Posted by Shar on April 14, 2002, at 19:20:26
In reply to Re: Texas Hell ANTS? whaddaya think Shar..Isom » Phil, posted by Ritch on April 14, 2002, at 11:42:27
>Are the ANTS that bad?
~~Far aints have changed life here. When I was a kid, I went everywhere barefoot, I could even walk on blacktop that was softening in the heat. And, rolling down a grassy hill was considered great fun, plus just sittin in the grass talkin. Now, with far aints, I don't think that happens much anymore. They swarm on their prey and at a given time they all start stinging together. They kill everything from dogs to cows, that I've heard of.
Then, there's the killer bees that someone had the great idea to import. Tho not originating in Texas, we have several people die from gettin them mad every year by doin stuff like mowin the lawn.
Plus, the other critters mentioned in the subject line...it can make one very "in the moment" like Phil's friend not wanting to sleep in the house with one of em wandrin around. Snakes here in Austin have been benign in my experience, mostly grass snakes, and I did have one crawl in under my not-so-flush screen door years ago--it was big, but non-poisonus. I used to live in Sweetwater where they have the rattlesnake roundup. We had lots of snakes there, esp in new houses. Saw more tranchulas in West Texas, too.
>>homes are all on concrete slabs, no wooden subfloooring!
~~There are a few pier-and-beam houses around, but they haven't been built for decades on a regular basis. But, we have to remember trailer dwellers like me....no solid slab to crack and replace, but in a tornado it's off to Oz!
8-)
Shar
>>I personally can't stand Dallas; all concrete and big ugly buildings.
~~Phil, I agree! I used to love Dallas as a kid, have a bunch of relatives there, was born there...but now, ick, it's awful...I'm even beginning to have a hard time with north Austin...
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