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10 July 2012, 02:41 PM
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Found this in my basement!
Greetings TRF,
I was in my basement earlier tonight enjoying a good lurk on the forum when a little movement on my left caught my attention. I took a little look and to my surprise one of those things was on the floor... This is not the actual one.  As soon as I saw it I stopped moving, I didn't want to scare it and lose it in my basement but while I was thinking about a plan it started to move under my printer's table. I quickle went upstairs to get a little Glad plastic bowl with a cover and went back in the room to get it. Long story short, I had to kick the table a little bit to make it move behind my computer desk and move the said desk along with some wires very slowly to capture it! Here's the actual one (a rather big guy might I add).   Now I'm not a fanatic animal lover but I hate to make them suffer and kill them, therefore I had to come up with an idea to bring it outside. Now I couldn't simply lift the bowl and put the cover because I was afraid it would run and jump away to I had to find a temporary cover in the meantime... This did the job perfectly!    Is it safe?    I then lifted the bowl and the piece of paper, placed the cover on the other side and went in the backyard to let it go (please excuse the mess on the table, we had wind and the trees in the yard lost a couple of small branches).  Funny thing is, when I took the bowl off the grasshopper stayed there and didn't move. Needless to say I took advantage of the situation...  Please accept my apologies for the dust in a couple of pictures. As stated, I got it from behind my desk so obviously it isn't the cleanest place around...    I think it was amazed by my watch...     And here is a video I had the time to shoot, that's how we got separated! It was quite a funny and nice experience! I'm not really hoping to find a lot of those in my house but it sure is amusing to capture them and release them in the wild!  Thank you for watching, feel free to comment! 
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10 July 2012, 03:18 PM
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The video isn't loading on my phone. I'm thinking my wife is taking all the internet or maybe someone flushed a toilet.
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10 July 2012, 03:20 PM
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Geez. Dust the poor creature to death.
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10 July 2012, 03:21 PM
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Carl, he looks kind of like this guy; a camel cricket. Glad you let him go outside.
 Oops... Dang, that was from earlier today....I mean THIS guy: 
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10 July 2012, 03:35 PM
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It was quite dusted (if I may say it like this) but I'm sure it got over it! I was hesitating to give it a name but I wasn't sure if it was going to be a Larry or a Gwen so I've decided to forget about it and just let it go. As stated, I wouldn't have liked to kill it and it would have made me feel rather bad. I hope you enjoyed the video (for those of you who, unlike Craig, use their computers sometimes instead of their bloody iPhones. Just saying Craig...).
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Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin |
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10 July 2012, 04:26 PM
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Exciting things sure are happening in your neck of the woods.
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10 July 2012, 04:27 PM
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Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin |
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10 July 2012, 04:35 PM
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As a matter of fact, I think I'll get me a bag of chocolate covered ones today. 
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10 July 2012, 05:45 PM
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Bläh, vad äckligt
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10 July 2012, 06:19 PM
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10 July 2012, 06:30 PM
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You need one of these Carl although its not wise to feed from a wild source just encase the bug been subjected to some sort of pesticide.
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10 July 2012, 07:43 PM
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You spent a good amount of time together. Surely you named the bug, no?
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10 July 2012, 07:49 PM
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Looks like some kind of serial killer setting you got going in your basement with the stained table and foreboding shadows. Advice: Do not go down to Carl's basement to view his "NOS 6263".
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10 July 2012, 07:56 PM
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Carl the boogie man
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10 July 2012, 07:57 PM
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Look what I just found in my basement, all round to mine for a PARRRRRTTTTYYY!!!!
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10 July 2012, 09:41 PM
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Austin had a cricket "outbreak" recently... they were everywhere!
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10 July 2012, 09:51 PM
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The little guy likes your DJ! That's why he didn't wanna leave :)
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10 July 2012, 09:53 PM
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Looks like you caught the Rolex bug :)
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10 July 2012, 11:46 PM
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Awesome pics and video Carl;
I think you now qualify as a wildlife rescuer and can now join the esteemed ranks of Kaya, Lisa and Wes...congrats!! 
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11 July 2012, 12:12 AM
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Carl, congratulations
I'm 100% sure, that nobody has ever posted a picture with a DJ and a grasshopper in the same frame....... |
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11 July 2012, 01:25 AM
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11 July 2012, 12:30 AM
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11 July 2012, 03:00 AM
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11 July 2012, 02:04 AM
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Carl, you've got too much free time on your hands.
This from the guy who still hasn't figured out what to feed the toads outside of my springhouse. And buys mini carrots to toss to the bunnies, and corn for the turkeys.
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11 July 2012, 02:06 AM
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Big kudos to you for taking care of those animals though!
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Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin |
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11 July 2012, 02:07 AM
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11 July 2012, 02:50 AM
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Some sort of beetle managed to get into my basement in Spain last year......
Maaaan, you wouldn't believe the noise that little blighter made....... and the basement which is all stone tiles was sort of amplifying the sound..... I'm not exaggerating when I say it was deafening...... but when you got close to it, the noise stopped completely.... so finding it behind furniture was quite hard. In fact the noise was so loud you couldn't actually tell precisely where it was coming from....... |
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11 July 2012, 02:55 AM
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Congrats on the new addition Carl! Mods, please move this to the "Your Rolex and your Swag" thread.
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11 July 2012, 02:57 AM
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 EDIT: I've just read Brian's post...
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Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin |
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11 July 2012, 03:18 AM
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Brilliant Carl..... Now I come to think of it......Just can't remember the tune the little blighter was playing....... but he could definitely blow.......
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