A high of 64 degrees – Winter has hit Tucson!

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 9:46 am

....with lows in the lower 40s. I actually can’t walk around my house in my shorts anymore! I may have to turn on the heat! Gosh, Winter is so horrible here in sunny Arizona.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 9:52 am

May a thousand scorpions inhabit your shorts

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 9:55 am

Originally posted by dragon wench:
May a thousand scorpions inhabit your shorts

Been there, done that.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 10:04 am

Originally posted by Gwalchmai:
Been there, done that.

I don't think I should ask......

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 10:05 am

You...think...a high...in the....60s...is.....cold!?

I'm goin' up to the Valley today and I'm not dressing any different than I usually dress.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 10:14 am

Originally posted by dragon wench:
I don't think I should ask......

Typical Tucson conversation:

Saw a scorp. (We call 'em 'scorps' to sound casual)
What kind?
Bark.
Bite ya?
Yeah.
So, you're gonna die, huh?
Yeah.... urk!

We had a scorpion in one of our bedrooms. My wife caught it in a jar and brought it to me while I was in the shower. "Is this a scorpion?" she asks. "Yes" I said with greater calm than I felt. I later took it to the biologists at work, who argued over its identification, eventually deciding it was a baby Tiger Scorpion. They kept it as a pet. Crazy biologists.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 10:26 am

Originally posted by Gwalchmai:
Typical Tucson conversation:

Saw a scorp. (We call 'em 'scorps' to sound casual)
What kind?
Bark.
Bite ya?
Yeah.
So, you're gonna die, huh?
Yeah.... urk!

We had a scorpion in one of our bedrooms. My wife caught it in a jar and brought it to me while I was in the shower. "Is this a scorpion?" she asks. "Yes" I said with greater calm than I felt. I later took it to the biologists at work, who argued over its identification, eventually deciding it was a baby Tiger Scorpion. They kept it as a pet. Crazy biologists.

LOL! sounds like the Japanese attitude towards earthquakes. I recall being in the middle of teaching an English lesson once when the ground began to shake and the overhead light to sway. I was about to duck under a desk when my students casually said, "don't worry, it's just an earthquake, we have them all the time...."

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Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 10:33 am

Earthquakes, scorpions, etc. I guess it doesn't pay to get too freaked about these things. Just do what you can, and hope for the best.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 11:04 am

Originally posted by Gwalchmai:
Earthquakes, scorpions, etc. I guess it doesn't pay to get too freaked about these things. Just do what you can, and hope for the best.

Or move to Nebraska.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 11:35 am

Originally posted by fable:
Or move to Nebraska.

Have you never heard of CornHuskers? Voracious, red-clad, man-eating insects of the worst kind!

j/k

nael · Post by **nael** » Sun Nov 25, 2001 4:35 pm

my parents had over a dozen scorpions in their house this past summer.

Alex Slavich · Post by **Alex Slavich** » Sun Nov 25, 2001 5:27 pm

All I ever get in my house are house spiders and grasshoppers. I'm having mixed feelings... Happiness and dissapointment.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Nov 25, 2001 5:31 pm

We actually had a high in the mid 60's today--in New Jersey. Atypical for this time of year, and it's supposed to last for a few more days. Wonderful spore-growing weather.