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Ridgetop

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Baymule: From now on you must write all your posts in Texan so I can practice my language skills! LOL

Yes that is a Jerusalem Cricket and they look really peculiar. The first time I saw one, I was in the garage and picked up something. That thing jumped from under and scared the life out of me. But when my young children rushed in I had to be cool. :cool:
I pretended that I was screaming to summon them to look at this "cool" bug! ;)
 

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Possibly harder since you have to learn the nuances as well as the accent and local dialects! LOL
 

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Speaking in Texan is truly an art form. Once mastered, it marks you whenever you cross state lines as a Texan. That long drawl coupled with quaint colloquialisms particular to regional areas provides immediate recognition.

Whew! Thet there just 'bout fried my lil' ol' pea brain!
 

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I did a websearch for what Marie and I have been calling a "spicket"--a crawlie that looks like a spider, but your brain belatedly identifies it as a cricket just as your shoe slams down on it. :) They can be quite large, the spread of their legs can be as wide as the width of your hand, but the one I caught last night was as big as your first thumb joint.

After bellering like a calf at a new gate when it jumped past me in the bedroom, I caught it and took it to His Majesty's couch, thinking he might like an evening snack. The girls outside LOVE crickets. 9 Volt took one look, shrieked like a girl and bolted to the other end of the couch.

"What did you do to him?" said Hubby. "I tried to give him a cricket, he hiked up his skirts, screamed 'BUG!' and took off!" So I tucked it into the chick's tub (chick's current name is Cricket, so kinda funny), s/he spotted it this morning, leaped on it, slammed it into the floor a few times to kill it, then ate it. Awww, that's my girl! Er, boy! Whatever! LOL

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In a dim room, that looks like a spider, BELIEVE me. I have flattened many. ;)
Low! Yuk! Yet another creature I had no Idea it existed.
 

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