In my experience, so true, so true...

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Post by Chris Peterson » Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:22 pm

geckzilla wrote:No organism shall be anthropomorphized while Chris stands watch. :lol:
Hey- I eat some of those organisms. Always a good idea to avoid anthropomorphizing your food! It's like naming meat animals on a farm... most people avoid doing that. <g>
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Post by neufer » Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:25 pm

geckzilla wrote:
No organism shall be anthropomorphized while Chris stands watch.
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 05#p115507
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Post by owlice » Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:32 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: Hey- I eat some of those organisms. Always a good idea to avoid anthropomorphizing your food! It's like naming meat animals on a farm... most people avoid doing that. <g>
This leaves me with an awful temptation to name a burger "Art."
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Post by geckzilla » Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:50 pm

Is Art even his real name?
Just call me "geck" because "zilla" is like a last name.

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Post by owlice » Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:07 pm

Is he wearing bicycle safety glasses to maintain his secret identity?
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Post by neufer » Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:24 pm

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Is Art even his real name?
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Is he wearing bicycle safety glasses to maintain his secret identity?
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Post by Beyond » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:11 pm

ARTful ART the ARTist. GADS!! Whats this world coming to :?: :?:
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Post by Star*Hopper » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:47 pm

geckzilla wrote:No organism shall be anthropomorphized while Chris stands watch. :lol:
Lord knows, he wasn't tryin' to humanize it -- just keep it outta his grill!
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Post by geckzilla » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:52 pm

:facepalm:
Just call me "geck" because "zilla" is like a last name.

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Post by owlice » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:20 am

Beyond and Star*Hopper, thanks for prodding me; the Bomber safety glasses worked really well. Went riding tonight; got back to my car at 10 PM (which is late for me; I don't know how that happened) -- no bugs in my eyes, woo-hoo!!!

But wow, I was getting hit everywhere else with really BIG bugs. :shock: And I had bats buzzing me along part of the trail, including two who flew along with me for a ways (in two different places). I don't know why they do that, and I wish they'd cut it out!
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Post by Beyond » Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:06 am

owlice wrote:Beyond and Star*Hopper, that's for prodding me; the Bomber safety glasses worked really well. Went riding tonight; got back to my car at 10 PM (which is late for me; I don't know how that happened) -- no bugs in my eyes, woo-hoo!!!

But wow, I was getting hit everywhere else with really BIG bugs. :shock: And I had bats buzzing me along part of the trail, including two who flew along with me for a ways (in two different places). I don't know why they do that, and I wish they'd cut it out!
The bats are just trying to figure out why(and how)a Great Horned Owl is peddling a mechanical contraption. Perhaps if you put your arms out and flap a little, they will leave you alone :?: :lol:
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Post by owlice » Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:40 am

Oh, beyond, maybe that's it!! I'll try flapping, see what happens. :)
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Post by Beyond » Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:27 am

I wonderingly await for your report.
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Post by Star*Hopper » Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:42 am

Them bats is just wondering, "What's WRONG wich you!?!"
They too, cannot beLIEVE you're not up with the times! YOU, of all people!!

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(Planking is SO 2 months ago!)
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Post by Star*Hopper » Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:57 am

Beyond wrote:I wonderingly await for your report.
*sotto voce* (Sometimes I wonder, too.)
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Post by owlice » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:45 pm

Owling's a hoot, and planking's so June, hmm? :ssmile:

What report are you waiting for, Beyond? I used the clear specs for biking last night for the first time; they worked really well. One little bug did find its way around the specs, but I just lifted them and the wind carried him away. No need to stop to dump water into my eyes, no picking bugs out of my eyes for the next 12-24 hours. Woo-hoo!

And I really need to change the batteries in the headlight that's on my helmet; last night's ride made that very clear!

I had decided that I wanted a dinner salad from a place that is at the end of one set of trails; usually takes me about 28 minutes to bike that distance. I started out really late, though, and had to push it to reach the place before it closed at 9 PM. Took me 21 minutes last night, and I got there with time to spare. (I got the salad to go. Unfortunately, I had not secured my bungee net when I put the bike on the car rack, so lost that on the drive to the trailhead. I had to make due with regular bungees, and now I have to go buy a new bungee net. :( )

That's why I'm a little confused about how late it was when I got back to the car; I left the place at 9 PM, and sure, bungeeing the salad to the rack took a few minutes, but ... 10:00 PM? A whole hour? I did take a longer way back; just don't understand how it could have possibly taken an hour.
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Post by bystander » Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:27 pm

Star*Hopper wrote:Google: Owling
If you can't swivel your head 180° then you're not really owling. :roll:
owlice wrote:But wow, I was getting hit everywhere else with really BIG bugs. :shock: And I had bats buzzing me along part of the trail, including two who flew along with me for a ways (in two different places). I don't know why they do that, and I wish they'd cut it out!
Maybe they were riding your wake (like dolphins and ships) :lol: , or just eating the bugs your light attracted :?
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Post by Beyond » Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:32 pm

Hey,owlice. I'm waiting wonderingly for your report on how the flapping of your arms works when peddling through bat territory.
Perhaps you will do an "ET" and drive dem bats batty. :lol:
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Post by Beyond » Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:35 pm

owlice wrote:just don't understand how it could have possibly taken an hour.
Time flys when you're having fun!!
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Post by owlice » Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:38 pm

Ahhhh!!! Okay; thanks for clarifying, Beyond!

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Post by Star*Hopper » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:29 pm

"Time's fun when you're having flies." ~Kermit
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Post by Beyond » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:04 am

Did Kermit play right, center, or left field :?:
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Post by jessy27 » Thu May 17, 2012 6:42 pm

We have a lot of mosquito's in Alaska and when i'm riding my bike 9 times out of 10 its in the mouth. owlice, don't
have many bats but maybe yours had a hearing problem. Got hit by a spruce hen once but there really stupid birds. :)

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