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massadvj:
--- Quote from: Lipstick on a Hillary on February 09, 2012, 01:45:09 pm ---You are lucky. I've been stung 6 or 7 times by scorpions. It got to the point that, when I lived there, I would never put my shoes on without shaking them out first, I'd never stick my hand in a drawer, or a box, or up in a linen closet without checking it first. I NEVER walked around barefoot without watching the floor in front of me. I never put my feet down on the floor without looking first.
Don't even get me started on fire ants! When I drove back here from Texas to move here, I think I got stung 4 times in 24 hours, at each stop I made before getting out of the state. :laugh: I still laugh about that--they couldn't wait to get rid of me!
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You must be delicious...
DCPatriot:
--- Quote from: Lipstick on a Hillary on February 09, 2012, 01:45:09 pm ---You are lucky. I've been stung 6 or 7 times by scorpions. It got to the point that, when I lived there, I would never put my shoes on without shaking them out first, I'd never stick my hand in a drawer, or a box, or up in a linen closet without checking it first. I NEVER walked around barefoot without watching the floor in front of me. I never put my feet down on the floor without looking first.
Don't even get me started on fire ants! When I drove back here from Texas to move here, I think I got stung 4 times in 24 hours, at each stop I made before getting out of the state. :laugh: I still laugh about that--they couldn't wait to get rid of me!
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OMG.....how could you sleep with all that around you?
Lipstick on a Hillary:
Scorpions don't crawl up on you (at least not in my experience). They just always happened to be "parked" where I was stepping or sticking my hand. One time I picked up a planter and inadvertently brushed it up against me and a scorpion fell off and stung me on the leg, otherwise they were always hiding where I happened to be putting my hands or feet.
Texas is a different place from around here though.. many more nasty critters to be wary of. Being able to walk barefoot on a lawn without worrying about fireants is such a luxury, and I do enjoy it here in Delaware!
massadvj:
--- Quote from: Lipstick on a Hillary on February 09, 2012, 05:14:09 pm ---Scorpions don't crawl up on you (at least not in my experience). They just always happened to be "parked" where I was stepping or sticking my hand. One time I picked up a planter and inadvertently brushed it up against me and a scorpion fell off and stung me on the leg, otherwise they were always hiding where I happened to be putting my hands or feet.
Texas is a different place from around here though.. many more nasty critters to be wary of. Being able to walk barefoot on a lawn without worrying about fireants is such a luxury, and I do enjoy it here in Delaware!
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Fortunately for us, we are only in Texas during the winter months. Most of the creepy, crawly things don't get really bad until spring sets in, I hear.
My wife loves gardening in Pennsylvania, but being a Texas native, she thinks it's too easy. Most years she does not even have to water. Just plant and watch it grow.
Lipstick on a Hillary:
I know. I grew up in North Jersey and enjoyed the same benefit. I was shocked to learn what hard work it is to garden in Texas! I DID grow fabulous tomatos in the TX hill country though (in raised beds with very good soil, however). Better than what I can grow here--I just can't seem to get them enough sun with all the tall trees around.
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