NWI INGO General Thread #26 - Pink Pooping Spiders & Raccons

[melensdad]

If it doesn't say it on the bottle, GTG.

It says I can't drive heavy equipment

Nothing much else

Clearly I should be good . . . as soon as I can figure out how get down the stairs. Walking is not an option. Given the pain meds are dulling the aches and pains, maybe I could just throw myself down 2 flights of stairs to get to stash of bourbon.

 

[darkkevin]

Bet you could ask Mrs Bob, I’m sure she’d help ya out. Either grab you a bourbon or toss you down the stairs, either way problem solved

 

[aclark]

Jedi has a new video game.

 

[Bugzilla]

 

[Hawkeye]

Oh boy.

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[CTC B4Z]

some of those Barndominium plans look really nice.

Were thinking that's going to be the only way to build

 

[Ballstater98]

Gas shot up 34 cents at a Speedway I passed. Glad I'm grabbing it now before it shot up in Hobart.

 

[d.kaufman]

Gotta love the USPS

 

[jedi]

It's gone twice to Bedford Park now.
Yups that is correct for USPS.
You really don't want to see how the work is done for them in downtown chriaqi.

jedi has seen it first hand.
Not as a customer but by actually going into their work area and seeing the operation and the massive mess they have.

It's madness.

 

[melensdad]

Gotta love the USPS

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I got a pair of $179 fencing shoes. Came with free shipping. But was charged $29 shipping. Shipped from Vhina to France to Dubai, (took a week to get to the US) then to the USA and USPS.

Import point to Chicago to Bedford Park, back and forth to and from Chicago/Bedford Park for 3 months. I got refunded the $29 shipping, Then to Indianapolis. Back to Chicago and then Bedford Park and back to Chicago. I got refunded the $179 + shipping!

Then they arrived!

 

[aclark]

I got a pair of $179 fencing shoes. Came with free shipping. But was charged $29 shipping. Shipped from Vhina to France to Dubai, (took a week to get to the US) then to the USA and USPS.

Import point to Chicago to Bedford Park, back and forth to and from Chicago/Bedford Park for 3 months. I got refunded the $29 shipping, Then to Indianapolis. Back to Chicago and then Bedford Park and back to Chicago. I got refunded the $179 + shipping!

Then they arrived!

We had a black friday deal TV disappear into thin air a couple years ago. Called and asked for the tracking information, couldn't give it, asked when the eta was, didn't have one. Went back and forth a few times and no one could tell us where it was after a week or two. Ended up getting a refund and a few days latter a TV showed up on our doorstep.

 

[jedi]

11 more days!!!

And look at this truck

 

[tv1217]

I bought two more. One of them is from the "lock me up in the nuthouse" Genus


Also sent 3 itty bitty spiderlings between 1/8" and 1/4" for free. This is actually a common practice in tarantula keeping. Some places let you choose based on how much you spent and others like this one just send randoms.


Pterinochilus murinus
Commonly called the "OBT" for "Orange Baboon Tarantula" or jokingly as the "Orange Bitey Thing"

I think this one is gonna end up being my aggressive eater. It took a roach immediately.





Poecilotheria metallica
Gooty Sapphire Ornamental

Spiders of this genus are so fast some people call them "teleporters"

Also has "medically significant" venom. Non lethal but extremely painful. Like a weaker, Trial version of a Widow bite. That said this species is on the lower end of the spectrum for the genus for aggression and venom potency.

Colors are muted now but it will become a beatiful blue with bright yellow chevrons on its joints.




The freebies were a Harpactira pulchripes "Golden blue legged baboon" spiderling and two Hapalopus sp. Colombia "Pumpkin Patch" a dwarf species that will grow to a max size of 2-3" or about the same size as the two above are as juveniles.

 

[CTC B4Z]

11 more days!!!

And look at this truckView attachment 318626

I love these guys... Lmao. They are so triggered... Life has got these guys by the balls.

 

[CTC B4Z]

This guy can't go 3 mins without telling someone "he didn't vote for this"

 

[Snapdragon]

11 more days!!!

And look at this truck

He's missing this one.

 

[melensdad]

I walked in the boot, from the bed down the stairs, to the kitchen and back. Not comfortable, but also didn't hurt too bad either. It was very s_l_o_w progress. Since the lovely Mrs_Bob was already downstairs in the kitchen she was unaware of my departure from the bed, met me at the bottom of the stairs and was unhappy with me. But it was good to get out of bed.

She has "excused me" from all weekend activities after watching me walk. Clearly I was not prepared for the after-surgery inconvenience.

My left foot (the one with the surgical boot) is splayed outward while I hobble. The boot prevents any motion of the foot and ankle. And the sole of the boot is shaped to make sure I land on my heel with each step. So it is sort of like walking like a pirate with a peg leg. Not fun.

And the boot takes about 5 minutes to actually strap onto my foot, so not really convenient either. I think I'll spend more time with the far less protective surgical shoe inside the house, the boot reserved for 'trips' out of the house.

And now my foot hurts.

 

[Bugzilla]

She has "excused me" from all weekend activities after watching me walk.

If you play your cards right, you can stretch this to a week, 10 days top!

 

[Bugzilla]

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He's missing this one.

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And the flags!

 

[melensdad]

If you play your cards right, you can stretch this to a week, 10 days top!

I just need a long enough delay to get me through to the fencing club Christmas party. If I can stretch it longer than that then all those moments would be considered a bonus.