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Schadenfreude für Tipulidae . . .

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BigBella

BigBella

It just wasn't a good 15 June for crane flies (aka family Tipulidae). For whatever reason, they were everywhere in the city a few days back; and a fair number of my plants benefited. One of the flytraps, a typical, was a .99 cent rescue in 2010 from a head shop on Haight Street in San Francisco, who were selling the barely-alive plants in egg-shaped containers, next to boxer shorts with Charles Manson's maniacal face arrayed like polka dots -- everywhere; that, and a plush, over-stuffed Jerry Garcia doll marked-down.

Dionaea muscipula "typical" (head shop rescue)
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"Dirk Ventham's Giant" (G14)
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That, sir, is awesome! One of my flytraps caught a cranefly for the first time not too long ago, but it didn't look nearly as cool as that with the legs and body sticking out... That's like, a classic capture. :P
 
Devon.B said:
That, sir, is awesome! One of my flytraps caught a cranefly for the first time not too long ago, but it didn't look nearly as cool as that with the legs and body sticking out... That's like, a classic capture. :P
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Thanks; and the G14's leaves are very strong and likely to survive that capture -- even with legs sticking out; and it is always the first of my plants to cross the 4.4 cm barrier by the the beginnnig of Summer . . .
 
Av8tor1 said:
ummm and what was we doing in a head shop hmmmmm?

tsk tsk tsk

dont bogart that dude, pass the power hitter :-P
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Walking to the local market a few doors down, if you must know -- and also window-shopping for a bong the size of a Louisville Slugger . . .
 
Av8tor1 said:
hehehe a little Fraternity of Man flashback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6xscuS9H8U&feature=related


figured afroman would be over the top LOL
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Butch, always a classic. When I worked in a restaurant in LA during college, Peter Fonda was a regular (and a very nice guy); and there was the standard joke about the "Peter Fonda Workout," following in his sister's footsteps. "Wake up at eleven, smoke a fat one, and hit Jane up for cash."

While he was munching away at eggiwegs, and lomticks of toast one fine day, I just had to say how much I enjoyed him as the burned-out surfer in John Carpenter's Escape From LA, catching those post-apocalyptic tsunamis . . .
 
LOL..... oh my

too cool my friend....

strange though, not Peter Fonda but now i have the urge to watch a Billy Jack movie LOLOLOLOLOL
 
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