For Californians....
Apr 27, 2019 10:27:49 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
bylm1-Bernie wrote:
Now, c'mon, Slatts!
Mayhaps I exaggerated a bit. 
Apr 27, 2019 11:17:22 #
slatten49 wrote: Mayhaps I exaggerated a bit.
Mayhaps I exaggerated a bit. Yes you did. Six couldn't pull a loaded wagon up the hills, and across muddy river bottoms. You would need eight.
Apr 27, 2019 11:36:40 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
archie bunker wrote:
Yes you did. Six couldn't pull a loaded wagon up the hills, and across muddy river bottoms. You would need eight.
A point well made and well received.
Texans understand
Apr 27, 2019 12:06:10 #
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
A student of mine went on a two week trip to Calif... (show quote)
I don't know about the lucky part, but apparently cockroaches are beneficial in the balance of the Earth's ecology:
http://www.livescience.com/33995-cockroaches.html
I'd say that any species that has lasted 200 million years is maybe a little more durable than lucky.
In my 25 years in SF, I'm not sure I have ever seen a cockroach. Since your student went to LA, perhaps she was referring to a television producer or talent agent. They are known to lurk in bedrooms and bathrooms.
As to Northern Florida, where I grew up, we had what we called Palmetto Bugs. Giant cockroaches that FLY!! (and make a nice crunch when one steps on them.)
Apr 27, 2019 13:24:48 #
no propaganda please
Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun
PaulPisces wrote:
I don't know about the lucky part, but apparently ... (show quote)
As far as I know, all cockroaches fly.
Apr 27, 2019 13:29:20 #
Apr 27, 2019 13:39:00 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
bylm1-Bernie wrote:
I suspected as much. 
Presumably, you have since read Archie (a fellow Texan) Bunker's comment.
Apr 27, 2019 13:45:12 #
slatten49 wrote:
Presumably, you have since read Archie (a fellow Texan) Bunker's comment.
I did read Arch's comment. And smiled at it too.
Apr 27, 2019 14:46:30 #
bylm1-Bernie wrote:
I did read Arch's comment. And smiled at it too.
You know, way back in the day, Missouri mules were all the rage for pulling wagons.
Then the Texans figgered out how to train their roaches......made mules obsolete.
Apr 27, 2019 15:03:57 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
archie bunker wrote:
You know, way back in the day, Missouri mules were all the rage for pulling wagons.
Then the Texans figgered out how to train their roaches......made mules obsolete.
Then the Texans figgered out how to train their roaches......made mules obsolete.
We also discovered that they make good, inexpensive pets.
Apr 27, 2019 17:43:55 #
no propaganda please wrote:
As far as I know, all cockroaches fly.
https://www.terminix.com/blog/bug-facts/can-all-cockroaches-fly/
Apr 27, 2019 17:48:46 #
no propaganda please
Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun
PaulPisces wrote:
https://www.terminix.com/blog/bug-facts/can-all-cockroaches-fly/
Thanks for the information. Good to know.
Apr 28, 2019 06:47:27 #
billy a
Loc: South Florida
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
A student of mine went on a two week trip to Calif... (show quote)
Hey,Canuck...I'm in South Florida,where the kids ride roaches like they were tricycles.Lots of different cultures here,and I've never heard the "good luck" thing.I have heard that back in the 50's when northerners started moving here [ air-conditioning was invented ] that realtors renamed them "palmetto bugs" to b.s. buyers
Apr 28, 2019 11:48:50 #
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
A student of mine went on a two week trip to Calif... (show quote)
cockroach
one of the very few things in this world
that I would deliberately k**l
absolutely d********g
Apr 28, 2019 11:56:08 #
no propaganda please wrote:
You should welcome the non poisonous black snakes into your home. they eat cockroaches
I don't have them in my home, and don't like snakes, we have plenty of them in the low country of NC. We have a steady contract with Terminix.
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