Thanks Barbara, truly the funniest post I've ever read on CAUT! cheers, Mark Cramer > Ah, Michelle, it's a good thing you live in the north land! > > Here in Illinois, I've serviced pianos that traveled from Texas and Hawaii > that had "stowaways." I was sort of shocked by those pianos (not just the > bug carcasses, but the general mess--which I had no idea how to clean > up--someone <could> answer the question, but I'm not sure I want to > know), however, these instances prepared me for my move to...Texas! > > When we lived there, our Terminix man laughed saying we had experienced > everything that Texas had to offer. I won't list it all (like the snake in > the pots & pans cupboard), but it included the roach that ran up my leg > when I was pregnant. I'm surprised I didn't go into labor right then. > > Speaking of cockroaches, I had a friend in Texas, with whom I discussed > various bug theories. Of course, if you've never experienced them, > you might not really appreciate it. Very often, we would see "wood > roaches" or "water bugs"--as they call them (water bug is not as offensive > in the polite South)--those are the big ones that come in from outside. > When a water bug would be spotted a person might be inclined to go step > on it. Oops, there's no time to dispose of it, so later when there <is> time > to do the job and one returns to the scene of the "crunching,", the bug has > disappeared. What has happened? After much and may I add, extremely deep > thought, my friend and I came up the following possibilities. > > 1. Bug dinner (most likely when the occurrence takes place outdoors). > 2. Bug rescue teams. > 3. Bug rapture. > 4. (The most likely) Roaches could quite possibly have an extra set of > guts. The outer set that got smooshed (or crunched) was just a ploy to > make the human think the roach was dead. After the human aggressor > walks off, the other set of guts has already kicked in, the roach goes > merrily on its way. > > There is also the curious way that when one finds a dead roach, it is > almost always on its back. What is the cause of this? During a scientific > survey--in my garage in Texas--I observed a few deaths, myself. I can > attest that when roaches are ready to meet their maker, they do a death > flip. Yep, with all their might, they flip over onto the back. Perhaps > it's a better position (face-up) for meeting one's maker? > > Be brave, my dear! :-) > > Barbara Richmond > now residing near Peoria, IL, where two years ago we dealt with an invasion > of earwigs. eeew. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michelle Stranges" <stranges at oswego.edu> > > To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:35 PM > > Subject: Re: [CAUT] AhhhHHHH!!!! BleeeEEAchCH!!! > > > > > >> UHhh.. too late buddy. > >> A student who I found in the theatre department came to the rescue. > >> > >> In my eyes it was after *me*. > >> > >> I'm sure he has other family members living locally. > >> > >> They'll deal. > >> > >> (And I feel they've found out and are on their way up to the shop...) > >> I *still* have the heebie jeebies. > >> > >> :(... > >
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