JonathanD | campsite booked. | 14:44 |
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waltman | along with the bears? | 15:34 |
JonathanD | Yes. | 15:35 |
JonathanD | Just got off the phone with the zoo | 15:35 |
waltman | What kind did you get? | 15:35 |
andrew | Which kid are they accepting? | 15:35 |
teddy-dbear | if someone wants to pick me up you will at least have a teddy bear :-D | 15:41 |
ChinnoDog | JonathanD: You are sending your kids to the zoo? | 15:46 |
andrew | He'll tell them it's like a summer camp | 15:50 |
ChinnoDog | Like summer camp but doesn't smell as good. | 15:54 |
waltman | But with more snakes | 15:55 |
InHisName | depending on the kid, snakes might be the BIG draw (appeal) to the zoo. | 16:09 |
waltman | If the kid's a Slytherin, for example. | 16:12 |
InHisName | Great one, waltman ! | 16:16 |
JonathanD | yes. | 16:17 |
InHisName | My 8y/o daughter likes to 'rescue' worms drowning in the street by picking them up and tossing them back into the grass. Most girls go ICCH, I'll never touch a worm. | 16:19 |
IdleOne | I can say with 100% certainty that I have never and will never touch a worm | 16:35 |
IdleOne | I also don't go fishing | 16:35 |
IdleOne | last I checked I am not a girl | 16:35 |
ChinnoDog | I want to go fishing | 16:39 |
ChinnoDog | I have not done that in many years | 16:39 |
waltman | We dissected worms in high school biology class. | 16:44 |
waltman | There's not much inside a worm. | 16:44 |
andrew | dirt | 16:48 |
waltman | Pretty much, yeah | 16:52 |
InHisName | I dissected quite a few things, a flat worm, eath worm, some bug, frog. Never go to the pig though. | 17:48 |
waltman | I remember doing worms, grasshoppers, and frogs. I'm thinking there must have been one or two more, though. | 18:25 |
pleia2 | InHisName: my younger sister used to build bug houses, and I once horrified my family by going out with my cousin into the woods and collecting about 50 slugs :) | 18:26 |
pleia2 | stereotypes need not apply | 18:27 |
InHisName | pretty impressive, 50 slugs isn't an easy collection to gather. | 18:27 |
pleia2 | we spent all afternoon on it | 18:29 |
InHisName | Still have that collection ? | 18:29 |
pleia2 | haha, no | 18:29 |
InHisName | Did your mom go, thanks for grubbin' for dinner ? | 18:30 |
InHisName | Just add a little salt ....... | 18:30 |
pleia2 | no she went "EWWWW!!!" | 18:30 |
pleia2 | my cousin asked for salt | 18:31 |
InHisName | too bad . .. | 18:31 |
pleia2 | my aunt refused :) | 18:31 |
pleia2 | not sure how I felt about turning them inside out anyway | 18:31 |
InHisName | dissecting ? | 18:31 |
pleia2 | bugs are animals and I like animals | 18:31 |
pleia2 | I still don't kill bugs when I see them unless there is a compelling need (mosquitos sucking my blood don't have much of a chance, random bugs in my house are safely released) | 18:32 |
InHisName | right, rocks less interesting at dissecting... Unless you bump into a geode. | 18:32 |
pleia2 | we had to dissect a frog at school, it was not an easy experience | 18:33 |
InHisName | I try to convince my kids that spiders are good for eating all the ants etc. around. | 18:33 |
pleia2 | http://www.flickr.com/photos/pleia2/5569825138/ spider! | 18:34 |
PennBot | Title: img_8656.jpg | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (at www.flickr.com) | 18:34 |
pleia2 | that one was at a science academy | 18:35 |
pleia2 | http://princessleia.com/images/journalpics/spider_in_shower.jpg is pretty good | 18:35 |
InHisName | My frog was rubberized (latex injected) color coded and hardly seemed like it was ever alive. Kinda disappointing since I was loaded up with lots of fear and trepadtion. | 18:35 |
pleia2 | I got in to take a shower, it was there, I was all "I'll just deal with it when I get out" | 18:35 |
pleia2 | yeah, ours were too, they came in a big sealed bag and smelled funny | 18:36 |
InHisName | that first one I've see lotta times in Fla in the woods. Harmless just JARRING when you nearly run into them with your face on a trail. | 18:37 |
InHisName | I had a friend who was at NASA in the early 60's (cape canaveral fla) on contract. His motel had no AC and screen doors. | 18:39 |
InHisName | He killed this big 2.5" spider in bathroom that lived behind the vanity mirror. | 18:40 |
InHisName | Then the next morning was a walking mound of mosquito bites. Complained to office. | 18:40 |
InHisName | They asked if the spider was acting sickly. ? | 18:40 |
InHisName | Ooops. | 18:41 |
pleia2 | oh dear :) | 18:42 |
InHisName | pleia2: are you too far west for scorpions ? Not real fond of those at all. | 18:43 |
pleia2 | I don't know, I've never seen one outside a zoo | 18:43 |
InHisName | Bet you're glad about that. | 18:44 |
pleia2 | http://sparkless.net/matt/CALdatabase.htm | 18:44 |
PennBot | Title: The Scorpions of California (at sparkless.net) | 18:44 |
pleia2 | but none in my county apparently (my county is san francisco, so not surprising) | 18:44 |
InHisName | is it the tinyest square in the middle on the coast ? | 18:45 |
pleia2 | yes | 18:46 |
InHisName | even sacramento has NO records. They 're in the middle of the state NOT on shore. Amazing. | 18:47 |
pleia2 | I just found this site by googling, I have no idea about accuracy :) | 18:47 |
InHisName | Los Angles, San Diego - gobs and gobs of records. Nevada county - none. May be a southern insect. | 18:48 |
InHisName | Maybe not, there is paper called "Scorpions of the Northern Californian coast ranges" | 18:50 |
pleia2 | yeah, the tv tells me they like heat and dry places | 18:50 |
InHisName | referenced in San Luis Obispo co. | 18:50 |
InHisName | Is that a southern county ? or north of you ? | 18:50 |
InHisName | Maybe they are relative to "Baja California" when they say Northern California. | 18:52 |
pleia2 | I don't actually know :) | 18:52 |
* pleia2 would have to look at a map | 18:52 | |
waltman | In 1986 I camped just outside of Oakland (I think it was Redwood Regional Park) and we found a scorpion under our tent. | 19:18 |
waltman | It's the only one I've ever seen in the wild | 19:18 |
waltman | We also saw a rattlesnake on that trip. I think it was at Yosemite. | 19:19 |
waltman | So anyway, yes, they have scorpions in the Bay Area | 19:21 |
pleia2 | neat | 19:23 |
waltman | http://baynature.org/articles/apr-jun-2006/happy-trails | 19:24 |
PennBot | Title: Happy Trails Bay Nature (at baynature.org) | 19:24 |
rhpot1991 | spiders are good for you, I don't kill them when I find them in my house | 19:30 |
waltman | I kind of like them too, mostly | 19:43 |
* waltman opted for green tea this afternoon instead of usual americano from the department kitchen | 19:44 | |
waltman | s/usual/his usual/ | 19:44 |
InHisName | I opted for rice pudding. The closest drink I had since b'fast. | 19:46 |
waltman | I got some peanut m&m's, too | 19:50 |
InHisName | Hrrrrm, peanut butter and choc.chips, yum. BRB | 20:13 |
ChinnoDog | lamalex: Do you know if there is a way to write Android apps in VB .NET? | 21:26 |
lamalex | yeah | 21:27 |
lamalex | monodroid | 21:27 |
ssweeny | monodroid? | 21:27 |
ssweeny | right | 21:27 |
ssweeny | but then you have two problems | 21:27 |
MutantTurkey | gobble gobble | 21:27 |
MutantTurkey | that is disgusting, vb net is almost as bad as droid D: | 21:27 |
lamalex | yeah, i don't know why anyone would /want/ to be writing anything in vb.net | 21:28 |
ChinnoDog | mono-android.net/FAQ indicates VB isn't supported | 21:29 |
ChinnoDog | It only seems to support C# | 21:29 |
lamalex | ah | 21:31 |
lamalex | ok then | 21:31 |
lamalex | there's your answer | 21:31 |
lamalex | lucky for you | 21:31 |
ChinnoDog | lamalex: not lucky. There doesn't seem to be a way to do it | 21:38 |
ssweeny | that's to protect people from using VB | 21:44 |
ChinnoDog | :-p | 21:45 |
lamalex | yeah really, who cares that you can't write vb.net on android | 21:46 |
lamalex | you're better off | 21:46 |
lamalex | everyone is better off | 21:46 |
bts3685|vps | +1 | 21:46 |
bts3685|vps | lamalex: back up your shiz on g.rainwreck.com, i'm gonna do a dist-upgrade sometime next week or so | 21:47 |
lamalex | ha | 21:47 |
lamalex | "ok" | 21:47 |
lamalex | oh bts3685|vps by they way hey dude i miss you | 21:48 |
bts3685|vps | i miss you too! i hear you're in maine these days | 21:51 |
lamalex | truth | 21:56 |
lamalex | but not for long | 21:56 |
lamalex | may -> back to philly / july -> rio negro, argentina | 21:56 |
bts3685|vps | sheeit! what's in argentina? (i'm moving to orlando aprial/may-ish) | 21:59 |
bts3685|vps | s/ria/ri/ | 22:00 |
ChinnoDog | You are moving to Orlando? | 22:11 |
bts3685|vps | yeah | 22:12 |
ChinnoDog | I finally am going to Nola and you won't even be there. | 22:24 |
bts3685|vps | i know! | 22:26 |
bts3685|vps | i might bring the girlfriend there on a roadtrip though... | 22:26 |
bts3685|vps | hell, i might still be here. i don't know when i can afford to move | 22:27 |
ChinnoDog | I know how you feel. :\ Not moving to DC yet... | 22:28 |
ChinnoDog | What is in Orlando? | 22:28 |
bts3685|vps | girlfraan' | 22:31 |
bts3685|vps | better weather | 22:31 |
bts3685|vps | better chance of jobs, lower cost of living, lower car insurance | 22:32 |
bts3685|vps | (louisiana has the highest rates of car insurance.) | 22:32 |
ChinnoDog | Why is the gf in Orlando? | 22:33 |
bts3685|vps | i currently pay $220/mo for a lowest possible rate, as in just-state-legal. it sucks. | 22:34 |
bts3685|vps | oh, she lives there. grew up there | 22:34 |
bts3685|vps | i'm the "long distance"-er | 22:34 |
ChinnoDog | long_distance-- | 22:35 |
bts3685|vps | long_distance-- +1 | 22:36 |
ChinnoDog | Been there, done that, would not care to repeat it. | 22:36 |
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