Posted: 7/15/2010 8:26:26 PM EDT
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So I was out for my walk tonight and I saw something unusual on the sidewalk. I walked past it at first, but then I was all like "WTF?" so I went back to check it out with the flashlight. That was when I realized it was a scorpion. Once I saw it in the light I was all like "HOLY SHIT! A FUCKING SCORPION! OH MY GOD! HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT'S A GODDAMN SCORPION!". It was actually pretty cool, since I've never seen a live one before. I was going to take a picture with my phone, but I left it at home, so I couldn't. I'd like to know what kind it was though. I'd say that the body was about an inch long, and about half of an inch wide. The tail was another inch long I'd guess. The body was a grayish brown. The legs, tail and pincers were a light brown, kind of tanish color. The stinger was really tiny and thin. This is in the North Texas area. Any ideas? This guy seemed to either be too scared to move much, or completely unconcerned with my presence. How aggressive are scorpions normally towards humans? |
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lol. at least it wasn't a Radscorpion |
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Quoted: I was all like "HOLY SHIT! A FUCKING SCORPION! OH MY GOD! HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT'S A GODDAMN SCORPION!". It was actually pretty cool, since I've never seen a live one before. My GF and I had never seen one... and then, there he was... in our room in Costa Rica. First, we both freaked out. Then... He was no big deal, and I could not bring myself to kill him. Our friend Mike threw him outside... and it was all cool. That's my big "Scorpion-First Encounter" story. (And yes, I'm a big, bad, firefighter... and my "gay" friend had to throw the bug away. I'll admit it. It was gross...) |
CommentaryMy Tattoo Will Rock Your World Hola, amigos. Whatcha doin'? I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya, but I've been plenty busy. First off, my apartment flooded because some pipe cracked while I was out of town. I lost a bunch of car magazines and about half my tapes. I was real pissed when I got back. It took a day to bail out all the water. I swear, that basement smelled like a combination of old socks and a bong. I almost horked a bunch of times. Even worse, the flood made a bunch of my clothes reek, including my best Thin Lizzy shirt, because they were soaking in basement water for four days. But I washed them a few times, and that got rid of most of the smell. On the plus side, once the carpet dried out, some of the nastier stains were gone. On top of that hassle, I got a new job. I never thought I'd be doing this in a million years, but I'm working on a garbage truck. Sure, it smells like shit, and I have to get up real early, but the pay is good and every morning when I get there, there's a joint burning in the ashtray. Hombre, that's the kind of fringe benefit I'm talking about. Sometimes, it's pretty nasty shit I deal with, but you get in this certain mental zone where you can just block it out of your mind. Each truck has two people on it. On mine, it's me and this dude Cal. Cal's the guy who drives the truck, and he won't ever let me take the wheel. Not that I mind, because he's plenty willing to share his weed. The thing is, he doesn't talk all that much. He'll maybe say "Yup" or "I hear that," but that's about it. It's not a big deal, but sometimes I like to get deep when I toke up, and he just ain't into that. It makes me fucking crazy to say something real profound and have him say, "I hear that." He also ain't into my music. Anytime I try to change the station, he smacks my hand to keep it tuned to some R&B oldies shit. Man, if he weren't so damn big, I'd smack him right back and tune that radio in to some classic rock. But Jim Anchower wasn't born stupid, and he didn't become stupid enough to get the crap knocked out of him over the radio. One thing that's pretty cool about Cal is that he's got this kick-ass tattoo on his arm. One of the only times he's ever said anything was when I asked him about it. He said he got it when he was in the Marines, and that it said "Julie," 'cause that was his girl, only she dumped him while he was in, so he got it covered up with a naked chick and a snake. I swear, one time I saw that snake move, but I was pretty baked, so I ain't gonna swear on it or nothing. After seeing Cal's tat, I was thinking that maybe I should get one. I mean, I should have something visible on me that captures the essence of my bad-ass lifestyle. First, I was thinking about getting a dragon like I have on my car. But then I thought that would be lame, because if I ever got rid of the car, I'd have a dragon that doesn't match anything, and I'd have to explain to people that I used to have this car that had the same dragon on it but I had to get rid of it. Too much hassle. Then I thought that maybe I should get an ace of spades on my arm, just like the Motörhead song. But that's too simple. I want something complicated, something you can look at and see all kinds of shit in and say, "Man, that's fucked up!" I thought maybe I should get the cover of Houses Of The Holy on my back until I thought about how much it would cost. I wanna do it right, but I don't want to starve for it, you know? Plus, if it was on my back, people could only see it if I were going without a shirt, which is a problem when I gotta go into a store or something. Then inspiration hit me. I decided I was gonna get a scorpion. That works in so many ways. First of all, it's like the band The Scorpions, and they rock steady. Second, a scorpion is a loner of the animal kingdom. You never see herds of scorpions or scorpions working as a team, do you? No way–a scorpion looks out for numero uno. Jim Anchower may have friends, but you better believe he's going to take care of himself first. Third, you can't pick a scorpion up by its tail because you'll get stung. You can't pick it up by its front, either, because you'll get pinched. And don't even think about picking it up by its middle, 'cause you'll get pinched and stung. Any way you slice or dice it, you lose. Anyway, I was saving up some money to do a little work on my car, but instead I'm going to sock it away for a scorpion tattoo. I asked Ron to draw one for me, but he said it was a stupid idea and wouldn't do it. Wes said I should just look for a good picture, but I haven't seen any. If any of you see any pictures of scorpions that kick ass, send them to this paper care of Jim Anchower. They should look tough, though. None of those pussy scorpions. If I get any of those, I'm just going to throw them out and not even send you a thank you. Not a chance in hell.  |
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I got hit by a Bark Scorpion in the Grand Canyon. Hurt like a MF'r. The sensation was like having your finger stuck in a light socket. Kind of a high intensity nerve buzzing.
My brother and I were sleeping out in the bottom of the canyon. I reached behind my head to get my bag and my right index finger came down on top of it. BAM! I could feel the venom moving up my arm. The pain was intense for a couple days and slowly subsided. I could still feel it more than a month later. Scorps are like spiders. They are not aggressive at all. They will hang out for hours in the same place waiting for a meal to happen by. The cool part is that they are florescent under UV light. I also had one get in my kayak with down in the Grand. But that's another story. |
| There are no lethal to human scorpions in Tx. My 5 year old just got hit by one a few days ago in my bed actually, washed the wound with soaps and applied ice and you couldn't even tell he was stung a few hours later. He was showing it in a jar to everyone. :) It was a striped bark scorpion that he got, they seem to be the most common around these parts of north Texas. |
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There are no lethal to human scorpions in Tx. My 5 year old just got hit by one a few days ago in my bed actually, washed the wound with soaps and applied ice and you couldn't even tell he was stung a few hours later. He was showing it in a jar to everyone. :) It was a striped bark scorpion that he got, they seem to be the most common around these parts of north Texas. You didn't have to tell me that he got stung in bed! 
I'm pretty sure that the one I saw was a stripped bark scorpion as well. |
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There are no lethal to human scorpions in Tx. My 5 year old just got hit by one a few days ago in my bed actually, washed the wound with soaps and applied ice and you couldn't even tell he was stung a few hours later. He was showing it in a jar to everyone. :) It was a striped bark scorpion that he got, they seem to be the most common around these parts of north Texas. You didn't have to tell me that he got stung in bed!
I'm pretty sure that the one I saw was a stripped bark scorpion as well. Worst part was it was my side of my bed. |
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There are no lethal to human scorpions in Tx. My 5 year old just got hit by one a few days ago in my bed actually, washed the wound with soaps and applied ice and you couldn't even tell he was stung a few hours later. He was showing it in a jar to everyone. :) It was a striped bark scorpion that he got, they seem to be the most common around these parts of north Texas. You didn't have to tell me that he got stung in bed!
I'm pretty sure that the one I saw was a stripped bark scorpion as well. Worst part was it was my side of my bed. My buddy in AZ was stung on the chest by a big ass scorpion.. fucked him up for several days. He was in bed asleep when it happened too! |
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Az Bark Scorpions will put a hurt on you.....
Last summer I probably killed over a hundred of them just in my friends yard in NW Tucson. I got one of those UV lights and a can of scorpion killer and hunted them just about every night. The ones we have here are hard to kill with pesticides, the best you can do is kill their food supply. The scorp killer did a good job but you had to hit em with it directly. |
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Scorpions are quite common, we have em here in TN but hardly anyone knows it. And there is alot more than you would think. They are highly senisitive to pesticides. Killing them is easy and why people don;t see them more than they do. Killing them is easy? I've drowned scorpions here in NM in gas, acetone, MEK, multiple pesticides, rubbing alcohol, brake cleaner, carb cleaner, etc., and they all crawl out of the puddle like it was nothing. Only thing that I know will kill them on the spot is blunt force trauma and fire. |
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ZOMFG! So I was out for my walk tonight and I saw something unusual on the sidewalk. I walked past it at first, but then I was all like "WTF?" so I went back to check it out with the flashlight. That was when I realized it was a scorpion. Once I saw it in the light I was all like "HOLY SHIT! A FUCKING SCORPION! OH MY GOD! HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT'S A GODDAMN SCORPION!". It was actually pretty cool, since I've never seen a live one before. I was going to take a picture with my phone, but I left it at home, so I couldn't. I'd like to know what kind it was though. I'd say that the body was about an inch long, and about half of an inch wide. The tail was another inch long I'd guess. The body was a grayish brown. The legs, tail and pincers were a light brown, kind of tanish color. The stinger was really tiny and thin. This is in the North Texas area. Any ideas? This guy seemed to either be too scared to move much, or completely unconcerned with my presence. How aggressive are scorpions normally towards humans? I once heard that the clear and straw colored ones are the ones to watch out for, but YMMV |
| A few years ago, wife and I were staying overnight at a gay friends house in Key west. Our bedroom was like a museum, perfect decor, only as a gay guy could put a room together. The curtains were spectacular, rugs and wall hangings beautiful, even fresh cut flowers in a vase. Wife and I had just awakened and gotten up, we were both still naked. I bent over to locate my shoes, wife had her arm outstretched handing me a cup of coffee. I had just touched my shoe when I realized a scorpion was about 1" away from my finger. I had never seen one but I sure as hell new what it was. I jerked my hand back quickly. My hand hit the underside of my wife's forearm holding the cup of coffee. It was like something out of the movies. She held onto the cup but the coffee left the cup and went flying upward, where it contacted, the ceiling fan. The fan then of course sprayed it everywhere, walls, rugs, bed spread. Quite the embarrassing moment. |
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I saw them last Sunday here in Memphis. Since it was my first time seeing them, I was impressed. Not bad for a band that was started in 1965. Ratt was pretty good but Stephen Pearcy was still recovering from surgery. What you don't get is special guest Rock Sugar. For a Los Angeles band that has less than 10 live shows under its belt, 3 have been in Memphis.
Mrs Whiteshark bought tix to the Scorpions concert tonight in Miami for my b-day..... 
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There are no lethal to human scorpions in Tx. My 5 year old just got hit by one a few days ago in my bed actually, washed the wound with soaps and applied ice and you couldn't even tell he was stung a few hours later. He was showing it in a jar to everyone. :) It was a striped bark scorpion that he got, they seem to be the most common around these parts of north Texas. You didn't have to tell me that he got stung in bed!
I'm pretty sure that the one I saw was a stripped bark scorpion as well. Worst part was it was my side of my bed. One got me on the cheek just under my left eye at 0233 Monday. It was beaten then drowned. |