O/T Scorpions

[Guest guest]

I will have to tell you a funny story, laughter they say is good for diabetes. I

visited

a friend of mine for a few days in scorpion country. In my bedroom before I went

to bed,

I checked the closet, all the floor, under the sheets; under the blankets;

pillow, etc.

then I put my shoes in a sealed bag and used thongs to go to the bathroom in. I

was

nervous as heck. I think if someone had a camera it would have really been

funny. Also

my friend said a rattler had once been under the couch. So I checked that out

periodically. Then watchig the beautiful stars on the porch I had a flashlight

and

checked every little bit for scorpions.

" chicken " Lou

Kore wrote:

>

> >In my area (Central Texas) there's also the chance of finding a scorpion.<

>

> Yikes, SulaBlue,

>

> If there were any chance of finding a scorpion in my house, forget house shoes

> I'd be wearing waders!

>

> Hugs, Dianne

>

>

[Guest guest]

> I visited a friend of mine for a

> few days in scorpion country. In

> my bedroom before I went to bed,

> I checked the closet, all the floor,

> under the sheets; under the blankets;

> pillow, etc.

All that does is check that they didn't

get into the bed during the day, the

same for centipedes, small snakes and

red ants.

It doesn't do anything about the ones

that might get up into the bed during

the night or drop down off the wall.

For that you might want to move the bed

away from the wall, stand each leg of

the bed in an empty coffee tin and half

fill it with kerosene - those critters

don't like kerosene.

And don't forget to tuck the sheets in

well so they can't climb up the loose

ends of those.

[Guest guest]

Lou

You not chicken....l would not been able to sleep period...thanks for

charing...yep l could just se you..

Hugzz Rita

O/T Scorpions

I will have to tell you a funny story, laughter they say is good for diabetes.

I visited

a friend of mine for a few days in scorpion country. In my bedroom before I

went to bed,

I checked the closet, all the floor, under the sheets; under the blankets;

pillow, etc.

then I put my shoes in a sealed bag and used thongs to go to the bathroom in.

I was

nervous as heck. I think if someone had a camera it would have really been

funny. Also

my friend said a rattler had once been under the couch. So I checked that out

periodically. Then watchig the beautiful stars on the porch I had a flashlight

and

checked every little bit for scorpions.

" chicken " Lou

[Guest guest]

Salu

hehehe...l would have done the same..

yaaaiiikkkess.. l say for those criters... l am so glad we do not have them here

in MO...

if l had been stung by one of those l would never go to bed ...they give me the

creeps..

Rita

Re: O/T Scorpions

I sure wish this were the case at my mom's house. One year they were

particularly bad

during a drought (trying to get in to get to water, I suppose). There was one

week that left

me paranoid for life.

I woke up in the middle of the night because something was 'tickling' my feet.

A large, 2 "

long scorpion was crawling between my big toe and second toe. I was

hyperventilating so

bad that I couldn't even scream. Mom came because I was making such a racket

banging

on the window next to my bed.

A few days later I woke up (with my socks on now, go figure) and rolled over

to go back to

sleep, only to wake up thinking I'd been shot or my leg was on fire. A

scorpion had gotten

in bed with me and stung me mid-way up my thigh.

A few days after /that/ I found one sitting on the stack of paper plates that

we kept below

the microwave. Boy, did I have my revenge then! I folded that plate in half in

this blind

fear/rage reaction and pounded that thing flat before zapping him in the micro

for 30

seconds.

SulaBlue