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  1. ....I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She is
    now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg
    --
    Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that:
    http://www.ticketmastersucks.org

    Dethink to survive - Mclusky

  2. G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She is
    now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg

    Was the bike in your house? If it was, I would be a little more worried.

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

  3. Ride-A-Lot said:
    G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She
    is now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg

    Was the bike in your house? If it was, I would be a little more worried.

    Yep, in my bedroom, actually.

    Hahahaha, no, it was out in the garage and I am definitely going through
    my camping gear!

    Greg

    --
    Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that:
    http://www.ticketmastersucks.org

    Dethink to survive - Mclusky

  4. Ride-A-Lot said:
    G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She
    is now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg

    Was the bike in your house? If it was, I would be a little more worried.


    You live in Colorado now, might as well get used to them.
    I find a couple in the house every year. The really juicy ones seem to
    live in garages though.

    Shawn

  5. shawn said:
    Ride-A-Lot said:
    G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy
    clinging to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot
    out for maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She
    is now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg

    Was the bike in your house? If it was, I would be a little more worried.


    You live in Colorado now, might as well get used to them.
    I find a couple in the house every year. The really juicy ones seem to
    live in garages though.

    Shawn

    If you see a short redhead running down the road screaming at the top of
    his lungs, you will know why. 🙂

    I hate bugs, and spiders (though technically not bugs) I hate most of all.

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

  6. G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She
    is now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    MURDERER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    (I must kill 10 bugs a day around here. Some nasty spiders lately, too.)

    I /did/ spare a beautiful green beetle after my yoga class yesterday. He
    either was on my stuff (watch, shades, flops, etc.) all along or just jumped
    aboard right before I picked 'em up. Buzzed like a rattler, too!

  7. Bill Sornson said:
    G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She
    is now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    MURDERER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    (I must kill 10 bugs a day around here. Some nasty spiders lately, too.)

    I /did/ spare a beautiful green beetle after my yoga class yesterday. He
    either was on my stuff (watch, shades, flops, etc.) all along or just jumped
    aboard right before I picked 'em up. Buzzed like a rattler, too!

    Eh, I only smash cockroaches, because, well, they're roaches, what more
    can I can I say, roaches exist to be smashed. And black widows, well,
    because their bites are pretty freakin' nasty. I've seen two bites in
    the last year and don't want to suffer the same.

    I let all other bugs and spiders go and I'll even give them a free ride
    outdoors if they've found their way inside my place.

    Greg
    --
    Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that:
    http://www.ticketmastersucks.org

    Dethink to survive - Mclusky

  8. G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She is
    now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg
    --
    Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that:http://www.ticketmastersucks.org

    Dethink to survive - Mclusky

    Bill Lee: What do you mean, "it's a literary high"?
    Joan Lee: It's a Kafka high. You feel like a bug.

    /s

  9. Ride-A-Lot wrote:
    If you see a short redhead running down the road screaming at the top of
    his lungs, you will know why. 🙂

    I hate bugs, and spiders (though technically not bugs) I hate most of all.

    Most of the people bitten by black widows are male and since they like
    to make their nest on the underside of toilet seats you can guess where
    said males get bit.Have fun next time you use the outhouse :-)

  10. "G.T." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging to
    the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She is
    now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg
    --
    Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that:
    http://www.ticketmastersucks.org

    Dethink to survive - Mclusky

    Cool! I found one in the house a few months back. I hate spiders,
    especially widows. I grew up with a huge hedge of oleanders which was widow
    haven. I use to catch them with fishing flies. Sort of fun to see them
    attack and start winding up the fake bug ......just long enough to hose them
    with Raid, hehehehehehe.

    sort of like hunting scorpions with a black light.

    Gary

  11. On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:25:17 -0700, "G.T." <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy

    That's not a guy, idiot. That's a female.

    clinging

    Quoted message said:

    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She is
    now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Selfish.

    Quoted message said:

    Greg


    --
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
    years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

    http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

  12. On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:59:57 -0700, "G.T." <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:
    Bill Sornson said:
    G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She
    is now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    MURDERER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    (I must kill 10 bugs a day around here. Some nasty spiders lately, too.)

    I /did/ spare a beautiful green beetle after my yoga class yesterday. He
    either was on my stuff (watch, shades, flops, etc.) all along or just jumped
    aboard right before I picked 'em up. Buzzed like a rattler, too!

    Eh, I only smash cockroaches, because, well, they're roaches, what more
    can I can I say, roaches exist to be smashed. And black widows, well,
    because their bites are pretty freakin' nasty. I've seen two bites in
    the last year and don't want to suffer the same.

    I let all other bugs and spiders go and I'll even give them a free ride
    outdoors if they've found their way inside my place.

    You are unusually humane, for a mountain biker.

    Quoted message said:

    Greg


    --
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
    years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

    http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

  13. G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She is
    now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg
    --
    Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that:http://www.ticketmastersucks.org

    Dethink to survive - Mclusky

    That reminds me to really check my bike before rides and ask a
    question. Does anyone else leave their shoes and helmet out in the
    garage? As my shoes stink my wife doesn't want them in the house, so
    they live in the garage and I have to check 'em every time for small
    visitors. I've not seen a widow yet in the garage, but I have squashed
    one brown recluse. Most critters get squashed or slashed because I
    don't want my 3 year daughter finding them.

  14. G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She is
    now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg

    Whoa, creepy. I'm generally not all that bothered by bugs and try to
    relocate the majority of them. But any known threat like that gets
    squashed.
    I found a big (for Co) weird looking spider making a web over my porch
    the other day. Took some photos of it but haven't posted them. If I get
    a chance I'll put them up for show n' tell. I hadn't seen one like that
    before. It's body reminded me of a chile pepper like a habanero or
    something. Strange. My son and I captured it and took it out to an old
    scrap pile across the street instead of smashing it.

    Matt

  15. Marz said:
    G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She is
    now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg
    --
    Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that:http://www.ticketmastersucks.org

    Dethink to survive - Mclusky

    That reminds me to really check my bike before rides and ask a
    question. Does anyone else leave their shoes and helmet out in the
    garage?

    I used to leave them out on the back porch which was filled with
    scorpions. Thankfully never had one in my shoe or helmet.

    Greg

    --
    Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that:
    http://www.ticketmastersucks.org

    Dethink to survive - Mclusky

  16. G.T. said:

    ...I've been riding my fixed gear too much. I found this guy clinging
    to the front pivot of my chainstay when I pulled my 5 Spot out for
    maintenance in prep for the Sierras next weekend:

    http://www.2fortheroad.net/passenger.jpg

    I was just about to take it for a test ride when I noticed her. She is
    now a black blob on the bottom of my sandals.

    Greg

    Here's the strange looking spider I found over my back door last week.
    Anyone know what it is? We speculated it was full of eggs because of the
    big abdomen but I don;t really know. It really creeped out MrsB!

    <http://tinyurl.com/2sn3ux/img_3249%20(2).jpg>
    <http://tinyurl.com/2sn3ux/img_3250%20(2).jpg>

    Matt

  17. MattB said:

    Here's the strange looking spider I found over my back door last week.
    Anyone know what it is? We speculated it was full of eggs because of the
    big abdomen but I don;t really know. It really creeped out MrsB!

    <http://tinyurl.com/2sn3ux/img_3249%20(2).jpg>
    <http://tinyurl.com/2sn3ux/img_3250%20(2).jpg>

    Gnarly. Never seen that one before.

    Greg

    --
    Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that:
    http://www.ticketmastersucks.org

    Dethink to survive - Mclusky

  18. G.T. said:
    MattB said:

    Here's the strange looking spider I found over my back door last week.
    Anyone know what it is? We speculated it was full of eggs because of
    the big abdomen but I don;t really know. It really creeped out MrsB!

    <http://tinyurl.com/2sn3ux/img_3249%20(2).jpg>
    <http://tinyurl.com/2sn3ux/img_3250%20(2).jpg>

    Gnarly. Never seen that one before.

    Greg

    Someone in the know just told me it was an orb weaver.

    Matt

  19. Quoted message said:


    Here's the strange looking spider I found over my back door last week.
    Anyone know what it is? We speculated it was full of eggs because of the
    big abdomen but I don;t really know. It really creeped out MrsB!

    <http://tinyurl.com/2sn3ux/img_3249%20(2).jpg>
    <http://tinyurl.com/2sn3ux/img_3250%20(2).jpg>

    Matt

    its an ugly spooky looking [censored]

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