when I was around 12 ( are they like every 14 years?)
We had so many in our trees..,.man have you guys heard how loud thousands of those things can be?
I used to catch them and throw them at my sister:) The cats really loved eating them too. They don't bite or anything.....and they are easy to catch by hand.
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Cicadas are nothing.
The only thing that is remotely bothersome is when you have billions of them in the trees doing their treacherous buzz song from hell.
17 years is the massive influx Nuke, but theres still quite a few that come out every year.
Easy to catch by hand, foot, mouth, car grill, etc. They struggle to just stay airborne.
The most fun thing to do is catch them, take those poppers (things in rice paper you throw agains the ground and pop), tape them to the cicada, light the "wick" end on fire and let the bastard fly away.
Good stuff!
-SW
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Last August I remember seeing one lone cicada dogfighting two or three hungry sparrows. It was great - the cicada died a horrible death... buzzing while inside the beak of the winner. I hate those things with a passion. They look like friggin aliens and annoy the crap out of me when I'm trying to sleep in.
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Cicadas are nothing.
The only thing that is remotely bothersome is when you have billions of them in the trees doing their treacherous buzz song from hell.
17 years is the massive influx Nuke, but theres still quite a few that come out every year.
Easy to catch by hand, foot, mouth, car grill, etc. They struggle to just stay airborne.
The most fun thing to do is catch them, take those poppers (things in rice paper you throw agains the ground and pop), tape them to the cicada, light the "wick" end on fire and let the bastard fly away.
Good stuff!
-SW
LOL! I remember that sick crunching sounds the cats made when they ate them
Reminds me, we ( as kids) would collect them and put them in coffee cans...then kick the can down the street.......buzzing like mad.
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Originally posted by Octavius
Last August I remember seeing one lone cicada dogfighting two or three hungry sparrows. It was great - the cicada died a horrible death... buzzing while inside the beak of the winner. I hate those things with a passion. They look like friggin aliens and annoy the crap out of me when I'm trying to sleep in.
You have cicadas in WI? I've lived in michigan all my life and never seen one. Same with cockroaches - they're just something that us poor lake people hear about.
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Yeap, cicadas all over the place.
Cockroaches = teh suck as well. They're around, but only in ****ty food serving establishments like the local Denny's. They add flavor - but i'm only there at 3am ordering a big ****in lumberjack while extremely inebriated.
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Until he tucks his chin in a bit - he's not standing at attention anyway.
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Originally posted by Bonden
Until he tucks his chin in a bit - he's not standing at attention anyway.
Heh...good catch ;)
culero
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Originally posted by Bonden
Until he tucks his chin in a bit - he's not standing at attention anyway.
What do you mean... this is the Air Force, he's probably got his hands on his hips.
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Errr what the hell is a Cicada?? lol,never heard of em
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A few years ago I was walking back from my brother in laws house just minding my own business. As I was approaching a tree I saw something drop out of it and on to the ground about 10 feet ahead of me. I walked a few feet further and realised it was a hornet that had attacked a cicada and was in the process of stinging it rendering it paralyzed. It took about 60 seconds from the point of hitting the concrete to when the cicada stopped struggling, I could see the hornet's legs wrapped around the cicada and trying to hold it still. The cicada was huge, 3 and a half inches long. The hornet was about 4 inches. When the cicada quit moving the hornet slowly lifted off and flew away at a greatly refduced speed. My thought of the whole experience was, Damn, that was EVIL. One moment an annoying loud and hated cicada, the next a hornet victim.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
A few years ago I was walking back from my brother in laws house just minding my own business. As I was approaching a tree I saw something drop out of it and on to the ground about 10 feet ahead of me. I walked a few feet further and realised it was a hornet that had attacked a cicada and was in the process of stinging it rendering it paralyzed. It took about 60 seconds from the point of hitting the concrete to when the cicada stopped struggling, I could see the hornet's legs wrapped around the cicada and trying to hold it still. The cicada was huge, 3 and a half inches long. The hornet was about 4 inches. When the cicada quit moving the hornet slowly lifted off and flew away at a greatly refduced speed. My thought of the whole experience was, Damn, that was EVIL. One moment an annoying loud and hated cicada, the next a hornet victim.
Chinook vs Humvee
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Ok, so they weren't as big as I thought. But this is what I saw. And it wasn't a hornet either.
Cicada Killer (http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg331.html)
(http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/sgoldsmith/cicada.killer.closeup.jpg)
(http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/images/spheciusspeciosus.jpg)
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Out West here in the desert we have what we call "Tarantula Wasps". Basically they attack Tarantulas, sting them then lay their eggs inside of them. The young hatch and eat the spider alive... from the inside.
These are big black nasty looking wasps with orange wings. They are hella scary.
(http://www.nps.gov/moja/images/phanthw.JPG)
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:eek:
HATE wasps/hornets.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Out West here in the desert we have what we call "Tarantula Wasps". Basically they attack Tarantulas, sting them then lay their eggs inside of them. The young hatch and eat the spider alive... from the inside.
These are big black nasty looking wasps with orange wings. They are hella scary.
(http://www.nps.gov/moja/images/phanthw.JPG)
Bah... they're harmless. The yellow-jackets up in the San Joaquin valley are far more aggressive and they attack in groups. :)
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They LOOK scary!
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Originally posted by midnight Target
They LOOK scary!
Yeah, but not as scary as these:
(http://www.solpugid.com/Eremochelisbilobatus2.jpg)
:D
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Oh man you got that right... those things give me the creeps!
Or these
(http://www.foothill.com/image/potato_bug.gif)